What’s a good adventure without a bump in the road? Or a real big rock in our case. We left Moab with the intention of at least making our way back east toward home. We were in no rush, eager to take a different route and stop where our hearts desired. We grabbed lunch at…
Week Out West: Serenity
What is it that makes us marvel at a landscape; why do we call it beautiful? Jackson asked me this question as we walked away from Corona Arch. We had decided to stick to state parks so that Kona could hike with us. The trek was every bit as beautiful as the ones from the…
Week Out West: The Walking In-between
Yesterday we celebrated Jackson’s 27th birthday. Well, we observed it. Typically celebrations include lots of people, maybe some fancy meals, drinks, music, or an event of some kind. We mostly drove; down windy roads through snow covered mountains and on straight roads through red desert. Occasionally we stopped to stretch our legs, let the puppy…
Week Out West: Are you happy?
I don’t remember the very first time Jackson asked me the question, “Are you happy?” I don’t remember where we were or what we were doing to prompt the question. I do know that it was in the very early stages of our relationship and I remember exactly how it made me feel. He looked…
Week Out West: For the Love of Dogs and Coffee
Seven days, five or more states, a couple thousand miles and no interstates. Our road trip plans began when we decided to ditch our travel itinerary for Tulsa, North West Arkansas and Eureka Springs – all of which were only a few hours from Springfield. We’d been imagining our week-long-post-holiday-insanity getaway for quite sometime and…