When reflecting on 2021, the most obvious thing that stands out to us is how much time we spent traveling. Each month is remembered by where we were going; time was measured by how many hours we spent in the car; it was the year we counted counties and not days. And besides that, it…
October & November at Home | Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail from Strahan to Imogene | Fall 2021 After returning home to Omaha, we thoroughly unpacked and cleaned our car, stored our camping gear in the garage, did laundry, put away our luggage, and settled back into our normal routine. Out of all the…
A long term goal of ours has always been to backpack long distance trails. We aren’t interested in dropping everything for 6 months and doing a cross-country trek like the Appalachian Trail; instead, we’ve set our sights on relatively shorter trails such as the Arizona Trail, Colorado Trail, and Hayduke Trail. But since we can’t…
On December 31, 2019, Curtis and I watched the last sunset of the year on Haleakala. Making it through 2019 felt like a huge accomplishment. We had survived our last full year attached to an active duty submarine, and would be moving away in just a few months. 2020 was the year we had been…
After almost three years, our return to the mainland has meant the return of my woodworking and other tools. This naturally meant the start of new projects for the home that have been lacking or been wanting for a while. As part of our apartment we’ve also been provided with a one stall garage which…
Walnut Creek Recreation Area | October 2020 Pandemic and political drama aside, October was a pretty good month for us. For the first two weeks of the month, Curtis attended a training related to his job, which would let out early enough in the afternoon so that we could go out for hikes every day….