This year has been a big one for us! A few quick highlights: we went to New York City, we got married, and we adopted two cats! We thought we’d do a year-end wrap-up post and a look into what we have planned for 2020. So without further ado: Favorite Trip Our favorite non-camping trip… Read More A Few of Our Favorite Things
Florida was a blast and we were looking forward to the next leg of our trip! First up was lunch in Montgomery, at a Jamaican restaurant. We walked down the street a bit to read historical marker signs but it was really hot and our cramped legs weren’t louder than the heat. Our timing into… Read More Honeymoon: Part 4
For the drive from New Orleans to Pensacola, we took the scenic route along the coast and boy was it worth it! This was the first time in a long time that either of us had visited the Gulf Coast and even longer for Kirk being near the ocean. We made a pit stop in… Read More Honeymoon: Part 3
After getting coffee and breakfast, we headed out to Springfield, Missouri for lunch. The restaurant we went to was called Van Gogh’s Eeterie. It was super cute and the food was absolutely delicious with lots of vegetarian friendly options. After a short walk up and down the street we switched drivers and headed to Memphis.… Read More Honeymoon: 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
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
This past weekend we took the National Outdoor Leadership School Wilderness First Aid course offered through REI. We’re planning a weekend backpacking trip on the Ouachita Trail this April and weeklong trip on the Ozark Trail later this year so we want to be prepared. We really enjoyed this course. The instructors did a wonderful… Read More NOLS Wilderness First Aid
