Moving to Hawaii • Hiking White Butte, North Dakota’s High Point • September 8, 2017 Jess: We were up before the sun this morning, and we packed up camp and got on the road quickly. Our goal for the day was to hike White Butte, the highest point in North Dakota, which was about 3 hours away…
Moving to Hawaii • Hiking Black Elk Peak, South Dakota’s High Point • September 7, 2017 We woke up just before dawn on Thursday morning, the day we had planned to do our first peak hike of our vacation. It was a brisk morning, but we didn’t have any trouble getting out of our tent after sleeping…
Moving to Hawaii • Badlands National Park, Minutemen Missile National Historic Site, Mt. Rushmore, and Custer State Park • September 6, 2017 Curtis: We woke early in the morning having slept fairly well despite the full moon. We packed up, returned to I-90 and continued our trek west. The first stop for the day was, of course,…
Moving to Hawaii • Our Time in Michigan • August 2017 We arrived at my parents home Saturday afternoon in time for dinner and general socializing, but were tired as is often the case after driving almost non stop a third of the way across the country. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect on our arrival, warm…
August 25-26, 2017 | Moving to Hawaii | Connecticut to Michigan When we found out we were moving to Hawaii, there were so many details that we needed to work out and many decisions that had to be made. After the initial freak-out-and-call-our-parents, we started going over everything that needed to happen. While there were many uncertainties,…
Driving Through Western New York | Letchworth State Park | June 2017 On our way home from visiting our families, we decided to break up the drive into 2 days, giving us a chance to do a little exploring in Western New York before returning to reality. We drove through Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, sticking on the…