A few things you should know about me: I LOVE exploring new places. I plan at least one family trip to a place we have not skied before every season. During these explorations I am constantly on the lookout for that ideal location I could see us moving to one day. McCall, Idaho and Brundage…

Looking for a ski/snowboard area close to a major airport, where you can fill your hours lapping run after run instead of waiting in lines? Then you should consider Bogus Basin, Idaho. Located a 45 minute drive from Boise, ID, Bogus Basin boasts 2,600 acres of skiable terrain, more than Sun Valley, Idaho, without forfeiting a…

Like everyone else, I’ve been taking a long and slow perusal of our journals, albums and moments from the last decade. It has been a fabulous journey. A decade ago we had two kids under the age of 3 and one child about to make an appearance. Since then, we’ve moved from Colorado to Utah,…

The Eastern Sierra Mountains, stretching from Lake Tahoe in the north to Death Valley in the south, are some of the most magnificent adventure grounds I’ve ever seen. This May we took two weeks to explore the region, hike, camp and visit some of the amazing hot springs we’ve heard so much about. What we…

The fire is roaring in the large stone fireplace in the lodge at Snowbasin Resort. Slowly I shuffle through my planner, journal, photos and notes from 2018. It is time for some self-reflection… Nine years ago, I started changing my mind about New Year’s resolutions. Instead of a “to do” or “to don’t” list, I…

If you are one of those followers wondering how on earth our trip went from “Maine and back again” to “Beyond Maine and back again,” then I encourage you to check out this post: New York to Nova Scotia: Traveling with a blank page. We have been adoring our time writing our own story, traveling without…

After exploring Cape Breton Highland National Park, which is on the northeastern end of Nova Scotia, we decided to explore more of this Canadian Province for another week or two before heading back to the Bay of Fundy. I have no doubt that these few weeks out here on the tip of North America will…

Our trip to Maine and back has now turned into “Nova Scotia and Back” as we push across New Brunswick and up to Cape Breton. A lot of people have been asking me where Cape Breton is. Basically it is as far east as we can get before we’d have to hop a ferry to…

A blank page. I love a blank page. It’s future is unwritten, open and beautiful. It is full of anticipation and maybe a little uncertainty. You get to decide what is on this page, how it looks and feels. And so the last 8 weeks of our journey to Maine have been similar. After a…

The water lapped over my toes, it was not necessarily cold, just a tad cooler then the air temperature. Thick forest surrounded us and brightly colored rafts bobbed into the strong current, turned a corner and descended down the first of many rapids. We weren’t even 5 minutes into the day of rafting and already…

Man, I am so behind on keeping the blog updated with our travel across the U.S.! If you want to keep up in real-time, come find us on Instagram or Facebook! Seven-ish weeks ago, we rolled into Duluth, Minnesota with a few goals and barely any direction except this: explore east along the south shore…

Hi friends! Our time in the Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota were a bit of a mixed bag. Some of the best memories so far, and also some of the hardest days. I am going to be honest… as we left Colorado on our trip eastward, the Great Plains stretched before us, a…

Mesa Verde National Park should be on the quick list of must-do destinations for every family. Located near the Four Corners in southwest Colorado, it sits close to Durango and only 10 minutes from the adorable town of Cortez, CO. 20 years ago I would not have called Cortez adorable, but I found myself enchanted…

I laid in the grass today. Watched the white cirrus clouds pass overhead. I stared into the abyss until my eyes adjusted to the expanse, until I could see the once invisible sparrows playing in the thermals high above.  Diving. Twisting. Turning. Playing? Or catching lunch? I need to lay in the grass more often,…

The strong breeze tosses the wisps of hair around my face. All is quiet except for the chatter of my kids as they scour the landscape for sharp bits of rock and thick wood branches to build their own tomahawk. We have been trolling around the Southwest, from the Grand Canyon to Mesa Verde, playing in…

“I was up all night,” Chris shared sluggishly over a cup of coffee. “Thinking.” “Me, too,” I said. “What about?” “The reality of living 6 months in a trailer. I am oscillating between moments of excitement and asking myself what on earth we did.” “Me too. I realized last night that we always told ourselves…

Hello friends! Well, we are smack in the middle of a week in Moab. Not our official start to 6 months on the road, but a good week to test out the new solar, mountain bike in Moab and most importantly visit family we haven’t seen in 16+ years and show them around our Utah…