Mount Sopris is a beautiful peak right outside Carbondale, CO. Our backpacking trip to the summit was such a spontaneous adventure and one of the most memorable because we just went exploring and figured it out along the way. You don’t always need a plan, you just need to go. What I’ve learned in life … Read more
People on the island of Puerto Rico love to drink. This makes all the bars in Puerto Rico very popular. While we stayed in San Juan, we did some touristy things, but mostly tried to immerse ourselves in the local scene. After asking around about night life, a few locals insisted that we go to … Read more
We are on the search to find good features in Colorado that are good training grounds for the World Championships in November. It’s not an easy feat as most Colorado rivers rely on snow melt for flows and typically the season is rather short. Once August hits, there are very few rivers running, let alone … Read more
Mount Princeton is one of the many 53 fourteeners in CO. This 14,196 ft mountain is located just outside Buena Vista, CO. While it’s not one of the tallest peaks in Colorado, Mount Princeton is one of the most difficult, rising nearly 7,000 feet above the Arkansas River valley in only 7 miles. Every time … Read more
This year marks our 5th year as a Full Time Travel Family in search of Adventure. 5 years since we embarked on the biggest and most thrilling, if not the most ridiculed, journey of our lives. We’ve been dubbed the Pioneers of the 21st century by Bob Dotson of the Today Show’s American Story for … Read more
I saw a post the other day that said, “I don’t try to avoid problems, I look for bigger ones”. And I haven’t gotten it out of my head since. It’s a pretty powerful point. Because we don’t grow when things are easy. We grow when we can face challenges. If something doesn’t challenge you … Read more
It’s absolutely impossible to believe, but somehow Dan and I managed to take our first trip away from the kids in 24 years! Planning for Vegas was easy, leaving home was not … at all. Dan, as per usual, did all the budgeting and it was very very critical that we do Vegas affordably. A … Read more