Yellowstone, Days 1-3

Yellowstone, you are real cool.
Days 1-3 of our national park adventure included seeing lots and lots of crazy geysers, staying at the historic and beautiful Old Faithful Inn, hiking 24+ miles,Read more
Hello Idaho!!

Made it across the first state line of our road trip and to McCall, Idaho to visit our good friends Jenny and Skylar.
Jenny, the ever active half-robot, half-human, planned a hike for our first fullRead more
See Ya Later, Portland!

Oh Portland, thank you for such a lovely extended visit! My 8 weeks back in town flew by. It was wonderful to have quality time with my parents and so many friends, and to enjoy Oregon summer - wineRead more
25 Years of Friendship

Went on a short hike around Wahkeena Falls (such a pretty spot!) the other day with my friend Laura, her new baby and her adorable dog.
We discussed how friendships can evolve, grow and sometimesRead more
We're Now White Water Kayakers!

We just spent the last 3 days out on the Klickitat River with @wetplanet learning to white water kayak. Man is it hard - mentally challenging, a little intimidating at times (especially flipping overRead more
Counter Culture 2019

Amazing girls night out at Counter Culture, my favorite food and wine event of the year with Molly and Lauren. I always love this event - beautiful views, so much great wine and delicious food, liveRead more
Beautiful Hard Hike on Mt Hood

Awesome day hiking up on Mt Hood with some girls from CFPD. Talk about gorgeous views - we saw all the mountains: Rainier, St Helens, Adams, Jefferson, even the Sisters.
The monarch butterflies wereRead more
10 Years of Marriage

Well time flies. Brice and I have now been married for over 10 years!
Fiji seemed like the perfect place to celebrate our anniversary when we were there in June. We debated exactly what we wanted toRead more
Magical Fiji

Fiji is insane. So glad we added this to our itinerary.
Resorts are beautiful and filled with so many activities - snorkeling from the shore, yoga overlooking the water, tubing in the ocean atRead more
Hello Australia

After 6 weeks in New Zealand, Sydney feels crazy crowded, loud and lively. Excited to explore new parts of Australia and enjoy some of our favorites from our trip a few years back!
Auckland Adventures

Made it to Continent #6!!!
After so long in Thailand with its awful air pollution and humidity, it's so nice to be in New Zealand with beautiful parks and clean air.
Plus we got to catch up withRead more
Hong Kong in 3 Days

Three short days spent exploring Hong Kong: hawking at all the giant buildings, walking almost 30 miles, hiking Lion Rock for a full view of the city, somewhat hopelessly trying to find vegetarianRead more
Short trip to Myanmar

Short overnight to Tachileik, Myanmar, the town on the other side of the Thai border, to extend our visa. In a way it feels a bit like Thailand's Tijuana, with gambling, girls and garbage in your faceRead more
Beautiful temple

Our friend Summer is now staying with us for a few weeks. We toured around the Old City and stumbled upon one of the best temples I’ve yet visited, Wat Chedi Luang. Built in the late 1300s, you canRead more
New home!

Found ourselves a fancy new apartment in an awesome part of Chiang Mai to settle for a bit. It is beautiful and hopefully will be a great place for us, and our friend Summer who will be here a fewRead more
White (Temple) Christmas

Touring the most bizarre temple in all of Thailand on Christmas.
Choui Fong Tea Plantation

Toured the beautiful Choui Fong tea plantation, north of Chiang Mai. It was like wine tasting in Oregon with the beauty of the tea fields, the modern tea houses and the tastings. It was crowded withRead more
Spontaneous Half Marathon

At 5pm yesterday as Lauren and I were strolling through the old city, we stumbled upon the expo for the Chiang Mai Marathon, which was happening that night at 2am (yup, you read that right). In theRead more
Elephant love

My friend Lauren and I spent an overnight at Elephant Land, two hours outside Chiang Mai. Our time consisted of feeding the five elephants lots of bananas, walking with them through the jungle, givingRead more
Well that didn't go as expected

Well our volunteer experience at Imire in Zimbabwe didn't go nearly as we had hoped. We disagree with the organization's standard of animal care - I cried or nearly cried every day we left ourRead more
Absolute Magic

Absolutely amazing day in the Mara - we were watching a family of elephants when a leopard walked right in front of us, saw a sleeping pride of lions super close, enjoyed breakfast while observing theRead more
Made a New Israeli Friend

On the Jewish side of the Western Wall, men pray and offer written wishes to be placed in the cracks of the old temple's foundation. As this area is maintained by Orthodox Jews, men and women areRead more
No thanks.

This bubble hotel seemed like a great idea. When we showed up, I kept gawking about how cool they looked, like a city on Mars or something. But in reality, not so fun when there are intense windsRead more
Petra, the lost city

Over two days in the ancient city of Petra, we hiked 20 miles, climbed a lot of stairs, explored some well preserved ruins and saw some great views.
My favorite place was by far the TreasuryRead more
Overnight with the Bedouins

Amazing two nights at a Bedouin camp in the middle of the Wadi Rum desert. Over the last few years, this area has become very touristy with so many camp offerings, numerous jeeps driving visitorsRead more
Float in the Dead Sea!

First stop in Jordan: the Dead Sea! Such a crazy experience, floated in the actual sea and in the fancy spa pool.
We rented a car and started our Jordanian road trip. Certainly this car has seenRead more