Toward the end of January I was on top of a hill outside of Yuma and noticed there were fields of palm trees almost as far as the eye could

In 2014 it was suggested to me that writing could possibly be a good medium to get my thoughts onto paper (or a screen in my case). Just like every

The road trip has been fun, but also very exhausting.  In the last 3 weeks we have logged 2300 miles and now we are onto our 12th hotel.  While we

After leaving Moab, we set our sites on hitting Arizona before we stopped for the night. We made it as far as Kayenta, AZ which is in the northwest corner

A few days before we crossed the Utah border, I was messaging my mother in law Kathy.  She said they had been to Arches National Park previously and had said

Our next planned stop was in Fort Collins, Colorado to see my brother Harold and his wife Liz along with a cousin of ours Wayne and his wife Lori. Wayne

Our travels from Cedar Rapids, IA to Lincoln, NE turned from cold and wet to cold and frozen. Shortly after we arrived in Lincoln, the rain turned to snow as

So Colleen and I set sail from Madison, Wisconsin on November 30. Our first destination was Lincoln, NE. We shipped most of our things to Mesa, AZ but packed the

So after the BIG decision was made, we then had to decide what if anything we were going to keep. Both of us have some personal momentos we have collected

As the Chinese proverb goes “A man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones”. With this monumental life change, there was clearly a lot to get accomplished

We are just about 5 weeks away from departure. Yesterday was one of those days when I questioned things. What exactly are we doing? We are about to head out

Before leaving Sioux Falls this week, Colleen and I stopped at the waterfalls downtown.  This was a nice treat seeing as Colleen loves them.  While we were there, a wedding