Tuesday, June 2, 2026

2017 (Kellisa's First 18 Years)

Kellisa Keeps Her Side  and Reaches 18 


After moving across the country in 2016 and finishing our quest to hike in all 50 states, 2017 was still a year filled with many adventures  and fun times.

 

The year started out with some of Kellisa's hiking adventures featured in the new book, families on foot. We also went to Yosemite National Park for the first time, and the girls enjoyed Disney on Ice in Sacramento. Our family vacation for the year was a week in the Pacific Northwest where we visited several national parks and hiked with a large group of wheelchairs. Kellisa really enjoyed not being the only one in a chair on a trail.

 

Monday, June 1, 2026

2016 (Kellisa's First 18 Years)

Our family would relocate from Jacksonville, FL to Sacramento, CA in 2016 for my job. Our plan to move at the end of the kid's school year was changed when Lisa accepted a position that started in mid-January. 

 

After spending many New Year's Days exploring the Okefenokee Swamp, we spent the first day of 2016 at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

 

We were driving Lisa's van to California over the long holiday weekend and chose a route that went through Oklahoma so Egypt could claim a new state visited and knock off another state that both girls hiked together.