Since I had some time off for the holidays, Ben and I had been debating for weeks what adventure might be awaiting us. We looked at local road trips and snow studded itineraries in Alaska, but nothing compelled us enough to make any actual plans until Ben discovered we had enough frequent flyer miles to […]
Last weekend Ben and I were in the middle of a house cleaning frenzy when Colton and Miara stopped by to borrow something. We chatted a while before giving up on our domestic projects, piling into Colton’s SUV, and heading for the nearby bird refuge. The daylight was draining fast toward the west mountains, the […]
I don’t know how we forgot to post about it, but way back in September, a huge group of my close and extended family gathered in Garland, Utah for a lakeside family reunion. The place is set on a private ski lake, complete with a waterski course, ski boat, and a plethora of kayaks and […]
Clear back in Slovakia, sometime in July, we bought a Christmas ornament and promised to give it away to one of our visitors when we got home. True to form, life on the home front has been a whirlwind, but all the while, the ornament has been tucked away waiting for a new owner. So […]
As ever, Ben was looking for even more wildlife after our butterfly excursion so we bolted down toward Monterey hoping to catch a whale watching boat. We arrived to the insane parking lot at 1:00 and I began madly calling boat operators to find us a spot on a boat. With a little luck, we […]
Making our way down south, we found ourselves in Natural Bridges State Park near Santa Cruz where 100,000 Monarch butterflies overwinter each year. Bree has a few friends that live in the bay area, so we met Matt, Robyn, and their two kids at the park. The butterflies tend to cluster in the Eucalyptus grove […]
For our 5-year anniversary, Bree and I took a long weekend in San Francisco. Enjoy a few shots from Half-Moon Bay. We arrived just in time for the parking lot to close, but after finding some parking on the street made our way down to the beach just in time for sunset.
Upon coming home Bree and I have both realized that Norway has given us some serious power in our regular cycling life. With the season winding down, there aren’t many big rides for us to do, but the Rocky Mountain Crit series had one final race that I decided to try. The last time I […]
Our campground was still under a full mosquito occupation when we woke up this morning. Apparently they never sleep, and with that it mind we rushed the take-down of camp, madly swatting at the army of insects as we went. We didn’t even stop to roll up the tent, instead opting to shove it into […]
We returned to the store first thing this morning so that I could browse the selection of Finnish shoes we’d seen yesterday. Design in Finland is a big deal and everything looks like it came straight from Pinterest. I was having a hard time justifying two new pairs, but Ben reminded me that I almost […]
I didn’t sleep a wink last night, and due to our conjoined sleeping bags, neither did Ben. At 5 AM some squirrels started a loud round of nut gathering, leaving us both wide awake, so we piled in the car and started driving to Rovaniemi, Santa’s official home town. Our main goal for the day […]
The sun finally warmed up our cold tent-site, waking up Bree remarkably early as usual. Our sleeping bags have been reunited in order to cope with the cold here in the arctic circle, and even then it is still a touch cold for Bree. We dozed on and off, and didn’t get going until well […]