Since we’ve moved out here, almost a month and a half ago, we’ve hiked every weekend. Most of these hikes have been about 2 hours or less than 5 miles. It gets hot quick! Usually we wake up at 5 to head to a trailhead and by 6 it’s 95+ degrees. Once the sun hits… Read More Two Months In – Hiking Roundup
Friday was suppose to be our last day of work. Instead we bought a second kayak. We made the decision to cancel our thruhike almost a month ago. Our area has been under a stay at home order since March 24th, we’ve been working from home for a little longer than that, and we signed… Read More Not the Year we Envisioned
As southbound thru-hiking season approaches we’re starting to get antsy. Shaking our fists at the cold spells on the weekend and staring longingly out our work windows. After Kirk was sick in January and February came with overtime at work we fell off our training schedule. Now that we’re starting to see the trees budding… Read More CDT Training
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
Taking advantage of every nice weekend we can; we headed up to Weston Bend State Park for some hiking. We’d been told that leaf peeping (yes, it’s a thing) there was really good so we were excited that we had a free weekend that lined up with the changing leaves. It also happened to be… Read More Weston and the Sallie House
We’ve been planning a practice hike all summer but it had been difficult to find time. This weekend we finally managed to find time and the weather cooperated! What was first predicted as rain gradually grew into a partly sunny 80 degree day so we knew we had to take advantage of our luck. After… Read More Prepping for the Ozark Trail
*Wedding photos credit to Meg O’Neill Photography* Our wedding day began with a 3am alarm. Kaila spent the early morning getting ready while Kirk made coffee and breakfast. The rest of the families didn’t have to meet us at the trailhead until 6:30am but the top for Kaila’s dress required another person so Kaila’s mother… Read More Wedding Weekend – Part 2
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
