Category: travel
West Coast Bike Tour – Highways 101 + 1: Brookings, OR to San Francisco, CA
Our west coast bike tour continues in Northern California with massive redwoods and gorgeous coastline during our 425 miles between Highways 101 and 1. Check out the story and our pictures below 🚴♀️🌎🚴♂️ Day 17 – 58 Miles We left Brookings early to a… Continue Reading “West Coast Bike Tour – Highways 101 + 1: Brookings, OR to San Francisco, CA”
Highway 101 West Coast Bike Tour – Astoria, OR to Brookings, OR
2 states and 700 miles down Highway 101 on our bikes!! We finished the Washington section, around the Olympic Peninsula then down the 101, in about a week. After a couple days off, we began riding Oregon’s stunning coast. What an amazing ride so… Continue Reading “Highway 101 West Coast Bike Tour – Astoria, OR to Brookings, OR”
Highway 101 West Coast Bike Tour – Seattle, Washington to Astoria, Oregon
Day 1 – 14.2 Miles We put our boxed bikes on the overnight ferry and headed towards Juneau. In the morning, we arrived about an hour later than expected but still managed to make it just in time to check the bikes and board… Continue Reading “Highway 101 West Coast Bike Tour – Seattle, Washington to Astoria, Oregon”
Rim to Rim to Rim: Double Crossing the Grand Canyon in a Day
After completing the Arizona Trail and hitching to Phoenix, we still couldn’t shake the idea of attempting a double crossing of the Grand Canyon. When else would we be back here and in such great physical shape? Once we picked up our van, we… Continue Reading “Rim to Rim to Rim: Double Crossing the Grand Canyon in a Day”
Thruhiking the Arizona Trail: Flagstaff to Utah
From Flagstaff in the snow around Mount Humphrey’s to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and, at last, reaching the northern terminus, this final section in Arizona had a little bit of everything. Here’s our trail recap of the final 250 miles of the… Continue Reading “Thruhiking the Arizona Trail: Flagstaff to Utah”
Thruhiking the Arizona Trail – Superior to Flagstaff
We are having a blast hiking the incredibly beautiful Arizona Trail! We’ve been from the desert floor to alpine mountain tops and back again and have completed about 570 miles of nearly 800 miles in 23 days. Here’s our week 3 breakdown… Day 14.… Continue Reading “Thruhiking the Arizona Trail – Superior to Flagstaff”
Thruhiking the Arizona Trail: Mexico to Superior
Well, I usually try to break these posts up into smaller pieces, but I haven’t had signal or wifi or time, so I’m gonna do my best to keep this 300 mile post brief. Holy cow, WOWZA, the Arizona Trail is a banger. Nonstop… Continue Reading “Thruhiking the Arizona Trail: Mexico to Superior”
What to Expect from a NOLS Wilderness First Responder (WFR) Course
This February, Sean and I decided to expand our outdoor education by taking a 9 day Wilderness First Responder (WFR, commonly called Woofer) course accredited by the internationally recognized National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). Although not required by our upcoming guide jobs in Alaska… Continue Reading “What to Expect from a NOLS Wilderness First Responder (WFR) Course”
Powered by Plants – Vegan Backpacking on a Thruhike
Is it possible to thruhike vegan? ABSOLUTELY 100%!!! Since adopting a vegan lifestyle in 2017, my husband and I have hiked nearly 4000 miles on a plant based diet including about 500 miles on the Colorado Trail (CT), over 2500 on the Continental Divide… Continue Reading “Powered by Plants – Vegan Backpacking on a Thruhike”
Thruhiking the Conti D: An Overview of the Continental Divide Trail
CDT 2018 Overview Our Stats Mexico – Canada, Northbound April 25 – August 18 Total Miles Walked – 2530.5 116 Days 12 0-Mile Days Miles Per Day Average – 21.8 Miles Per Day Average w/o 0’s – 24.3 Most Miles in 1 Day –… Continue Reading “Thruhiking the Conti D: An Overview of the Continental Divide Trail”
Infinite Geography 