Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
I have to write another story for my spelling homework. Here it is. My dad has bene planning for a big hiking trip. Last year we went on a hiking trip my dad planned a lot and we hiked a lot. But this year my dad did more planning and we are doing more hiking. […]
Read More Another story blog postI’ve said the line, “one of the best parts of the trip is…” countless times, usually with a different ending to the sentence. The scenery, the food, the laughter, the nature, the Kimptons, the bonding. All great, and true. But another one-of-the-best-parts is the people. Each stop, each park, each hotel, each city brings new […]
Read More Business Cards, another item I didn’t know we neededI’ve been looking at a lot of maps lately, and my favorites by far are the USGS topographic quad maps. In addition to being amazing for better understanding an area they are stunningly beautiful. You can explore them yourself here: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/maps/TopoView. I was excited to see this article in the New York Times this morning gushing over the […]
Read More Maps are BeautifulWe are at the point in the preparation phase that UPS makes at least three Amazon deliveries per week. And, unlike the rest of the year, I place about none of the orders. It seems like every day there is a small pile of boxes with huge smiling faces to greet us when we come […]
Read More Automatic Fish Feeder, an item I didn’t know we neededThursday the 5th was my band concert and Practice 5K for Girls on the run. It was my 3rd one ever. I played Alpha Squadron, Safari Drums Rock, and Let’s Go Band. I had a lot of fun. So many of my friends from school were in it. After the concert there was a bake […]
Read More Thursday May 5th, 2016We’re all well aware that navigation isn’t one of our strong points. I’ve spent a lot of time over the past couple months studying maps and trails. I have sought out GPS waypoints and tracks from all corners of the internet to see where people before us have gone. However, I know from our experiences […]
Read More Navigation SchoolThe main reason I’m writing this is because I wanted to get my blog post for the week done and I still have to do my spelling homework which is write a story and I haven’t done either those things yet this week even it is already Tuesday. Here is my story. Rose can’t wait […]
Read More Spelling HomeworkBefore last year’s trip we had the idea to get a journal made for us to record our thoughts in at the end of each day. This turned out to be one of our favorite souvenirs of the trip so there was no question that we would do it again. Below are the pages from […]
Read More #RTXVI JournalWe got a little road trip practice in this weekend with a quick trip to Minneapolis. The “are we there yets” were certainly more pronounced than they were last summer but I’m hopeful that we were able to work most of them out of the girls systems. The ride was luxurious (stay tuned for an upcoming post […]
Read More MSPI harped and harped on the girls to write lots and lots about the weekend, to think of as many small moments as they could, and to just write more and more. Yet, here I am not really sure what to write about. It was a perfect weekend surrounded by the best folks, with lots […]
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