A couple weekends ago we took the kids on a surprise trip to Disneyland and Orange County with Alaska Airlines as part of their Weekend Wanderer campaign. Henry came home from school mid week and we said we needed to sit down and have a serious family meeting about all the yard work needing to […]
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8.22.17
9 Reasons to make your next family trip a road trip
We just got back from a road trip to Utah. Eleven hours+ in the car each way with little kids had its challenging moments for sure, but I really loved it and would do it again in a heartbeat. I was actually surprised how enjoyable it was. Have you taken long road trips with kids […]
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8.10.17
Alaska Backpacking Trip: Chilkoot Trail
Last month I backpacked the Chilkoot trail through Southeast Alaska into British Columbia with 5 other girlfriends over 6 days. This is a yearly tradition: a girls only backpacking trip. It started a couple years ago when I realized that I’d only done outdoorsy trips with Jared, and wanted outdoor adventures I could own and plan […]
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8.7.17
Alaska Backpacking Trip Report Part 1: Side Trips
Last month, 5 girlfriends and I went on a backpacking trip in Alaska. It was life changing, and there are memories from there that I’ll treasure forever. It’s the second in our series of girls backpacking/adventure trips that we plan on doing yearly. The first was our canoe trip to Maine. It was every good thing […]