Next Stop: Adventure

Month: January 2016

Essential Day Hiking Gear for Your Next Adventure

In the past couple years, I have learned a lot about the importance of learning what day hiking gear to bring out on the trails. What’s in your pack (and the pack itself) really matters! If you’re carrying any extra weight that you don’t need for the hike, you’ll be paying for it later. Some suggestions of what […]

January 29, 2016
Creating Our Wedding Website [Wedding]

For the wedding website, I wanted to do a one-page, easy to navigate and scroll right through to what you needed to know for the wedding. This means that this is it, there are no additional pages. These types of layouts are quite popular currently. I created the site with WordPress, using a theme called […]

January 27, 2016
2 Months to Go! [Wedding]

2 Months Until I am Married… What?! Breathe in. Breathe out. I have about 2 months to go for this wedding, and that calm sense of relaxation that I had about 3 months ago is nowhere to be seen. It just hit me that I have a lot of things to do for this wedding […]

January 24, 2016
Ice Castles

Winter adventures are not limited to skiing, snowshoeing, and snowboarding! One of the many reasons I love Utah is that there’s opportunity for unique winter adventures. Two years ago, when I first moved to Utah, I discovered the Ice Castles in Midway, UT (outside of Park City). Yesterday, we revisited the Ice Castles for a […]

January 23, 2016
5 Ski Tips for the Beginner Skier

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January 15, 2016
Graduates in Wonderland [Book Rave]

You know those books where you find yourself laughing out loud while reading it? This is one of those books. I just finished reading Graduates in Wonderland that I bought at Powell’s Bookstore in Portland back in November. I picked up this book in the travel section, intrigued by the title. Since I was in […]

January 11, 2016
Invitations are Sent! [Wedding]

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January 7, 2016
Happy 2016!

It wouldn’t be a new year without some resolutions, right? 2016 will be an exciting year for me. Right now, all that’s on my mind is WEDDINGWEDDINGWEDDING. Sorry for the caps, but is very appropriate. I have a mix of excitement, nervousness, anxiety, happiness and stress about the wedding. I feel calm about the marriage itself, […]

January 2, 2016