relishing the life God has given us
Island to Inland PCS Road Trip | Day 1 | July 25, 2020 | Hiking Lookout Mountain On our first day of vacation, we packed all we had into our tiny rental car, picked up Grant, and headed for the hills. We made a quick stop to pick up groceries for a week on the road, then continued on to… Read More
September may have been the best month I’ve had since moving to Oahu two years ago. It had everything I needed: time off of the island exploring two different cities with Curtis, and time enjoying my favorite part of the island with my sister. Both of these made what would have been a long month alone pass quickly, and has… Read More
DC and Midwest Trip | August 2019 | Our Time in Iowa Our last stop on vacation was our hometown in Iowa to stay with my family. We left Lydia, Grace, and Kylie before lunch and began our drive South. We were mostly retracing our route from our honeymoon until we made it to the Cities, where we came up… Read More
DC and Midwest Trip | August 2019 | Days 8 & 9 Once finished with Pictured Rocks, we continued our drive heading West. After stopping at Culvers for lunch in Marquette, we drove West on US 41 up to L’Anse. We took Skanee Road into the L’Anse reservation, with our destination being the trailhead to Mount Arvon, the highest point… Read More
DC & Midwest Trip | August 2019 | Days 6 & 7 Over the course of our 6 years of traveling together, our most-driven route has been between Eastern Iowa and Western Michigan. We’ve done our best to change it up rather than driving I-80 all the time, but by this point we have to go pretty far out of… Read More
Back in May when I found out that Curtis was going to be gone for an undetermined amount of time, I immediately texted my brother Grant to see if he could come visit me. He was the only one in my family who wasn’t able to come last year during their spring break trip, and it had been over a… Read More