Road tripping during a global pandemic with a very active and affectionate 3 year old didn’t exactly feel like a relaxing vacation but with vacation days to burn, I knew we at least needed to try it out. I reasoned, we could always drive straight home if we weren’t having fun. While traveling during a … More 2020 Road Trip
Do people even blog anymore? Is this a thing? Or are folks not even remotely interested in reading more than a couple sentences or two. Well, in the spirit of not giving up on a project, I am attempting to post at least one entry every 365 days. The year was full of adventures both … More Dolomites – Part 2
While it can be rather to hectic to travel around the holidays, for me it is totally worth it because that means I get to spend that time with my family. For as long as Jonathon and I have been together, we have travelled to New England to visit my family one year and have … More Cayman Brac – Family Climbing Vacation
Like many new mothers, I had visions, dreams and expectations related to life with my new baby. Maybe unlike a lot of new mothers, I wondered what van life would be like with a baby. I wondered what my climbing and athletic goals would look like as a mom. Well it’s been about a year … More Van Life…As a family of three
The third trimester began in early June and I felt great. Jonathon had been really busy with work but was home for a couple days and we went hiking at Snowbird and climbing in Little Cottonwood Canyon. It was really fun despite feeling rather slow and heavy. In late June, I flew up to Seattle … More My Pregnancy Story – Part 2
When the two lines appeared on the pregnancy test, it all became so real. Even so, I took another test the next day just to make sure it wasn’t a faulty test. The result was the same. Visions of cuddling a happy and healthy baby raced through my mind and adventures as a family of … More My Pregnancy Story – Part 1
Spain is the land of hard sport climbing, wine and olives. It’s limestone cliffs dot the countries lands and there seems to be a crag for every season. On our trip to Spain in December, we spent the majority of our time in El Chorro. This little climbing village rests above the Guadalhorce River and … More Climbing, Vacationing and Exploring El Chorro, Spain
Part 2 of road trip 2016 began in Zion National Park in Southern Utah. This is one of my favorite places in the whole wide world and it is only a 5 hour drive from Salt Lake City. The daunting canyon walls and desert landscape are so inspiring to me. I always feel so small … More Road Trip – Part 2
It all started several years ago when Jonathon and I sat down to talk about our dreams. Now we live a super fortunate and blessed life and so these dreams focused on the real dreamy things like traveling, exploring the world and climbing. I told Jonathon that I wanted to go to India, have an … More Road Trip – Part 1
In May of 2016, Jonathon drove the van up to Seattle so that he could work on it with my brother-in-law Joe. Joe has a huge shop at his house and owns and knows how to use every tool known to man. Their first task was to put walls up. They used 1/4 inch and … More Part 2 – Sprinter Van Build Out
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