relishing the life God has given us
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Mineola to Dumfries | March 2021 The day after we hiked our first stretch of the West Papio trail, we decided to try out another long distance bike trail in Iowa. The Wabash Trace Trail is a rail trail following the old Wabash Rail Line which used to connect Council Bluffs, IA to… Read More
Walking the Papio Trail | 36th to 72nd Street | Omaha, NE | March 2021 As the temperature is warming up and summer is quickly approaching, we are getting more serious about training and preparing for our hiking plans this year. At home, that looks like dehydrating fruit and preparing other healthy and space-efficient trail snacks. And now when we… Read More
Hiking in Cottonmill Park | County Counting & Courthouses from Kearney to Omaha | March 2021 Our night camping by the Platte was temperate weather wise, but extremely windy. Gusts of wind were constantly blowing through, shaking the tent. Charlotte got up a few times and used her new ‘trick’ of opening the tent door by sticking her head through… Read More
Hiking around Summit Lake SRA | Tekamah and Fremont NE | March 2021 As expected, our ‘false spring’ lasted a couple weeks before cold and dreary weather moved back in. On this weekend, it was predicted to start raining in the afternoon, so we decided to get out early and go for a hike. Curtis had noticed a listing on… Read More
Northeastern Kansas Road Trip | Hiking in Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve | Cottonwood Falls, Marion, Junction City, Clay Center, Washington, and Marysville, KS | March 2021 On day 2 of our mini Kansas road trip, we awoke to the brisk morning air and a colorful sunrise over the lake. Curtis made dinosaur oatmeal on our camp stove (the Breakfast of… Read More
Hiking in Lake of Three Fires State Park | Corning, Bedford, and Clarinda, Iowa | February 2021 After a brutally cold month, the last weekend of February was absolutely beautiful. We celebrated by checking out a new-to-us state park. It had been over a month since we’d gone somewhere new or worked on our county counting goals. Honestly, I’m thankful… Read More