"In life, it's not where you go, it's who you travel with." _ Charles Schulz

While we both enjoy living in Chicago, a city full of culture, entertainment and countless wining and dining opportunities, both Brett & Kaitlyn long for quiet, open spaces, for forests and fresh water, and thus, like to escape the city noise from time to time. In the summer, this means weekend camping trips around the Midwest or larger cross-country treks to National Parks throughout the year.

In the more than three-and-a-half years we have been together, the National Parks we have visited are: Zion Canyon, Bryce Canyon, the Grand Canyon & John Muir National Monument. State Parks we've camped in or walked through: Starved Rock (IL), Mississippi Palisades, Devil's Lake (WI), Kettle Moraine (WI), Turkey Run (IN), High Cliffs (WI), White Pines (IL) and Illinois Beach State Park.

We've walked along the Delaware River Water Gap, and had our engagement photo shoot at Kankakee River State Park, where Rock Creek – the creek that runs through our wedding venue Camp Shaw – flows. We've hiked 2,000 feet down (and then back up) in the Grand Canyon, waded (and swam) through The Narrows in Utah. We've had cocktails under the starriest of skies in Arizona and sipped on wine in Napa Valley. We've been stranded in Madison due to car trouble, forgotten our tent on camping trips and slept in the back of the Subaru with a 90-pound Chocolate Lab, built dozens of campfires and flipped pumpkin pancakes over our camp stove for early morning breakfasts in the woods. We've watched the sun rise over Lake Michigan from the Chicago shoreline and watched it set from the rooftop of our Avondale apartment.

We know there are many more adventures to come, and we look forward to a lifetime of experiencing new places together.... such as our honeymoon destination....

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