Monday, July 6, 2015 Exploring the Black Hills of South Dakota For our first full day in the Black Hills area, we decided to do a little mix of sightseeing and hiking. Everything we wanted to see was within a reasonable driving distance from where we were staying, so we never had to do too…
Sunday, July 5, 2015 Badlands National Park On Sunday morning, we left bright and early for the 2 hour drive from Pierre to the Badlands. The temperature was forecasted to be in the 90’s for the day, so the earlier the start, the better! In the Badlands, there is basically no shade, so we packed…
Saturday, July 4, 2015 Traveling to Pierre, South Dakota One of my big bucket list items for this summer was to go on vacation somewhere with my family. Now, if you read this blog often, you may be surprised to learn that there was a time when I once hated going on vacation. Sad, but…
Day 8 (last day!): Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Today was a drive-all-day-long kind of day. Being letterboxers, we didn’t exactly take the most direct way home. But that’s okay…it was Curtis’ last chance to letterbox for a while. Thankfully, we were able to find both and make the most of the day. One box took…
Day 7: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Today was our last full day in Door County, and we were determined to make the most of it! With highs in the 70’s and beautiful clear skies, we rose early and headed to Sister Bay to start our day. We went back to Al Johnson’s for breakfast –…
Day 6: Monday, June 8, 2015 Another rainy morning resulted in another easy start to the day. It’s not that we were sleeping in super late, we just happened to know that rain was predicted for this morning so we decided to wait for it while resting. It did finally come, so all that waiting…