New Zealand: North Island
Arriving in Auckland, NZ
Over the past two weeks Iโve been racking my brain over what adventure to start writing about. Iโve decided- although daunting at first- to write about the biggest one of them all: New Zealand. It was daunting because at the time of the adventure I did not foresee writing about it in the future. Thankfullyโฆ
New Zealand: Auckland and Northland Regions
Hello and welcome to the beginning chapter of the New Zealand adventure! In this article Iโll be walking you step by step through Jay and Iโs first week in New Zealand, which takes place in the Auckland and Northland Regions. If you havenโt already, go back one article using the arrows on the bottom ofโฆ
New Zealand: Waikato and Bay of Plenty Regions
Hello and welcome to the second chapter of the New Zealand adventure! In this article Iโll be walking you step by step through our second week in New Zealand, which takes place in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty Regions on the North Island. If you havenโt already, go back two articles using the arrowsโฆ
New Zealand: Hawke’s Bay Region
Welcome back to the third week of the New Zealand adventure! If you haven’t already, go to the New Zealand section of my blog page and catch up on the first two weeks of the adventure with my first three posts. I decided to split the Hawke’s Bay and Wellington Regions into two posts becauseโฆ
New Zealand: Wellington Region
Welcome back to the fourth week of the New Zealand adventure! Thank you for waiting an extra week for this post. My shoulder and neck have recovered from the strange cramping and pain I woke up with last Tuesday. Hopefully with more muscle building, now that my HOA’s gym and the pool I do physicalโฆ
New Zealand: South Island
New Zealand: Tasman Region (Part 1)
Welcome back to the New Zealand overview! It’s been a little while since I’ve written about New Zealand since it took me awhile to get all of the California trip into writing, so thank you for being patient! This week and next week I’ll be covering the Tasman Region. I’ll be breaking it up inโฆ
New Zealand: Tasman Region (Part 2)
Welcome to part 2 of our time in the Tasman Region of New Zealand’s South Island. If you don’t keep up with our other social media outlets- Facebook page and Instagram account- Jay and I just celebrated a momentous day. Five years ago on September 5, 2015, Jay and I went on a camping tripโฆ
New Zealand: West Coast Region
I’ve returned to Arizona! Now that I have access to my photos again I can now get back to covering our New Zealand adventure. Before I jump in, last week I hinted at some exciting news. The original news has been postponed for now, so you’ll all have to wait in suspense, but I doโฆ
New Zealand: Western Otago Region
I’d like to start this post by extending a gratitude to all those who have voted today. I find it very important to vote, no matter what party you support. Thank you for making your voices heard and tomorrow we will have an idea of what direction this country will be taking next. Now ontoโฆ
Camping around Flagstaff, AZ
Northern Arizona: Camping on Memorial Day Weekend, 2020 (Part 1)
For this week’s post I’ve decided to jump forward almost three years. The events of this past weekend warranted an adventure story breakdown, and I did not want to wait until after all the New Zealand posts to share it with you. Below you’ll read about our misadventure in finding a campsite during one ofโฆ
Northern Arizona: Camping on Memorial Day Weekend, 2020 (Part 2)
Hello and Welcome to part 2 of Camping on Memorial Day Weekend, 2020! Thank you for accepting my decision to postpone my post a day for this week. I felt it necessary to give the stage of social media to the Black Lives Matter Movement. I support the cause and urge you to take actionโฆ
Adventures in Hawai’i
Maui, HI: Haleakalฤ backpacking trip to Palikลซ Cabin
When I first began writing blog posts a few months ago I decided that between every few New Zealand posts I’d write about some other adventure I’d done somewhere else. I figure no one could ever truly get bored of New Zealand adventures but at least it changes the readers perspective for a little while.โฆ
New England Adventures
Western Massachusetts: Mount Greylock Camping Trip
Thank you for waiting an extra week for this post! If you glanced at my Facebook and Instagram stories and posts you would know that I decided to join Jay on his trip out to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. Last minute I was able to order an Exped MegaMat. I knew that ifโฆ
White Mountains, NH: Week at The Village of Loon Mountain
A big hello to my family, friends, kind strangers, and fellow bloggers! This week’s post is about a week I recently spent in the White Mountains of New Hampshire at The Village of Loon Mountain (VOLM). After dating for a year- instead of getting a puppy or moving in with each other fully- my parentsโฆ
California Adventures
Southern California: National Forests Road Trip (Part 1)
Hello everyone! Hope you had a good holiday weekend a few weeks ago. Instead of celebrating the 4th, Jay and I enjoyed the ability to do a short road-trip to Southern California National Forests during this pandemic while still social distancing, wearing masks, and limiting our time in public buildings and places. Thank you forโฆ
Southern California: National Forests Road Trip (Part 2)
Hello! Welcome back to the second part of this three part post overview of a road trip to Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Sierra National Forests that Jay and I went on a few weeks ago. If you haven’t already, head over to the first part to read about the first few days of our trip.โฆ
Southern California: National Forests Road Trip (Part 3)
I’ll start this part by thanking you for reading the first two parts! If you’ve gotten this far you must either really enjoy reading other people’s adventures, or you’re one of my family members or friends who support me in my endeavors. Either way thank you! If you’re on this post without having read theโฆ
Southern California: Exploring the San Luis Obispo Area
Happy….following Tuesday! Skipped a week on posting and I have no excuse, just got lazy and hermit like and didn’t really feel like writing. This week I am reflecting on our week of exploring around the San Luis Obispo area. As you will see from the photos below, the beaches were the highlight of theโฆ
Utah Adventures
Utah: Adventure in Moab (Part 1)
This week we’ll be jumping forward in time to only a few days ago! The month of September for Jay is very busy at Canyon Explorations. When he was given the opportunity to take a half week off, we jumped and started planning a trip to Colorado. Jay had a hike he wanted to do,โฆ
Utah: Adventure in Moab (Part 2)
Welcome to part 2 of our quick trip to Moab! If you haven’t already, head over to part 1 of this trip to catch up. We last left off having spent the day exploring Arches National Park and then treating ourselves to some food from a restaurant owned by the brother of a guide whoโฆ
Utah: Adventure in Moab (Part 3)
Part 3…I still find it a tad absurd that this adventure has turned out to be as long as the California trip in writing. Though I may have had more words for that adventure, it’s still ridiculous that there’s a part for each DAY of this trip. Enough baffled thoughts on my part, back toโฆ
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