Words We’ve Written aka Blog Posts

about the way we do life

  • New Year, New Me: Is it REALLY Bullsh*t?
    People may talk shit about the whole “New year, new me!” phase that comes with the start of every new year, but there’s no denying that there is something incredibly exhilarating about a fresh start.  There’s so much hope for the year ahead. So much exciting uncertainty about what you can make it. Being a …
  • Don’t go to Azrou for the Barbary Apes
    There isn’t much comparable to the freedom we felt when it was just the two of us, our tiny blue Kia rental, and nine days to explore Morocco. We could go anywhere we wanted in this country we had never been and it was exhilarating and freeing. Time stood still and nine days would feel …
  • The Ultimate/My Backpacking Checklist for Backcountry Hiking
    Less will always be more when it comes to backcountry hiking. The first time I went backcountry hiking vs the second time was significantly more enjoyable and it was all in the pack. I had to learn for myself. It’s the little things that count. Essentials like the sleeping bag and sleeping pad should be …
  • The Ultimate Guide to Hiking the Four Pass Loop from Crested Butte
    Summers in Colorado are every outdoor lover’s wildest dreams. They take you back to center. They connect you with yourself and make you realize how essential mother nature is for the human soul. We wait patiently as we transition from one season to the next as she slowly makes her gorgeous arrival again and every …
  • 7 Reasons Why You Should Move Somewhere New
    We all know what it’s like to feel totally on fire in life. Everything is going right. We’re on top of the world emotionally, physically, in our relationships, in work, in life, in all things. We can also all relate to what it feels like to be on that struggle bus. Work is a drag, …
  • Tips for Nomads For Returning Back Home
    If you’ve met us even just briefly, you can sense pretty quickly our love for travel. It will almost always come up in conversation because it’s made a significant impact on our lives. And I’m not just talking about for Mike and I. I’m speaking for all nomads and wanderlust driven humans out there. It’s …
  • 5 Perspectives I’ve Learned from Extended Travel
    Extended travel is an art and an act that can take your heart to places it’s never been before. You’re given this perspective of a sense of freedom that you understand not everyone will get to experience in their lives. There’s this feeling of contentment to simply be and appreciate the present without being latched …
  • Four Pass Loop: The Colorado Hike of Your Wildest Dreams
    At last, summertime has made her gorgeous appearance and here you are looking to experience the Colorado hike of your wildest dreams. So here I am to tell you this: the Four Pass Loop is it. Not only will you be taken aback by the authentic beauty of mother nature, but she will literally take …
  • Todra Gorge: Tips for Visiting this Hidden Gem
    It was pitch black as we were getting closer to our destination for the night, but with the slightest silhouette of the canyons I could sense that we were surrounded by something pretty spectacular. And we were. The Todra Gorge is a 6-8 hour drive (by car) from Marrakech. It is the perfect retreat away …
  • Walking Like Bosses in to the Infinite Abyss
    As I’m writing this, I’m sitting in the backyard of our Italian farmhouse in a lounge chair with a side table next to me.  On it lies the phone ready for music, a glass of white wine from Orvieto, and my portable speaker.   I only need one of the three things as of right …
  • Experience Bosnia: A European Country No One Seems to Talk About
    There’s this feeling that you get when you’ve reached roads less traveled. As you’re making your way through this new foreign place you think, “This is what it means to be ALIVE” . You realize that most people may never walk down these same streets as you. Yet you wish they could, so that they …
  • What It’s Like Leaving It All Behind To Go Live in Italy
    It had been two and a half years of sitting in that damn office chair, and I had become obsessed with figuring out how to get out of it. I felt selfish for wanting something different so badly. Life was great. We were living in St Petersburg, Florida where most weekends were spent lounging on …
  • Saving is a Mindset. How We’ve Saved to Travel
    When we first began to tell people that we were quitting our jobs and had bought a one way ticket to Lima – I’m sure many of them thought we were crazy. We essentially had no plan. “What will you do when you get back?”, they would ask. It was a question we didn’t know …