Tag: hiking
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On the Way Back to Austin: Harvest Hosts, Hot Springs, and Tired Toddler Tantrums
This was our final week on the road for this part of our adventures and for 2024! Can you believe it? We certainly can’t. In a race to get back in time for Christmas—and to escape the freezing temperatures (which came with its own set of challenges)—we powered through a week of relentless travel days,…
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A Month in DC: Staying Put, Squirrels, and Snowy Adventures
This past month (November), we traded our six-wheeled home for a stationary life, settling in with some of our favorite people in Washington, DC. It was a refreshing change to stay in one place for a while, getting to know the area and enjoying quality time with family. The girls absolutely loved spending time with…
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A Two-Parter: Mountains, Beavers and Raspberries
In this post, we bring you a special two-parter; covering two wonderful weeks where we desperately tried to escape, enjoy and entertain two toddlers in this crazy summer heat. Part 1: Swimming, Beaver Hunts, and Mountain Views As we continued our Canadian adventures we arrived at a beautiful RV park in Fernie. A European style…
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Crossing Borders: From Glacier to Canada, Fries to Poutine
Wow, look at me go, two posts in two days! As we close out our week of adventuring in Glacier, we’ve now crossed the border into the great land of Canada! Leaving Glacier was a mix of excitement and nerves. We had to navigate a specific route to reach one of the border crossings, and…
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Glacier National Park: Our Holiday During Our… Holiday?
We arrived excited to explore a new National Park, and with Alice out of office for the week, we dove straight in. We bought maps, grabbed info sheets, and planned out our trip. We were very much looking forward to the week ahead, despite a heatwave blanketing the US (our days were looking to average…
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Pacific Northwest Tales: From Healing Wounds to Heartfelt Adventures
Our Pacific Northwest adventure began as we left sunny California, nursing our healing injuries and eager to make serious progress on our journey. We decided to skip our planned stop and embraced off-grid life with our new solar panels. We found ourselves in a huge car park in the mountains, a winter sno-park that in…
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Pine-Covered Peaks to Dusty Deserts: Our Boondocking Travel Week
This week we were fully committed to boondocking, living off solar power and gallons of stored water and food. We embarked on a journey that took us through rugged deserts and pine-covered mountains, through sand dunes and 20ft tall cacti, all in pursuit of getting to Southern California as quickly as possible. As expected a…