
By now you know that Jarrett and I are on a mission to visit all 63 U.S. National Parks (if you didn’t know this, poke around on my page a bit, you’ll see a lot of information about them). One of the parks I was really excited about visiting was Big Bend, in southwestern Texas.…

Three of my college roommates (Cindy, Tanya and Sam) and I like to try to do a trip away together each year, if our schedules allow. We’ll each present a few ideas and then pick a favorite to do together. In 2024, we decided October would be the best time to travel since our summers…

I started listening to podcasts back in 2017ish. Like a lot of people, my introduction to podcasts was the true crime genre with shows like Serial, Up and Vanished, and Bear Brook. Over the years, I continued to listen to true crime podcasts but started to add other genres to my interest. In 2021, a…

If you’ve been following along with my Instagram or keep up with my blog posts, you seen me post about my friend Liz multiple times. We have our summer traditions of hiking together when she’s in New Hampshire for a few weeks each year. Hiking to the Appalachian Mountain Club Huts has become a favorite…

If you’ve been here a while, you know my sister, some girlfriends and I have been going to Martha’s Vineyard every summer for the last handful of years. While we have a lot of traditions we stick to every year, we do try to mix it up with some new activities. Our 8th annual trip started…

Staying close with friends from childhood can be hard. You change and grow over the years and maybe someone you were close with as a kid is no longer someone you feel aligned with as an adult. But the friendships that stand the test of time, the ones that ebb and flow with age, those…

Capitol Reef was the third of Utah’s five National Parks that we visited. After being above the canyons in Canyonlands, this park has us looking up at the canyon walls from below. If you want to read more about our full experience in Utah, you can check out my blog post here! I wish we…

In 2022, Canyonlands National Park was the 29th most visited national park out of the 63, with almost 780,000 recreational visits. Its neighbor, Arches National Park, was ranked 20th with almost double the visits. Canyonlands was the second of Utah’s five parks that we visited and it was a welcomed change from the crowds and…

One of the most memorable National Park memories I have was driving into Arches. Coming from the east coast of the United States, we had never seen a landscape like the one we saw there. The red rocks were otherworldly; we truly felt like we were on another planet. This park really kicked off our…

If the White Mountains of New Hampshire and New River Gorge National Park had a baby, it would be Great Smoky Mountain National Park. It was so green, lush and beautiful – I really loved it!