Vacation to Maui • Backpacking Haleakala National Park • Day 1 • January 2, 2018 2018 is here, and we are preparing for the challenges that it will bring with it. Knowing that we are going to have more time apart this year, and are very restricted on our freedom to travel, we realized the importance of taking advantage of what few…
Hiking the “Stairs of Doom” to Koko Crater • New Year’s Eve in Hawaii • December 31, 2017 We started off 2017 with a New Year’s Day snowshoe hike, and ended it with a New Year’s Eve trek up the Stairs of Doom to Koko Crater. And somehow, even with our lack of outings last winter,…
Hiking the Judd Trail Loop • The Kaniakapupu Ruins • First Christmas in Hawaii • December 2017 It’s hard to believe this was our 5th Christmas married. Where have the years gone? I love when the holidays roll around each year, and we have more and more years with memories to look back on. Last Christmas, we were…
Hiking to Crouching Lion • December 17, 2017 The month of December was filled with finding our way around our new town, trying new recipes, going to the beach, and attending Christmas parties. We also got to experience the magic of Stand Down Period, where Curtis’ work hours were reduced and we had more time to settle…
Moving into our New House • Hiking to Lulumahu Falls • Beginning of December After a long 2 months of living in a hotel, we finally signed a big stack of papers and officially became homeowners! This was a long anticipated event for us — you may remember in one of the first posts of this…
November 2017 Happenings • Moanalua Valley Trail • Hiking to Manoa Falls November was a rather challenging month. We were still living out of a hotel, waiting somewhat impatiently to get through the escrow process, and dealing with PCS complications such as the car registration. On top of all of that Curtis had to be gone, leaving…