Next Stop: Adventure

Category: Road Trippin’

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park & Mesa Verde National Park [West & Central Colorado]

During the month of October, I was sent back to Utah for work. During the free weekend, Kelli & I went on a quick road trip to West/Central Colorado to check out a couple new national parks (Hikes 39 & 40). Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park This quiet national park is not to […]

October 26, 2018
A Weekend Guide to Bend, Oregon [Labor Day Weekend]

Moving to Seattle has opened up a whole new range of cool places to road trip to for long weekends. When one of my coworkers came back from Bend one weekend, she told me that it was a place me and Brighton needed to visit! So I booked the same hotel she did, and started […]

September 7, 2018
A Weekend in Portland [Our Second Anniversary Trip]

For our second anniversary, we decided to make a weekend adventure to Portland! Now that we’ve moved, Portland is only about 3 hours away from our new home! We haven’t had a lot of opportunity to leave since we moved away from our favorite dog sitters— thank you Kelli & Ashley! But determined to get […]

May 3, 2018
Devil’s Bridge Trail [Sedona, Arizona]

On our final day of our long weekend getaway, Kelli and I headed to Sedona, Arizona. Sedona is known for its stunning landscape of steep canyon walls, red rock buttes and green pine forests among a vibrant art community and desert resort town. Brighton and I stopped through here on our way back from San […]

January 7, 2018
Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend & Grand Canyon

After Day 1: Goblin Valley State Park & Natural Bridges National Monument, we woke up early enough to catch breakfast at the hotel, grabbed some coffee and gas, and hit the road towards Page, Arizona. When we were planning this trip, Kelli wanted to go south instead of north so we had less of a chance of […]

December 2, 2017
Joshua Tree National Park & Palm Springs in 24 Hours

If you follow me on social media, you may have noticed that a few weeks ago a new dog started popping up in my photos— a beautiful husky named Mika! And before you ask, we have not adopted a new dog. We are long-term dog-sitting my brother in law’s husky while he moves to NYC […]

November 1, 2017
Calf Creek Falls [Escalante National Monument]

(This post is a continuation of my Labor Day Weekend trip. Click the links for our other explorations at Kannaraville Falls, Zebra Slot Canyon, and Emerald Pools in Zion!) After completing the Zebra Slot Canyon hike, we drove for about 25 minutes to our next location— Calf Creek Falls — with a quick stop to Kiva Koffeehouse on […]

October 15, 2017
Zebra Slot Canyon [Escalante National Monument]

After waking up and enjoying the sunrise at our campsite, we packed up and headed out towards Escalante National Monument. We were both ready for some hot scrumptious breakfast and…

October 7, 2017
Kannaraville Falls [Labor Day Weekend]

(This is the first post of my Labor Day Weekend trip. Click the links for our other explorations at Zebra Slot Canyon, Calf Creek Falls, and Emerald Pools in Zion!) For Labor Day weekend, Courtney and I wanted to get out of town and have some adventures as the weather is already cooling down as we enter […]

September 25, 2017
Long Weekend in Utah [Wannee’s Visit to Salt Lake City]

Recently, I’ve been very backlogged when it comes to editing photos and blogging. I’ve had several sessions, a few small adventures, and some schedule changes that have contributed to me being so far behind. So here it goes… Wannee’s visit to Utah (which happened a month ago… Oops)! Day 1: Hike the Wasatch It’s rare […]

September 10, 2017