September, I barely even know you. In a flash you were gone. Gone are the long, hot days of summer. Instead, we’ve settled into cooler mornings and milder days. We’ve stayed busy on this end. The pups continue their quest to take down all the rabbit. Kill the wabbit. Kill the wabbit. Fortunately for them, …
EagleLore
We're Mike & Michelle, the proud parents of our Korean born son, Zachary. This blog shares our adoption story. "As soon as we saw you, we knew an adventure was going to happen."~Winnie the Pooh.
Return to normality
This week, we entered the second week of school. As we shook off some of the rust, we are slowly making our way into a routine. This guy heads to school with daddy around 8: 25. The house gets noticeably quieter and cleaner. The pups and I settle into our work day, which is only …
End of Summer
We’ve had ourselves quiet the summer. In baseball, Zachary was the two time player of the game at Ripken. Quiet a feat in of itself but especially after the season he had. He battled a month long hitting drought, a demotion to outfield and no pitching. But as we always preach, keep grinding and good …
Lake Pactolus
Today was supposed to be a quiet day. As luck would have it, we found a lake with pontoon boats. And with Mom Mon growing up on the Chesapeake and driving boats, we went for i t. We waited out a massive rain delay..but we finally boarded and headed out. The boys had a blast …
Badlands
Well, we confirm why they call it the Badlands. This place is hot, as in over 100 hot. It is also very barren. We still had fun. The boys climbed hills And we did a Men of the Badlands shot And of course, a Women of the Badlands. To me, this place reminded me of …
Mammoth and Wind Cave
We started the day at Mammoth of Hot Springs, where we got to see fossils of mammoths. Mainly the males would enter a drinking lake but got caught because it was a deep bowl. Bad for them. Lucky for us, because it allowed for near perfect preservation. We then headed to Wind Cave National Park. …
Mount Rushmore
I really lost internet connection in the Black Hills and it became nearly impossible to post. I’m going to try and step back and recreate what we did. First up was a trip to Mount Rushmore, which did not disappoint. Incredible to see in person. Pop Pip, Cam, Mike and I did the trail up …
Lake Pactolus
Today, we started off with a long walk on the Mickelson Trail. Turns out the trail is an old railroad track. Pretty trail, we found lots of interesting rock. I’m always looking for my hearts from Larry and I found two. Next we headed over to Lake Pactolus, intending to paddle board. When we got …
Badlands
Today we headed to the very hot Badlands. It was 96 degrees. Incredible pictures of pink and yellow hued rocks. The boys climbed up to the top of yellow mound. Zachary finished another junior ranger program and earned his badge. We had lunch at the visitor center where we watched a woman driving a tour …
Mount Rushmore
Today, we visited Mount Rushmore. We came away impressed with how they were able to carve them out of the mountain side. 450,000 ton of rock was removed. Dynamite was used to help sculpt. Precision drilling was performed to ensure a life like impression. It truly is remarkable and a national treasure. Zachary has been …