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Yellowstone, July. We headed to Yellowstone after the canoe trip and spent our first day in the park on July 5th. It was kind of like Disneyland on the 4th of July but surprisingly easy to get away from the masses. I read a statistic that the vast ma
Most of the time, we had the river to ourselves. We camped with others, but the flow of the river separated us from other groups after launching, so we saw the surroundings with just our expedition, as Lewis and Clark did.
14 boats. 33 people. 3 nights. 45 miles. 🛶 Fourth of July was off the grid this year. As in, no cell service, kids whittling sticks and playing with fire, sleeping on the ground off the grid. With six other families, we paddled 45 miles of the Uppe
Channel Islands National Park: ✔️. We kicked off a summer of adventure on Memorial Day Weekend with two nights on Santa Cruz Island. It was my first real backpacking (ish...with water and pit toilets, and a 90 minute boat ride back if you forget some
Guess who forgot to turn off her alarm this morning for the first day of summer vacation? This girl. 😂 Summer break magic is officially here.
Last day of school feelings. I have been counting down the days, but it is still bittersweet. I read this week that time is a baby stealer (speak up if that was you so I can give credit! It’s so true and it has stuck with me). My babies are gro
Something exciting happened around here on Friday. {But this is not all about me... hang in there...} I was invited to join Click Pro, a professional association of women photographers. It was a goal I set for myself awhile back, and something I saw
Hello weekend and the unofficial start of summer! We are headed to a National Park in California this weekend (but not this one). It’s one of the lesser-visited parks, an I’m looking forward to going off the grid and adding a new park to
Messy hair, don’t care. 💦Taking in the steam and surroundings of the Blue Lagoon. It really was otherworldly. We weren’t alone but I just used strategic shooting rather than photo editing tricks. It was the only pool in Iceland we visite
Hello Friday! I don’t know what I love more about this: the ice axe and crampons or the toothless grin. We are still telling Iceland stories at home and I just want to send some love to the team @localguide for taking us out on our epic glacier
April showers bring May flowers. 💦🌷 Despite her expression, they liked this one so much that we went around twice.
It’s not all rainbows and unicorns. Except sometimes it is. - We had seen rain and wind each day, but somehow, every day, the clouds cracked and something good happened. - This day had turned cloudy, and I had been driving in the rain and power
🎵 ”Who knows where this road is supposed to lead / We got nothing but time / As long as you're right here next to me, everything's gonna be alright.” 🎵 - You wouldn’t guess it, but Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line are on consta
The path was closed so the only way in was up the river. Along the cliffs, it was only ankle-deep. We met many helpful travelers who offered a hand, or let me by to keep up with the girls, or smiled at their small size. We shared a moment of awe as w
I had been holding my breath for three weeks. • It almost didn’t happen. I was scared to take them. People said my kids were too young. The storm cancelled everyone else’s trips. It was raining buckets on the way over. • But our
“I want to be a horse,” declared my five-year-old. Never mind the cold wind and rain on our ride through the lava fields of Iceland. At the same age, far away in Texas, I wanted to be a cowgirl.
New park, new discoveries. The girls and I are getting ready for a big adventure next week. I’m both excited and nervous. I’ve flown solo with them since they were babies but this is the first time we have left the country together withou
If she could, she would read all day, every day. 📖
In Thailand, you can buy pink eggs any day! Unlike nearly every other holiday, we are home for Easter this year. It is wonderful to be here to celebrate with family (last weekend) and friends. 🐣 That reminds me, I need to call my mom. ❤️