Montana has long been a special place for my family and me. When I was a kid, we’d spend every summer here exploring the nearby trails and adventuring in the woods around my Grandparents’ house near West Yellowstone. As…
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2016 Summer Journal
When I was growing up, “summer” was synonymous “Montana.” My parents were both teachers, so once the final school bell rang they packed up my brothers and I, along with our hiking, biking, and camping gear, and schlepped us out to my Grandparent’s…
Spring is an incredible time in the mountains, where the snow begins to melt and greenery shows itself for the first time since Fall. Although the official season of Spring lasts for three whole months, in the mountains the…
Living in Boulder, perched smack in the middle of Colorado's Front Range, we grew well accustomed to heavily trafficked trails that were often choked with people. It didn't take us long to write Colorado's backcountry off as beautiful, but…
One of my favorite things about Boulder is the common mindset that every day has the potential to be an epic adventure. In most places, getting off work at 5 or 6 means that it’s time to hit a happy…
Last weekend some friends from California came out to visit us in Moab. Jeff and Krista aren’t big mountain bikers or trail runners so we had to get a little more creative than usual with our activity planning. After…
Things change fast on the road. Oftentimes we end up making plans at the last minute, just because we don’t know exactly where we’ll be. Alyssa and I have really grown to love this style of shotgun planning while being on…
People love to ask if we get creeped out while we’re staying on the bus. The short answer is yes, it totally happens, but probably not for the same reasons that you’re thinking.…
So far this has been a tough post to write. I’ve been out with an ankle injury for almost three weeks now, since April 12. Since then I’ve sat down to write this post several times and ended up avoiding…
We are loving Flagstaff! This is our first visit and I was really surprised by how mountainous it is – at 6,900 ft, the area reminds me more of Big Bear, CA than other parts of Arizona. It’s also…