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…
Ottawa, IL to Davenport, IA | Hiking a Section of the Hennepin Canal Trail | First 2 Days in Davenport, IA | Hiking Around Sylvan Island | Hiking a Section of Duck Creek Trail | March 2024 Curtis’ third assignment this spring brought us to Davenport, IA and the greater Quad Cities area. We were…
Driving the Great River Road from Iowa to Missouri to Illinois | Iliniwek Village State Historic Site | Hannibal, MO | Lewis & Clark State Historic Site | Fort Kaskaskia, IL | January 2024 After a relaxing week spent celebrating Christmas and New Years with family, it was time to get back on the road…
Winter Migration Road Trip, Days 1 & 2 | Iowa to Missouri | Hiking in Ha Ha Tonka State Park | November 2023 Given a couple months of time to be wherever we wanted, and seeing snow appear in the forecast in Iowa, we decided it was time to make like a sandhill crane and…
Road Trip to Wilmington, NC | Iowa to Illinois | Fort Madison, IA | Nauvoo, IL | Hannibal, MO | Pere Marquette State Park | Shawnee National Forest | September 2023 After spending most of July in Wilmington, NC, we agreed that would be our last visit together this year. And yet here we were,…
When we arrived in Michigan at the beginning of August, our intention had been to stay through the weekend before having to go to Curtis’ next assignment. But through a series of events, we ended up staying almost a month. During that time, we were able to see all of Curtis’ immediate family, celebrate the…