When my daughter Delaney asked me to go on a wilderness backpacking adventure with her, I said “yes” right away. If you are a parent, you know that time with your children is precious and you take anything they have to give. And I have always told my kids about my desire to not only spend time …
We left Bellingham with a plan to take a windy, spontaneous route back home. There was ONE National Park on our list that we could hit by driving, Hot Springs, which was the only “must do”. From there, we decided to revisit places on the route we wanted to see again and check out some …
Alaska was a trip John and I kept talking about, but I was a little intimidated with all the planning that would be required. We knew we wanted to do it with the adventure van. We knew we wanted to drive up and ferry back, and we also knew we wanted to try to make …
We had a little shy of 48 hours in Vietnam, and we truly just scratched the surface. Vietnam has a population around 100 million, with an official language of Vietnamese and most people practicing no religion. They originally declared independence from China, only to be split into two areas (north and south) with the south colonialized by …
Our solo adventure took us first to Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand has a population of about 70 million, and Tai people migrated from mainland Southwest China to SouthEast Asia many centuries ago. Thailand (Siam) was the only area in the Southeast to avoid colonization by foreign powers. It has a monarchy, which is evident by the pictures of the …
We have spent the last several days in the Kingdom of Cambodia. About 17 million people live here, mostly Buddhist, speaking Khmer but you do hear quite a bit of English. Cambodia has fought hard over many years to be a neutral and independent country, surviving under French, Japanese and Vietnamese rule. They have also suffered much; more …
We have spent the last several days in Malaysia, a country of about 33MM people with an official language of Malay but many people speak English. The official religion is Islam, but there are many people that practice Buddhism, Christianity, and Hinduism. The country was inhabited by the Portuguese, Dutch, British, and Japanese before they became independent …
Up to this point, of our travels since COVID have taken us exploring the US in our adventure van. We have been able to visit all the National Parks in the lower 48 (except 1) and have hit 52 of the 63 parks. When we were asked by our friends Krishna and Chris if we would …
We have spent the last couple weeks in an area that is close, but new to us. There were two National Parks in the north for us to visit…..Isle Royale and Voyagers, and there was so much to explore in Upper Peninsula of Michigan. So, we headed out for some adventuring. We were in love with the …
John and I made a quick trip to NYC to spend time with Riley. Their end of year architecture projects were on display and we didn’t want to miss. While there, we did some of our favorite things…..bike rides and running in Central Park, Bryant Park, catching a few shows(Life of Pi and Some Like …