Holy cow! How has a whole other month already flown by?! And beyond that, a whole other year. Our December was, once again, marred with highs and lows. I…
What a year 2024 has been. It’s been a weird, hard year while also having some of my biggest growth, some huge successes and beautiful adventures. While I’m not…
Zion National Park is absolutely of the US’s iconic sites. Angels Landing tops many lists of most beautiful and/or most treacherous hiking lists and the stunning red walls that…
Traveling is an exciting activity that offers life-enriching experiences. However, long journeys can become uncomfortable and monotonous, especially when you have not dressed appropriately for hours on end in…
Matthiessen State Park wasn’t even on my radar when we took a camping trip to Illinois. In fact, our trip up there was based around a totally different state…
This year, for our father/daughter hiking trip, my dad requested that we visit a national park so that he could get his copy of my National Parks Journal stamped…
Whew, November 2024… What a rollercoaster. I’m starting to realize, though, that life is just a rollercoaster, despite my best efforts. We started off slow, a little staycation, Bub…
