As 2018 came to a speedy close I felt a bit saddened, proud and excited. Saddened because we lost one of our dogs and that was an exceptionally hard thing to go through and we will miss him dearly but he’s in a better place and no longer in pain! Also, I’m getting to the… Read More
Author: nTg
EAST COAST TRIP 2018
We started planning this trip a year ago when Katie’s cousin from Boston visited Minnesota for a wedding in the family. We didn’t think too much about it at the time but the more research we did on Boston and New England we started to get excited and starting booking things! We decided we would… Read More
Alaska October 2018
This adventure started with Katie surprising me with a 30th birthday trip to see my brother and sister in-law in Ketchikan AK!! They manage Settlers Cove State Recreation Area which is at the dead end of the main road on the island. Dave and Adrienne are living in Alaska working as camp hosts for Settlers Cove State… Read More
Western Road Trip July 2018
We usually try to plan our trips a year in advance. This year has gotten kind of turned around and instead of doing a 2 weeks SW Road trip in September/October, We are saving a week and going to meet Dave and Adrienne in Alaska in the fall. The other week we will be going… Read More
Credit Card PAIN-ment
I have had credit card debt up wazoo. It’s probably worse than what it sounds like. Constantly stressed, working your ass off and getting nowhere.. Feeling hopeless. In short it really sucks. I also got myself out debt though as well.. It wasn’t easy and it took buying and selling 2 different houses, frugal living… Read More
Kauai, HI 2018 Part II
Welp if the suspense from the wait hasn’t heightened enough that’s okay because in this post we not only finish our Hawaii trip but we live thru the Hawaiian Ballistic Missile Scare of 2018. So where we left off on the last post of Kauai, HI 2018 Part I : was where the locals weren’t too… Read More
Kauai, HI 2018 Part I
We booked this trip like we do a lot of our trips – a year in advance. We decided on January because it’s cold here in Minnesota and it’ll be nice to get away to somewhere warm! We booked an AirBnB, flight and rental car. We touched down in Kauai, HI after having a… Read More
Young gun no more.
I’m turning 30 in October. Is that a big deal? I don’t really care about numbers but in the past couple years I’ve gone from decent shape physically to better shape to the worst shape of my life bent over hunched to my right and stuck there until my body lets me know that its… Read More
Time is not on our side and It’s better that way!
Time is the most valuable thing in the world. Why? When a second passes by you never get that second back again and by the time if/when you think about it 30 more have passed. Each second should be so meaningful and great because we all have a limited amount of them left. Time is… Read More
PNW Roadtrip October 2016 PART 2
We were descending a desolate Mt Hood around 5AM and we rounded a turn on highway 35 and our trip took a crazy turn. We could see that the road was glare ice, feel the truck and trailer gliding as if it was on a well groomed ice rink and looked at each other with… Read More
