Driving from Eastern Iowa to Central Illinois | Visiting Lincoln Home National Historic Site | Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site | Springfield, IL | May 2024 After a refreshing week in Iowa, it was time to kick off this summer’s travels. Curtis has a few work assignments scattered throughout the summer which will dictate where…
Visiting Field of Dreams | Hiking in Wapsipinicon State Park | Week with Family | May 2024 Today was the last day of our road trip from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to our hometown in Iowa. We had enjoyed our time traveling slowly, visiting places we’d wanted to see for a long time, and entering into…
Hiking in Effigy Mounds National Monument | Pikes Peak State Park | May 2024 After a peaceful night in Minnesota, it was time to return to our home state once again. And we could think of no better way to enter than by taking highway 26, following the Mississippi River, which we think is one…
March 2024 in Davenport, Iowa | What We Did, Where We Ate, and Where We Stayed Curtis’ assignment in the Quad Cities area ended up being his longest one so far — and thankfully, it also turned out to be his favorite from this spring season. Part of that was because he actually had a…
Hiking in Mississippi Palisades State Park | Savanna, IL | March 2024 For our time in the Quad Cities, one of our main goals was to go out and find a park or place to hike along the Mississippi River. When we think of the best/most scenic areas to hike in Iowa, they mostly revolve…
Visiting Black Hawk State Historic Site | Rock Island, IL | March 2024 With the change of plant from La Salle to the Quad Cities came a change of pace. We would be here longer, but I would also be working less: I had two weekends off and a couple of fatigue days during our…