“Through hail or high water …” And we crossed both. This picture sums up how I felt about being the minister at my friends’ wedding, and how I felt about their wedding: a five-day backpacking trip through Kings Canyon called the Rae Lakes Loop. The wedding was amazing, but I can’t tell you how to…
Go to ANY National Park(s) for free this entire week, through Sunday! The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation invite everyone to celebrate National Park Week. From April 16 – 24, you are invited to celebrate all that America’s more than 400 national parks have to offer; in honor of the National Park Service Centennial this year, all…
Bags all packed! Fabulous new weekender courtesy of my bestie via Little Bird Consignment in Aspen. Hard to beat a place this gorgeous. North Shore, Hawaii. Grateful for the week’s vacation, relaxation, adventure, and company. Crouching Lion. Fantastic hike. Waimea Valley (including the fall) … basically an outdoor museum. $16.
This is real life. #nofilter More reasons to go to Idaho: Go to Idaho: Lake Pend Oreille (pronounced: pond-ə-ray) Deer Ridge Lookout in the Purcell mountain range Small House Winery Eichardt’s. I hear they have a great salad (get the garlic fries). Trinity at City Beach. I call it Tripity, ok? P.A.T.I.O.
You didn’t think I’d forget my thisislifeinaustin roots, now didja? I’m headed to my other home and am super excited to see my fam, chill, have a Victor haircut, fish with my dad, yoga, and maybe do a little shopping. Some research shows that anticipation is one of the best parts of a trip, and…
I’m back home (one of ’em anyway) for the wedding of yet another couple I successfully set up! I can’t wait to watch these two get married in the beautiful mountains. I’ve been here for a few days, and there’s just no place in the world like Aspen.
This was my weekend last weekend: And sure, it took me and the dog a little bit to recover from what was supposed to be two nights backpacking covering just 13 miles to two nights backpacking over 20 miles (landslide got in the way), but I think we’re both grateful for the opportunity to go…
I wasn’t nervous to hike 23 miles, 10,000+ feet of vert, and for 10.5 hours, although it was something I’d never done before. No, as we set off into the Grand Canyon, I was most nervous that I’d miss out on spectacular views because we’d be too busy hiking. Thankfully, this didn’t turn out to…
If you’re in SoCal (San Diego specifically), get ’em in the flesh: the booty shorts, tanks, and more awesome stuff I haven’t even tried yet.
Back to my This is Life in … roots, a post on This is Life in a Motel. As I mentioned in Apartment Search, I am still looking for the perfect apartment. In my quest to not settle for anything less, perhaps paradoxically I moved into a motel (a motel, it should be noted, that is…