Hiking in Niobrara River State Park | October 2020 We had an interesting night camping beside the Missouri river. The wind picked up and shook the tent throughout the night. Big fish flopped around all hours of the night, and some fishermen arrived and put their boat in the water here sometime between 2-3 AM….
End of September & Beginning of October 2020 | Hiking in Desoto National Wildlife Refuge | Visiting Fort Atkinson State Historic Site During the last week of September, Curtis had to travel for work. We were a little bummed that I couldn’t go, as we had always talked about how post-submarine life I could just…
Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln | Homestead National Monument | September 2020 For our last adventure together in September, we left Charlotte at home and drove Southwest for a short day trip. Our first stop was in Lincoln to see both the Lancaster County Courthouse and the Nebraska State Capitol. We parked inbetween the two…
Hiking in Hitchcock Nature Preserve | September 2020 The day after hiking in Platte River State Park was the perfect sunny and warm September day, so we drove to Iowa to go for a hike in the Loess Hills. Today’s destination was Hitchcock Nature Preserve, a park located North of the small town of Crescent,…
Hiking in Platte River State Park and Memphis Lake Recreation Area | September 2020 The first cold front came through right after Labor Day weekend. The highs were in the 50’s, lows in the 30’s-40’s, and it took everything in me to not turn on the heat. In the end, we survived, and we were…
Hiking in Waubonsie State Park | August 2020 The theme of today’s adventure was “More Counties, Loess Hills.” Our goal was to bag the Southwestern-most county in Iowa, the Northern-most county in Missouri, and a few Nebraska counties on the way home, as well as visit a few parks along the way. We set off…