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…