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…
Weekend in the IA-MN-SD Tri-State Area | August 23, 2020 On Sunday morning, we packed up our tent and got back on the road. We drove back into Iowa, made our way to US-75 and began heading South. For our first stop, we drove to Le Mars, IA, which is known as the ice cream…
Weekend in the IA-MN-SD Tri-State Area | August 22, 2020 The month of August was exactly as hot and humid as you’d expect for a Midwest summer. However, we weren’t adjusted to it at all. We hadn’t seen temps or humidity that high since…well, last summer when we were on the mainland. It was tempting…
When we found out we were moving to Nebraska, the part I was most excited for was being so close to my family again. After this year especially, it just felt right to be closer to home during these uncertain times. However, we never could have guessed the crazy events that would happen just one…
When we arrived in Omaha on Sunday, August 2, Curtis “checked in” with his new command by phone, and then began two weeks of “quarantine” before reporting to work. I use that term very lightly because unlike in Hawaii where the quarantine was very strict, here all that meant was that he wasn’t allowed to…
DC and Midwest Trip | August 2019 | Our Time in Iowa Our last stop on vacation was our hometown in Iowa to stay with my family. We left Lydia, Grace, and Kylie before lunch and began our drive South. We were mostly retracing our route from our honeymoon until we made it to the…