After what felt like an interminable week we threw our suitcases in the car, went to pick up Kaila’s sister, and headed to the airport. For a late night flight to Denver. An hour delay later and we landed in Colorado around 11pm. We still had to drive out to Idaho Springs where we would… Read More Wedding Weekend – Part 1
We kicked off the beginning of summer with our twice annual weekend camping trip in southeast Missouri. There has been quite a bit of rain in this area of the country throughout the spring and the effects were very much evident on our drive over there. Columbia is about halfway and they have a better… Read More Johnson’s Shut-Ins
Hyperlite Mountain Gear 3400 Windrider: Beside the fact that Kaila could fit into this pack, it was a good size for the distances we’ll be hiking. Kaila went for the Windrider instead of the Southwest because the ability to keep damp stuff in the pockets and have them dry out some during the course of… Read More Ouachita Trail – Gear Review
The next morning we awoke, much to our relief, with a thoroughly dry and mostly upright tent. The mesh interior on Kaila’s side had fallen off its clasp in the middle of the night and spooked her but that was a much easier fix than the night before. Breakfast was much more palatable, but only… Read More Ouachita Trail – Hike Part 2
After leaving work Thursday afternoon we drove down to Talimena State Park in eastern Oklahoma. We got in later than we had hoped and ended up having to set up our tent at dusk. This was the first time we were setting up this tent so that wasn’t ideal. We managed to get it set… Read More Ouachita Trail – Hike Part 1
This weekend we finally embark on our first section hike of the Ouachita Trail! We have experimented with homemade camp meals while car camping and have found some that were fantastic and others that weren’t…Here are the meals we have planned for our 3-day, 4-night hiking trip: Coffee is a must, so each day starts… Read More Ouachita Trail – Food
In two weeks we leave to hike part of the Ouachita Trail; as of this week, we finally have all the gear we need! Since this is our “practice” hike for our planned two-week long Ozark Trail hike later this year we might be slightly overpacked for a weekend trip. In preparation for long distance… Read More Ouachita Trail – Gear
Both of us are avid readers, so for 2019 we decided to push ourselves and seek out reading challenges. In the past several years neither of us had as much time to read as we would have liked. As we’ve grown, our taste in books has evolved with us but we still find ourselves reading… Read More 2019 Reading Challenge
While we were in New York City we tried to stay away from any chain restaurants or coffee shops. Our restaurant experience is skewed towards vegetarian friendly, without the reliance of mushrooms. The following is a review of the restaurants we did go to: –Spring Natural Kitchen: Veggie burger and house-made ginger beer, Morning Glory… Read More NYC Part 4: The Restaurants
Thursday was Valentine’s Day and we spent the day wandering around Central Park. The weather was pretty fantastic; 40 and sunny, so we weren’t the only ones with that idea. There were a couple of places in Central Park that we wanted to see. One of them being a cave (what’s left) that proved difficult… Read More NYC Part 3: The City
Endeavor to Adventure 