Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
The 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 16Day 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 OnSan Francisco! Finally! Today we made the 1.5 hour drive to San Francisco. I woke up at 7:30 and played Mahjong on my phone until 8:00ish and my dad brought up coffee and oranges for a little pre-breakfast. We did a couple of loads of laundry and packed another bag of clothes for San Francisco. […]
Read More Finally In San FranciscoPower: pow-er /pou(e)r/ verb Move or travel with great speed or force. Today in Yosemite we saw the power, of water, of people, of rocks, of trees, of everything. The waterfalls were so forceful, the people made this a National Park, the rocks for the ground, and the trees pulled up the rock and all […]
Read More Power In YosemiteToday we did not do much. We started by driving a hour and a half. Then we got to San Fran and got are first room at a Kimpton. Then we walked around. There was a lot of up and down and it was hard. For lunch we went to Sam Wo. Then we started […]
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