Category: Hikes

Memorial Day at Mount Rushmore

What better way to end Memorial Day than a trip to Mount Rushmore. We drove through Keystone to the Needles Highway. First stop on the Needles Highway was Sylvan Lake with a 7.6 mile...

Devils Tower, Wyoming

America’s First National Monument Devil Tower was made America’s first National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt on September 24, 1906. It is 867 feet from the base to the summit. It is 1,267 feet...

Wind Cave National Park

May 25th, our third day in South Dakota, we headed to Wind Cave National Park. This was not on our original list of things we had planned, but I glad we added it. Dirt...

The Badlands in South Dakota

First Sighting We entered the Badlands National Park through the Northeast entrance after an hour drive from Rapid City via I-90. Our first stop of the day was at 8:30 to fuel up at...

Spring Break 2023, Day One

Travis and I usually have at least a partial plan. Going into spring break we had a few thoughts but no solid plans. Our son Jonah has recently moved to North Carolina with the...

Easter in Alaska with Jonah

When you have children that live all over the U.S., you travel!!!!!! PLANNING QUICKLY This trip to Alaska was decided on pretty quickly. I knew that I needed/wanted to go see my son Jonah...

A Hike with Morris

Travis found a great hike for us during our spring break trip to Branson in March 2022. We were looking for an off road trail that was between 5 and 10 miles long. He...