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…

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…

We reached New York and bid farewell to the last Great Lake of this trip. Big pine trees surround the Airstream and I am reminded of Lake Tahoe. As if the map of the U.S. folded in on itself, and I am finding a great circle of landscape moving back towards that which I am…

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…

People ask us all the time, “What cameras do you use on all your adventures?!” Well… here is the short answer: We have a few different ones we use and the one I prefer depends on the activity and season.For many years I had a full frame camera, a Canon that I hauled everywhere on…

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…

As the end of our 8 weeks of travel came to an end, we found ourselves at a bit of a low. If you tagged along on our adventures last summer, then you read the post on leaving Oregon, with wildfire evacuations hot on our heels. We passed from Oregon into Idaho and the smoke did…

The number one question we are asked regarding mountain biking with kids has nothing to do with biking. It isn’t about kid’s bikes, or trails, or tips for getting up a hill. No. It is regarding how to get to the trailhead… with all the bikes. And the struggle is real, right?! Transporting two bikes…

If you are into biking, a four-day trip on the White Rim Trail in the Island in the Sky region of Canyonlands National Park should be on your bucket list. And if you have kids, it is more than do-able. If you arrived at this post without reading our trip report from doing it with…

Last fall some of our good friends put together a four-day, three nights, vehicle supported trip on the White Rim Trail in Southern Utah. The goal? To bike as much of the 100 mile White Rim Trail as possible with our kids, enjoy backcountry camping in secluded parts of Canyonlands National Park, and have a ton…

Grand Targhee Resort is located on the flanks of the Teton Mountains, just west of Jackson, WY and East of Driggs, Idaho. A small, local mountain, this area is known for its epic powder (500+ inches of snow a year), amazing views, big terrain, but also its family friendly vibe. If you missed my trip…

I walked up the short flight of stairs and entered the small village at the base of Grand Targhee Resort. The air was crisp and cold, friends were huddled around the fires with an apré-ski beer, a couple of moms bounced infants snuggled deep in layers of down. One dad carried a passed-out toddler, goggles…

If you’ve been reading the blog for the past 6 months, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that we purchased an Airstream trailer, and have been adventuring in it a bit. We were fortunate that the previous owners were also happy to sell us a Honda EU2000 generator. The generator was pretty much a requirement out of the…

I love words. And I love words that aren’t even real words. My current favorite is discombobulated. Isn’t that a great word?! And man, I cannot think of a better word to describe our family on most our adventures. 🙂 Why do I choose a word every year? Every year for the last 8 years I’ve…

Our favorite gifs for winter, travel, and outdoor families.

A note from my family to yours: Hi friends! Every November comes around and I find myself with less time for outdoor pursuits, and overwhelmed by the impending business of the holiday season. I also find myself looking for unique but also useful gifts, realizing that truly my family doesn’t really NEED anything. So below…

Let’s pretend for a moment that we are sitting across the table from one another. An old oak table, worn smooth and polished by the thousands of fingertips strummed along its surface. We pull our mugs of coffee close and I ask, How have you been? Imagine your response. I will imagine it also. I…