Hiking in Mississippi Palisades State Park | Savanna, IL | March 2024 For our time in the Quad Cities, one of our main goals was to go out and find a park or place to hike along the Mississippi River. When we think of the best/most scenic areas to hike in Iowa, they mostly revolve…
Visiting Black Hawk State Historic Site | Rock Island, IL | March 2024 With the change of plant from La Salle to the Quad Cities came a change of pace. We would be here longer, but I would also be working less: I had two weekends off and a couple of fatigue days during our…
Ottawa, IL to Davenport, IA | Hiking a Section of the Hennepin Canal Trail | First 2 Days in Davenport, IA | Hiking Around Sylvan Island | Hiking a Section of Duck Creek Trail | March 2024 Curtis’ third assignment this spring brought us to Davenport, IA and the greater Quad Cities area. We were…
Hiking to French Canyon in Starved Rock State Park | Spending 2 Weeks in Ottawa, IL | February 2024 Returning to Ottawa, Illinois this spring felt a little bit like returning to a home, a place we once lived, even though it had only been for a month. We arrived at the same hotel as…
Driving from Vidalia, GA to Ottawa, IL | Camping in Land Between the Lakes, KY | Hiking in Ferne Clyffe State Park, IL | February 2024 When our time in Georgia was coming to a close, we were so excited and ready to move on and return to a place we knew we loved. The…
Hiking Scaly Mountain | Highlands, NC | Nantahala National Forest to Oconee National Forest, GA | February 2024 This morning, we packed up and set off for our last hike in the Appalachians for this trip. We had 2 days before Curtis needed to show up for his next assignment, which was about 6 hours…