August 25-26, 2017 | Moving to Hawaii | Connecticut to Michigan When we found out we were moving to Hawaii, there were so many details that we needed to work out and many decisions that had to be made. After the initial freak-out-and-call-our-parents, we started going over everything that needed to happen. While there were many uncertainties,…
Driving Through Western New York | Letchworth State Park | June 2017 On our way home from visiting our families, we decided to break up the drive into 2 days, giving us a chance to do a little exploring in Western New York before returning to reality. We drove through Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, sticking on the…
On the morning of June 1, we packed up our Jeep once again, this time with a special passenger: Curtis’ younger sister, who was joining us so that she could reunite with her friends in Iowa. We were happy to have her along for the ride, and Charlotte was thrilled to have a new lap…
We just returned from a refreshing trip to the Midwest to spend some much needed time with our families. It had been almost 10 months since we had last seen everyone during our extremely brief trip passing through en route to New York. The timing was just perfect: Curtis was on hold waiting for his…
Hiking to the St. Regis Mountain Fire Tower • May 17, 2017 • Completing the Fire Tower Challenge! 2 days after hiking to Tremper, we set out on another very exciting hike…what was to be our final hike in the Fire Tower Challenge! Like I’ve said before, in order to complete the challenge you must hike all…
Hiking to Bald and Stillwater Fire Towers • Weekend in the Western Adirondacks, Day 1 • April 22, 2017 It is officially camping season again, and we couldn’t be more excited! Well, most campsites in Upstate NY don’t agree (and aren’t open until May), but that sure didn’t stop us! All we wanted to do for Curtis’ recent 4-day…