January 2020 - Marine Corps Nomads

2020 52 Hike Challenge

January 13, 2020

2020 52 Hike Challenge

Posted in Family, and Outdoor Adventures

2020 is here and with it comes a brand new 52 Hike Challenge. This year, the 52 Hike Challenge has added a variety of new challenges including hiking with dogs and hiking with kids. They even have an awesome new lifetime National Park challenge. Since we’re just getting back into hiking again after D’s surgery, we’re going to tackle the adventure series hiking challenge. The adventure series challenge is basically the original 52 Hike Challenge with some fun objectives for the hikes. The objectives fit right in with the types of hikes that we enjoy plus there are a few…

2020 Word of the Year – Balance

January 7, 2020

Heather L

2020 Word of the Year – Balance

Posted in Family, and Outdoor Adventures

As I entered into 2020, I couldn’t decide on my word of the year. Nothing was coming to mind until I realized what I kept saying over and over. I need to make sure I have balance in my life. Duh! Balance naturally became my word for the year. Sometimes I get so focused on the tasks at hand that I can’t see the forest through the trees. The last couple of years have been so crazy and filled with changes that I’ve been way too focused on to-do lists and chores while forgetting to do things that are just…

Looking Back at 2019

Posted in Family, and Homesteading

I can’t believe we’re already in 2020. It seems like 2019 just started, and here we are in a new year. We had a crazy year filled with big events both good and bad. I had plans to be solid in my blogging, but I truly lost track of time as we tackled one thing after another. I thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of the major events from this past year as we begin 2020. January found us starting the new year with snow. We were pretty excited to be enjoying the snow,…