It feels so strange to title this post “January adventures.” After surviving 20 Iowan winters, this feels nothing like “January” to me. Maybe it’s the longest and nicest October I’ve ever lived through. I’m not complaining about this of course ~ now that I’ve been here though I don’t think I can ever go back….
It was the Saturday after we returned to AZ after our “reverse snowbirding” vacation. Our Brit friend Mitch had invited us to go on a peak hike with him and our group of friends. He told me that people who were “not as in shape as I am” had done this hike before, and was…
Here are some panoramas that Curtis and I have taken while hiking recently! Hiking on the Arizona trail in the Molino Basin in the Catalina Mountains Curtis’ hike up Mt. Wrightson in the Santa Rita Mountains
Our First Thanksgiving as a Married Couple | November 2013 Here’s a look at our first Thanksgiving week as a married couple. It was hard not getting to spend the holiday with my family, but we still managed to have fun, spend time with friends and family, eat delicious food, and go on a few adventures. I’m…
Road Trip in Cochise County | November 23, 2013 The rain may have altered some of our plans, but it definitely didn’t spoil today’s adventure! We successfully found 8 letterboxes and enjoyed more of Southern Arizona that we hadn’t seen before. However, we weren’t able to see as much as we wanted of places like…
Winter is coming — it’s getting much cooler and is starting to rain. Thankfully, we were able to get out and go hiking and boxing before the rain started today (it’s been pouring off and on since last night). For this weekday adventure, we chose to go hiking in Saguaro National Park on the West side…