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Fort Scott National Historic Site

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Spring Break Road Trip 2022 | Day 1 | Omaha, NE to Pineville, MO | Fort Scott National Historic Site | KS/MO/OK Tri-Point | February 2022 We’ve done a lot of road tripping throughout our 8.5 years of marriage, especially throughout the last year. But there is one part of the country encompassing 3 whole states where neither of us… Read More

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Black Mesa & Mount Sunflower

Black Mesa & Mount Sunflower

Clayton, NM to Omaha, NE | Hiking Black Mesa, Oklahoma’s Highest Point | Visiting Mount Sunflower, Kansas’ Highest Point | December 7-8, 2021 After an eventful start to our last night of camping, we ended up sleeping very well in the back of the Subaru, and awoke to a beautiful sunrise the next morning. We repacked the car and made… Read More

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Fort Union & Pecos National Historic Site

Fort Union & Pecos National Historic Site

Dodge City, Kansas to Socorro, New Mexico | Visiting Fort Union National Monument and Pecos National Historic Sites | November 28, 2021 On Sunday morning, we awoke in our tent and tried to put off the moment we had been dreading all night: coming out of our warm sleeping bag cocoons and facing the brisk late November air. Curtis turned… Read More

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Thanksgiving 2021 / IA to KS

Thanksgiving 2021 / IA to KS

Thanksgiving 2021 in Iowa | Beginning of Arizona Trip 2021 | Iowa to Kansas | November 24-27, 2021 In my last post, I alluded to another work trip that Curtis had at the end of November that we had spontaneously decided to turn into one last road trip for the year. After all our driving this year, we were feeling… Read More

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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Northeastern Kansas Road Trip | Hiking in Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve | Cottonwood Falls, Marion, Junction City, Clay Center, Washington, and Marysville, KS | March 2021 On day 2 of our mini Kansas road trip, we awoke to the brisk morning air and a colorful sunrise over the lake. Curtis made dinosaur oatmeal on our camp stove (the Breakfast of… Read More

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Topeka / Chase Lake

Topeka / Chase Lake

Northeastern Kansas Road Trip | Holton, Topeka, Lyndon, & Emporia, KS | Camping at Chase Lake | March 2021 The beginning of March brought warmer temperatures day after day, each day nicer than the next. Being born and raised midwesterners, we know that this is likely a ‘false spring’ and that we’ll still have some colder days and possible snow… Read More

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