Visiting Reconstruction Era National Historic Park | Old Sheldon Church Ruins | Beaufort, SC | January 2024 Back when we lived in South Carolina, we made it a goal to visit every National Park administered site in the state. Throughout our 8 months there, we managed to complete this goal. However, a few months after…
Visiting Savannah, Georgia | January 2024 When I think back to our time living in the South, some of my favorite memories are the days we spent strolling the charming historic streets of downtown Charleston and Savannah. I like to romanticize these moments in my mind, leaving out all the other realities that accompanied living…
Our First Visit to the Gulf Coast | Biloxi, MS | Gulf Islands National Seashore | January 2024 After spending over a week driving South, we finally made it to the Gulf Coast for our first time! When planning this trip, we thought that January would be the perfect time to visit: we knew we…
A Week in Tucson Visiting Friends & Hiking | Colossal Cave Mountain Park | Saguaro National Park | Tumamoc Hill | December 2023 For this trip, we planned to spend at least a week around the Tucson area, which would hopefully be enough time to see as many friends as we could and revisit some…
Lancaster, PA Week One | Hiking in Susquehanna State Park, MD | Harve De Grace, Maryland | October 2023 During our first week in Lancaster, Curtis had one day off, which we chose to spend hiking and exploring along the Susquehanna River in Maryland. We had been impressed by how wide the river was when…
Road Trip to Wilmington, NC | Iowa to Illinois | Fort Madison, IA | Nauvoo, IL | Hannibal, MO | Pere Marquette State Park | Shawnee National Forest | September 2023 After spending most of July in Wilmington, NC, we agreed that would be our last visit together this year. And yet here we were,…