Annie

General Update on Life in the Van

Hi everyone, I’d started writing a post about our recent visit to Bandelier National Monument but wasn’t feeling especially motivated, so I took that as a sign to leave that one be for now and give you all an update on how things are going in general instead. We’re still in New Mexico, we madeContinue reading “General Update on Life in the Van”

Saguaro National Park

Hello hello, since our last post was focused on caves, we’re going to keep this one above ground and take it back to the week we spent in and around Tucson for a quick look at our visit to Saguaro National Park. The park is split into two sections, one on either side of Tucson.Continue reading “Saguaro National Park”

All About Caves!

Hi everyone, as promised in the last post, this one is all about how in a short month and a half we’ve found a new hobby, or if we’re being honest, a new obsession. This might be a lot to ask, but do you remember back in our Carlsbad Caverns National Park post I toldContinue reading “All About Caves!”

Annie Hits The Big 3-0

Hello, Annie here. Yup, you read that title right. My 30th birthday was back in mid-March. Recently, most years I haven’t been interested in doing much if Emma and I aren’t celebrating together, which I realize is kind of ridiculous considering how much we disliked sharing a birthday when we were kids. This one though,Continue reading “Annie Hits The Big 3-0”

White Sands National Park

I know, I know, it’s another national park post. We have done more than just visit national parks, but New Mexico has so many good ones! And like Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands has been on my list of places to visit for a while. So we’ll show you our visit to this park now andContinue reading “White Sands National Park”

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Today we’re going to show you a few hikes from one of the other national parks we’ve recently enjoyed; another one with which we’ve absolutely fallen in love. About a 40 mile drive south of Carlsbad Caverns, in the same mountain range but just over the border into Texas, is Guadalupe Mountains National Park. ThisContinue reading “Guadalupe Mountains National Park”

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

We recently started tracking national parks and national forests the two of us have visited together. It’s not necessarily a goal to check them all off, at least not in any particular time frame. Since we hit four national forests and a national park on the drive south though, we thought it might be funContinue reading “Carlsbad Caverns National Park”

Sam’s Throne and Goat Trail to Big Bluff

Hello there, today we’re going to go back to the post we held off on in favor of the Texas update last week. At this point it’s been about a month since we were in Arkansas, but there are a few places we visited that we think are too incredible not to show you, evenContinue reading “Sam’s Throne and Goat Trail to Big Bluff”

A Good Ol’ Texas Winter

Alright everyone, change of plans since our last post. We were going to show you a few of our favorite hikes and campsites from our time in Arkansas, and I know we just told you we wouldn’t be updating our location in real time, but people have been checking in because of the record coldContinue reading “A Good Ol’ Texas Winter”

On The Road (Finally)

Well, we did it; we finally did it. A few weeks ago we hit the road in our (mostly) complete van! Although, one of our first adventures (if you want to call it that) happened before we even left the driveway. To make a long story short, we bought an alarm for the van andContinue reading “On The Road (Finally)”