Hiking Scruton, Odakota, and Bear Mountains | Camping in the Black Hills | July 2025 After deciding not to stay at Sage Creek Campground, we left the Badlands making our way towards Rapid City and the Black Hills, generally towards Pactola Reservoir and the hope of a dispersed site in the forest. We checked out…
Omaha, NE to the Black Hills, SD | Badlands National Park | June 2025 After saying goodbye to family in Omaha, we picked up some groceries and began to make our way North to South Dakota. The first day was hard, there’s no other way to put it. Everything reminded us of Charlotte. I suppose…
Driving from KY to IL to IA | Visiting the Bernheim Forest & Arboretum in KY | Visiting Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in IN | A Week in Decatur, IL | June 2025 On the third day of our drive from NC to IL, we started early with breakfast and a short walk for Charlie,…
Wilmington, NC to Red River Gorge, KY | Visiting Pilot Mountain State Park | Visiting Breaks Interstate Park | June 2025 After our time in Wilmington, we had 4 days to travel to Curtis’ next assignment in central Illinois. We planned a new route, chose a few attractions to visit along the way, then packed…
June 2025 in Wilmington, NC | Road Trip to Cliffs of the Neuse State Park & Greene County It had been 10 months since our last visit to Wilmington, NC together, and I was actually looking forward to coming back this time around. We were returning to a hotel that we liked in a nice…
Hiking in Jockey’s Ridge State Park | Visiting the Wright Brothers National Memorial | Visiting Fort Raleigh National Historic Site | Boondocking in Washington, NC | May 2025 We awoke at the rest stop this morning and hurried through our morning chores so we could get started with today’s adventure. Two years ago, we had…