Whimsical, Forest Wedding
In honor of our 1st wedding anniversary, I decided to do the weekly blog post about our wedding day. Pretty much all these posts are going to be TLDR because this is just a narrative of all the things I Read More …
Channel Islands National Park
Days 8 & 9 of our honeymoon adventure Okay, so before revealing one of the best well kept secrets of National Parks, I want to emphasize how much of our honeymoon was planned just days before. Not the days before Read More …
Pinnacles National Park
Day 7 of our honeymoon adventure The morning of day 7, we woke up in Sacramento, California. I wasn’t fully aware of how big the state of California actually is, but this is something I began to appreciate pretty quickly Read More …
Muir Woods
“The Mountains are Calling, and I must go.” – John Muir I have to admit that I have loved this quote ever since I started hiking, and it seems all other hikers do too. However, I did not fully appreciate Read More …
Yosemite National Park
Our adventure really began at 2:30 eastern time when we left our house in Virginia to go to the airport, but that part was mostly dark and involved reading Harry Potter in the car, so I’ll jump to the part Read More …
Culpeper Gran Fondo
We signed up on a whim. Dan suggested it months ago as a possibility, but I think we were both seeing where the summer took us before committing. He signed us up for it on the way back from our Read More …
Columbia, SC
We mostly stopped off in Columbia because it was right next to Congaree National Park, but it turned out to be a really great visit. We had good food, learned some cool facts about the city, ended up with some Read More …
Dahlgren Trail Half Marathon 2017
Today was the first race of 2017! A little late considering it’s mid-February, but training for a marathon has presented new and unforeseen challenges. It was a beautiful day for a race, even if it started off a little chilly. Read More …