Hear me out; South Dakota is awesome! I know it’s hard to take my word for it, but I’ve seen it with my own eyes and I’m here to say: South Dakota, it does NOT suck (Colin concurs). THAT’S what their license plate should say. THAT should be the state slogan. #southdakotadoesnotsuck (it’ll catch on)……
Category: Adventures
Oh you Bad…lands.
Whenever I heard “South Dakota”, this is what I thought: Sure, this photo WAS taken in South Dakota… but it’s not indicative of the time we enjoyed there. My mission, here and now, is to change the South Dakota stereotype. I hope that the following photos will help change the general perspective. We were in the…
An Interlude in Illinois
Ever have plans change? Happened to us. Originally, we thought we were going to be in Illinois for 3-4 weeks: come in for wedding festivities, see family and friends, get back on the road. Then, we decided to remodel Colin’s Naperville apartment and get it listed before leaving. It sounded quick in theory: new floors,…
Climbing in Kentucky and mountain biking in Indiana
To close out our six weeks on the road, we decided to go climbing in the Red River Gorge. Little did we know when we pulled up to the “climber’s area” outside the park that we would be walking into an entire community. Ahhh, Miguel’s. It was incredible; a climber’s heaven. Vans were abundant, people…
He told me to be brave, I told him to shut up. Our time in North Carolina.
Let me start by saying, our first night in North Carolina didn’t start well. After driving down a dark, winding, one-car road for an eternity, we finally found a spot to sleep for the night. There was only one problem: it felt like we were in the middle of a scary movie. It was dark;…
Colin blows out a shoe playing pickleball with retirees and more adventures
We were only in Florida for three weeks but you’d never know it based on all our adventures. We snorkeled, hiked, sunbathed, and even picked up a new sport: pickleball. This is our last Florida trip report (until we visit again!) and we are packing it in. Biscayne National Park: Our last National Park in Florida…
The Florida Everglades as seen by a pale white boy on a bicycle
“I hope we get to see some wildlife.” – Colin, five minutes before spending the next five hours biking alongside 50+ alligators, a variety of birds, fish and turtles. To say that the Everglades exceeded our expectations is a gross understatement. It was one of our most memorable days – and it cost $0.00. At…
The Florida Keys to my heart
Who’s got four thumbs and goes to the Florida Keys on a whim, without any summer clothes to speak of? These two! We never planned to go to Florida on this first trip. However, once we realized that the temperatures in North Carolina weren’t what we were looking for and we had seen what we…
Two weeks on the road and we’ve already stayed at our first truck stop
It’s hard to believe it’s only been two weeks since we left Illinois. We’ve been to six states, I jubilantly crossed off my 50th state, Colin saw his first manatee and we’ve already gone through about 5 bottles of sunscreen. Because pale. We also had a lot of van life firsts: we stayed overnight at…
Our trip to Zion: What didn’t we do?!
When we set out to travel, one of our goals was to make sure that we thoroughly enjoy each place we visited. We were recently in Zion for four days and while that sounds short, I think we did it justice.