Nuclear Power and Nuclear Missiles The following morning, we got ready quickly and hit the road towards Cuyahoga Valley National Park just south of Cleveland, OH. We stopped first at Horrocks again to grab some fresh fruit before continuing down the road through Ann Arbor, Toledo, and to Cleveland. We passed through many fields, forests,… Read more

A River House and A Lake Boat On Friday morning, I got up and worked for a few hours while Faith did crafts and hung out with my Mom. As afternoon arrived, we packed up, bid my parents farewell, and got moving once again. This time we were headed to Dubuque for a weekend with… Read more

East into the Midwest The next day, we woke up to an amazing sunrise and continued our journey to our next destination: Sioux Falls. We headed south from the Slim Buttes and drove past the beautiful Bear Butte as we made it to the Black Hills at Sturgis, SD. We got onto I-90 and headed… Read more

The Maah Daah Hey Trail The next day, August 24th, we got up, finished packing up our van, cleared the remainder of our stuff from the house, and bid my parents farewell. We hit the road south and west towards our next destination in western North Dakota: the Maah Daah Hey Trail (MDHT). The MDHT… Read more

1,400 Miles of Plains We got up on Tuesday, had breakfast with Mike and Jill, then started up the road towards Glacier National Park, where we would be spending the rest of the day. We drove through Kalispell and into the mountains, hitting only a small patch of traffic at the entrance station before parking… Read more

An Out-of-place Band On Monday, we got up, finished packing the van, and said goodbye to Scott and Liberty, thanking them for not leaving us to die in the wilderness. We had a few miles to drive to our next destination and wanted to get moving. We set the GPS for Kalispell, MT, and soon… Read more

Beautiful Views and Boundless Blisters I awoke rather groggily to my alarm blaring in the airport at about 4:45 AM. We got up and wandered down to our gate, boarded our flight, and sat in our separate seats. All of the Frontier flights we had been on had empty seats, so we were hoping to… Read more

An Iowa Intermission Sleeping in airports is never fun, and the Denver airport is no exception: there were a lot of bright lights, random loud announcements, and barely comfortable benches to sleep on. We eventually found a decent place to sleep, but didn’t realize that one of the earliest flights of the day was going… Read more

Ice Cream, Blueberries, and Budget Airlines Monday morning came rapidly. Faith and I slept for a bit longer than we intended to before getting up to work and hang out with Julie and their kids Katie and Carl. The day was dreary and rainy, which seemed very apropos for the Pacific Northwest but was apparently… Read more

Fires, Forests, and (No) Ferries As the sun rose on Friday, July 26, so did we, getting all our things (freshly cleaned!) back into the van and helping the Westers pack up their car. They were headed to a college visit for Joel then back to Boise via Mammoth Lakes, and we were headed up… Read more