Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
When we made the decision to come home, Zak and I promised the girls (and ourselves) that we would hike as often as we could at home. This morning we wiped out the last of the glass shards from our hiking boots and headed to Darien, a full 20 minutes from our home. We pulled […]
Read More Waterfall GlenThe Knotts were back on the trail today! Although it was much lamer than the ones out west, this is Illinois, it still felt good to be out walking. We decided on the Waterfall Glen Loop since it’s the only longish trail nearby. It’s amazing how different 10.5 miles is when it’s flat though, we […]
Read More AnticipationWe’re in the last hour of #RTXVII with just a bunch of Illinois cornfields between us and home. The last couple days have been pretty uneventful with a couple highlights that the others have detailed. We’ve been listening to the playlist all day today and as each song comes on I’ve considered whether it would […]
Read More End of the LineThe rodeo Hiking the Panorama/ Mist trails Not dying on the death ledge See the stars at Yosemite First family backpacking trip Kimpton Monaco SLC Gyros at The Wheel Bar Smelling the piney mountain air Ranger Mike’s hat Being out west. Seeing mountains and deserts. Hummus at The Spoke Getting to Lake Haiyha Seeing the […]
Read More Good ThingsThe last few days have been a mix of emotions. There has been crying and laughing, gratefulness and frustration, and good and bad people. On Friday it was pretty awful.We discovered somebody broke into our car. My parents did a great job dealing with the situation. They called insurance and the police right away. This […]
Read More Zoe’s PostAs you know we decided to head home. So the past few days all we did was drive. We stayed in 1 last Kimpton. We got a moose,tent, and make your own s’more . I am proud to be a member of the Knott family.
Read More Cow 16It was a long day of driving and there is little to report. We got up before 6. I’m determined that will be the earliest I will wake up the rest of summer. That’s a downside of these trips. We get up at sunrise most days to start hiking before it gets too hot or […]
Read More Day 16: Salt Lake City to Kearney, NebraskaDay 15. We woke up early in Reno. It had been a tough night for the girls and myself. I found myself reading, trying to fall back asleep, at 3 am. I heard Ellie tiptoe across the room and whisper, “Mama? I’m worried ravens are going to get into the car. They’re smart and can […]
Read More Day 15: Reno to Salt Lake CityMolly wrote an incredibly eloquent post about yesterday’s events and our decisions so I don’t feel there’s there’s too much more to add. I will share a few of my own thoughts on the day though. Thank you to everyone for the multitude of well wishes and offers of help and support. It’s been touching […]
Read More Float OnThis one is a tough one. You probably saw on Facebook that our car was broken into last night. Most of our camping gear, our nice camera, three of our backpacking bags (ironically, not mine), tons of smaller items, and Zoe’s new colored pencils and post it notes were all taken. Two rear windows were […]
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