This blog post starts a series in which we will be sharing a crazy summer of travel — most of it for spending time in nature and/or with people we love. Self-care is essential and time in nature is one of our healing modalities. Our spring is quickly moving into
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Stop 99: Oh…O-H-I-O… the Last Stop in the Midwest
O-H-I-O, the 28th state we have visited on our adventures across the U.S. The state gets its name from the Ohio River (a 981-mile river; the largest tributary to the Mississippi River by volume) whose name originated with an interpretation of the Seneca Indian word ohiːyo’, meaning “great river.” Ohio
Stop 73: The Big Bend is Stunningly Big, Beautiful
Majestic. Picturesque. Enchanting. Huge. Astonishing. Spectacular. Inspiring. Breathtaking. Gigantic. Multifaceted. Grandiose. Amazing. Empowering. Glorious. Magnificent. Beautiful. How many more words can we give to the absolutely unexpected magnificence and sheer size of the Big Bend area of Texas? Totaling more than a millions acres combined, both Big Bend National Park
Stop 39: Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park, the 16th national park we have visited on this trip, but first in our hearts… because it was the first national park we visited together — and a perfect long weekend of nature, fun, and love. But that was then (back in November 2016), and Going-to-the-Sun Road
Stop 34: Rocks, Trails, and Lots of Lava
Just wow. This leg of the trip surprised and amazed us. Our venture to southern Idaho opened up amazing worlds to us — of wildflowers blooming in lava fields, of hiking to the top of a volcano, to climbing over rocks once covered but revealed through erosion, of witnessing the