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…
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | West Branch of the East Nishnabotna River to Strahan, IA | July 2021 On July 9, a big storm rolled through Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa. We woke up to the sound of wind howling after midnight, and Curtis got up and quickly moved our tomato plants and…
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | US-34 to Malvern; Malvern to the West Branch of the East Nishnabotna River | June 2021 In the month of June, we were able to continue our section hike of the Wabash Trace Trail by hiking a few miles on two different weekends. We had some longer trips…
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Gaston Ave to US-34 | May 2021 Back while we were training to backpack the Centennial Trail, I imagined that coming off the trail would be difficult. I thought for sure that we’d have post-vacation blues, especially after planning this trip for so long and training for it…
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Silver City, IA to Gaston Ave | April 2021 Hiking on the Wabash Trace Trail has become something I’m eagerly looking forward to each week. I love making slow progress and enjoying small sections at a time. I love that the three of us can do it together,…
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Mineola to Silver City, IA | April 2021 Curtis’ birthday fell on a Friday this year, and besides having to go into work for a few hours, we got to spend most of the day together! This was a huge improvement compared to the past few years, when…