Driving from Iowa to Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri | Camping in Missouri Conservation Areas | Visiting Mark Twain State Historic Site | Florida, MO | November 2024 Between the end of October and middle of December, we had several appointments and reasons to stay close to our hometown in Iowa. However, in between those…
Happy New Year to all our family and friends! We hope this post finds you happy & healthy. We are very thankful for another wonderful year spent together, filled with a healthy balance of working, traveling, and time with family. I’m tempted to say this year felt a little uneventful for us personally, but I…
Colorado Springs, CO to Omaha, NE | Sand Creek Massacre NHS | Glen Elder State Park, KS | October 2024 On Monday morning, it was time for me to begin my first ever solo road trip in the van. I packed up the van, checked out of the hotel, and walked Charlotte around one last…
Camping in Elephant Rocks BLM Area | Driving from Alamosa to Colorado Springs, CO | October 2024 After leaving Great Sand Dunes National Park, we drove about 30 minutes West to another BLM area West of Alamosa. We knew that regardless of whether Curtis had to leave early for work or not, our time out…
Rio Grande del Norte, NM to Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO | Camping in White Shell BLM Area | Alamosa, CO | October 2024 We woke up from our last day in Rio Grande del Norte very early. Or at least, I woke up very early in order to take a work call that…
Spending a Weekend in Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument | October 2024 During our time in Colorado, we decided to take a brief intermission and dip into New Mexico. This idea came about when we were looking for places to camp over Indigenous People’s Day weekend. We wanted somewhere warmer, with more desert-like scenery,…