Finishing Ohio’s Counties | Visiting Serpent Mount State Historic Site | Afternoon in Dayton | Visiting the Wright Brothers Museum & Bike Shop | Thomas Dambo Trolls | August 2026 Today was another exciting day for us on this road trip: we were planning on visiting our last 5 counties in Ohio to complete the…
Driving Across West Virginia | Visiting New River Gorge National Park | Hiking the Long Trail to Summersville Lake | August 2026 Having completed our main goals for this roadtrip through the Appalachians, we allowed ourselves a slow morning at our campsite in Virginia, getting some work done before hitting the road again. At this…
Visiting Rendezvous Mountain State Park | Driving, Hiking, & Camping on the Blue Ridge Parkway | August 2026 This morning began with a thick layer of clouds obstructing all the mountains surrounding us, and again we didn’t know how much, if any, of our day would end up being rainy. We decided not to waste…
2 Weeks in Wilmington, NC | Day Trip to Ocracoke Island | 1 Week in Southport, NC | August 2026 This summer, we spent 3 weeks in North Carolina for Curtis’ work. The first two were for training and office work in Wilmington, and the third was at a plant in Southport. It had been…
Driving Across Kentucky | Visiting Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park | Visiting Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument | July 2026 Today we were faced with the task of another long drive across the state of Kentucky, an ordeal that is rarely easy, at least the way we do things. We had a new route planned…
Driving from Iowa to Indiana | Hiking on the Herbert Hoover State Trail, West Branch, IA | Hiking & Camping in Kickapoo State Recreation Area | Visiting George Rogers Clark National Historic Site, Vincennes, IN | Camping in Hoosier National Forest | July 2026 After spending several months based in the greater Midwest (besides our…