Fall Foliage & Family Trip 2021 | Hiking to Eagle Mountain, Minnesota’s Highest Point | October 11, 2021 After saying goodbye to Lydia and the kids, we drove for 3 hours to reach our next destination: the trailhead for Eagle Mountain, Minnesota’s highest point. To get there, we took MN-169 North to Peyla, then MN-1…
Fall Foliage & Family Trip 2021 | Omaha, Nebraska to Mille Lacs Lake, MN | Visiting Hawkeye Point, Plum Creek, Redwood Falls, and Birch Coulee Battlefield | October 7-8, 2021 Four days after returning home from Montana, we packed up the car once again and set off on another vacation. I know, it’s getting kind…
Wyoming Trip 2021 | Days 7 & 8 | Driving Home from the Bighorns via Casper, Cheyenne, and Panorama Point | August 2021 After enjoying a week of perfect weather for hiking and camping, rain was moving across the plains and we took that as a sign that it was time to make our way…
Virginia Trip 2021 | Day 5 | WV to VA | Spruce Knob | Shenandoah National Park Day 5 of our Virginia trip was our 8th wedding anniversary, and it ended up being our favorite day of this vacation. We had to be in Dahlgren that night so that Curtis could be at work early…
Virginia Trip 2021 | Day 4 | PA to WV | Ohiopyle State Park | Mt. Davis | Flight 93 National Memorial | Spruce Knob Lake We started off day 4 of our trip with a short early morning hike to see Cucumber Falls in Ohiopyle State Park. The lot was empty when we arrived,…
Virginia Trip 2021 | Days 1 & 2 | Driving from NE to OH | Hoosier Hill, Indiana’s Highest Point Over the last year, Curtis has had to travel several times for his job, but until this point I had never been allowed to go with him. However, a trip finally came up where I…