2 Birds on a Moon

This is it! We made it! We had a summer full of adventures – exciting, scary, good, bad, beautiful, life-changing, hysterical, risky, peaceful, thought-provoking, eye-opening adventures. It feels like forever since we’ve been home but at the same time the summer has gone by in a flash.  We ended our trip at Chris’ lake house…

On Monday morning, August 12, bright and early – we finally packed up in under 30 minutes and set off for Chicago. Chris was impressed that I beat him on getting the inside packed up before he did the outside. (Everything is a competition btw) It was a long day of driving and we were…

Our drive from Grand Tetons to the Black Hills of South Dakota went smoothly and we rolled into Comanche Park campground just before sunset, where we quickly realized there was no water spigot for filling our freshwater tank. This wouldn’t normally be a huge issue except for the fact that Christi had planned on showering…

The morning of August 3, we said goodbye to the Liebermans at the little shops right outside of Glacier and then hit the road for our 8-hour drive to our campground in Yellowstone. It was a long day of driving, stopping at a fancy McDonalds for lunch where Chris became a kid again. Right before…

We spent our time in Glacier with the Liebermans who will be guest writing the first 3 days of this post. We are still waiting on Micah to submit his post so here are a few highlight pictures from his day in the meantime: July 31st (Written by Doug): After a refreshing night’s sleep, Wednesday…

As I stated in the previous post, we are waiting on our Moyer guest authors (Shannon, Jasmin, & Connie this time) to submit their entries for Mt. Rainier. Once they do, I will update this post. Here are some highlight pictures from Mt. Rainier in the meantime: After saying goodbye to the Moyer fam, Chris…

We met up with the Moyer family for this part of our trip (and Mt. Rainier) for a little family vacation in the middle of our honeymoon. Chris and I were both very happy to see some new faces! Therefore, we will have some guest authors writing the next few posts, each person taking one…

Friday morning, July 19, we got ourselves up and moving (not early enough for Chris’ liking as usual) to head to the crater lake visitor center to get some info on the 35-mile drive around the lake. It was a worthwhile stop because we actually got to see a 20-minute movie about how the lake…

This morning we slept in a bit and then after breakfast, we took a relaxing morning catching up on some blog writing. Around noon, we took a quick trip to the visitor center nearby our campsite to get the low down on what’s poppin’ in the park. With a plan of action, we headed back…

July 12 – We attempted to repack the pilot before leaving Yosemite which led to an argument and ended with silence as we drove out of the park to San Francisco. (There’s definitely a trend here. We are working on it!) I ended up driving the whole way so Chris could try to get some…

We woke up in Yosemite to the sounds of the campground rising to make breakfast and packing up for the day’s adventures. The sites at Upper Pines Campground are packed in rather tight, so there is no escaping being a part of the community in some way. I can see why quiet hours are so…

Our 4th of July started out with an early morning break down of camp at Mesa Verde in order to get to the 4 Corners National Monument before the crowds – which we accomplished! I had acquired a pretty sweet Bud Light cowboy hat at Wal-mart to wear in celebration of this Independence Day but…

Sunday morning, June 30, I woke up to a birthday breakfast in bed in our RV from the one and only. After a relaxing morning – maybe the first morning this trip Chris wasn’t pestering me to get moving (it was my birthday after all) – we packed up camp and set out on a…

June 26: The Govnabile finally pulled into Moraine Park campground in the Rocky Mountains an hour or so before sunset. Just enough time to get the RV freshwater tank filled with water, pick up some firewood, take the bikes off the Govnabile (the new Pilot name, thanks Pops!), unhook, and finally level the trailer before…

Tuesday morning, June 25, our goal was to wake up early and set off for Denver by 9am. As we have quickly been learning, it takes twice as long as we expect to pack up camp (and I also move at a negative speed before I have coffee in the am). Today, I was feeling…

On June 22nd, we set out for our 7 hour drive to Colorado early AM. The ride was pretty boring, flat, and uneventful with the exception of stopping in the town of Colby, KS which was in Thomas county. Since this is ironically my brother’s name, we had to stop at the visitor’s center and…

It’s now been 3 days of RVmooning but it feels like it’s been 2 weeks and we’re already halfway across the country (about 1500 miles)!  It stopped raining just in time for us to pull into our campsite at Mammoth Cave Campground. Chris only had to drive around the campground circle 3 times before he…

Well, we did it! We got married and set out on our journey of a lifetime! Our wedding weekend was incredible – a special shout out to our friends and family who worked so hard, making it a beautiful time, and many thanks to all who attended the festivities! We feel like the day flew…