The Fox Adventure

high school sweethearts tackling life together

Category: Military Life

  • Today was a pretty uneventful day, other than the fact that we got stripped searched at the border. joking, sort of. In all my research, I found multiple reports that crossing the border into Canada was relatively easy. You show your passport, your orders, and vet records for the dogs and you would be on your…

  • “wanna go for a riiiide?”

    A common question that Andrew and I got leading up to our trip was, “How are the dogs going to do?” Jethro and Eli LOVE car rides, all you have to do is ask, “Do you wanna go for a riiiide?” for them start running around in circles until you open the door. Plus they…

  • “It’s just a rock”

    As Andrew and I were walking into Mt. Rushmore National Park, we overheard a young girl telling her mother, “It’s just a rock.” After spending over an hour surrounded by this rock, let me tell you it’s more than “just a rock.” After standing in awe of our first view of Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln – Andrew and…

  • 90 degree weather + white gravel

    When I started planning our trip to Anchorage I knew one thing, I wanted to explore as much as the midwest as possible. I was little disappointed when I entered the addresses into Google Maps only to find the quickest way to Anchorage was up through Minneapolis and across North Dakota. I had high hopes of…

  • The big day has arrived. After finding out last Thanksgiving that we would be stationed in Anchorage, Alaska it has been a whirlwind of emotions, stresses, and excitement. Hotel rooms are books, bags packed and now it is time to hit the open road. We decided to make our first day of travel our heaviest…