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Spring 2026

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To recap: We left Kewaskum on  February 15th. I know it is late for us but there was an 8 lb 1 oz reason named EMMA born to Tara and Tristan on January 30th. Isn't she simply beautiful.   The first day of our trip took us 500 miles to Eagleville, Missouri for an overnight stay. We were the only ones in the Campground. The 500 miles went like a breeze with little or no traffic most of the way. More than I can say for the next few days.  On Monday it was off to our next stop 347 miles away in Claremore, Oklahoma, another overnight-er.  We encountered high winds most of the day making it very strenuous but still average speed of about 64 miles per hour. We stayed at the Will Rogers Downs KOA right next to the horse track. Diane was in heaven and sat watching the horses for hours. We got a decent night sleep and headed out in the morning about 8 am.   Tuesday we headed to Shamrock, Texas. At the campground we got everything set up with the sides out and jacks down o...
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 May 1, 2025 WOW, we have been home for almost a week now, how time fly's. We spent our last two weeks in Moab, Utah April 8-22nd hitting the trails. We signed up and completed three trails with the Easter Jeep Safari group. Two trails were rated 3 and one rated 4. I think all could have been rated 4. We did scrape bottom a number of times on each safari .  The last trail had a hill to climb called "Again and Again" consisting of loose rock and rocky ledges. I had the Jeep in 4 wheel drive with the wheel locker set to get over one huge step. I was dragging my bottom. Once over that step you had to wait for the next Jeep just in case you needed to winch them over. Only happen with one vehicle.  Lunch Time, circle the wagons. This is called the Secret Spire at the end of one of the trails. Just an amazing sky. You can always find these guys running around. The trail took us to an overlook of the Colorado River and other scenic views including the cave below. We met a lot of...
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 April 7, 2025 This past week we headed to the Hickman  Bridge Trail for a short hike. I told Diane that it was less than 2 miles and easy walking. What I neglected to mention was that we needed to climb up the side of the mountain 416 feet. I have to admit it was grueling. We went until we thought what we saw was the Hickman bridge and turned around and headed back to the car. It was a 2.2 mile hike and we felt every bit of it.  spotted this land marker on the trail. We have come across these over the years.   The trail up. A snow squall came in when we were at the top. Glad I had my gloves along as it got cold.     Our next quest was to hit the dirt trails in Capital Reef National Park about 40 miles from our campsite. There is a 20 mile road from the Park Admin Office which is out and back. There is one Arch (Cassidy Arch) along the route. The last 2.5 miles is dirt and just beautiful as you drive in the gorge between the rock faces of the mountains....
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