Category: Travel Tales

Backroads: Sustainable Travel – Stop No. 2

I’m doing this a bit out of order but I feel like it is an important thing to consider when on a road trip. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like the little things that we try to change do much but every little bit makes a difference. Here are some easy things you can do to

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Cowtown Brewing Co.

With the way that Ketlin and I take into Fort Worth we pass Cowtown Brewing Co. quite frequently. A couple of weeks ago we knew that bad weather was on the way so we decide to enjoy a beer on the patio before being stuck indoors for a week. See our Texas Snow Storm. The

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Backroads: Guidebooks

For a long time I had mixed feelings about travel guidebooks because I didn’t want to visit anywhere that was too popular and crowed but I didn’t want to miss anything either. Now after having travelled considerably more I have grown to appreciate them. The one main drawback from guidebooks is that they can be

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Backroads Road Trip: Finding Sights Off the Beaten Path

In this time of social distanced travel and of people making a lifestyle of living in redone vans and buses there is an appeal to the open road. A desire to find those best hidden places that others don’t know exist or are too busy to stop for a moment to experience. I spoke a

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Olympic Peninsula Complete Guide

Visiting Olympic National Park was amazing. The country is beautiful and more than worth a visit. I could not have asked for a more amazing honeymoon location. When you visit plan a full day in most places. They are too beautiful to rush visiting, they deserved to be fully appreciated. Respect the land and leave

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Olympic Peninsula: a Ferry, a Troll, and a Chandelier

The title feels like a fairy tale and in a way it was. On the way too our cabin and Port Angeles we took a long detour and visited Olympia. On the way back we took the ferry from Bainbridge Island to Seattle. The ferry can be taken as a pedestrian, with a bike or

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Explorer Gear Guest Explorer Post

I have recently had a story published on Explorer Gear about the hot air balloon flight we took at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in 2018. This was such an amazing experience! Read my published post here! I have actually had the opportunity to ride in two hot air balloons. Check out those stories below:

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Olympic Peninsula: Fungus and Mushrooms

There is a lot of moisture and a lot of rotting vegetation in Olympic National Park. This is an appreciation post of the various types of fungus and mushrooms that keeps the forest working as it should. I do not know what any of these are called but I like how they look! Don’t worry,

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