Driving from Texas to Iowa | Camping in Kansas and Missouri | Visiting Fort Larned National Historic Site | December 2023 We broke up the remainder of our drive across the Great Plains over three days, aiming to arrive in Iowa on Christmas Eve. On the first day, we drove North from Caprock Canyon through…
Winter Migration Road Trip, Day 5 | Chickasaw NRA to Wichita Mountains | Hiking & Camping in Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | November 2023 After leaving Chickasaw National Recreation Area, we drove West across Oklahoma on OK-7, claiming new counties and avoiding toll roads the whole way. Our destination for today for both activities…
Winter Migration Road Trip, Day 4 | Kansas to Oklahoma | Little House on the Prairie Museum | Pawhuska, OK | Camping & Hiking in Chickasaw National Recreation Area | November 2023 We woke up to a chilly morning in Southeast Kansas, but still braved the cold to go outside and enjoy our little lakefront…
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…
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…
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…