It’s not the most popular, the longest, the largest, the most extreme or the one with the best weather. But if you’re a female, it is the best triathlon you’ll ever do. It’s the Gold Nugget Triathlon in Anchorage, Alaska. There’s plenty of reasons the Gold Nugget is not really ideal. With a pool swim […]
I’ve told you about how obsessed we are with the Passport Stamp program at U.S. National Parks. Each National Park and National Monument, as well as many other recreation areas like National Battlefields, has a cancelation stamp for you to put into your passport book. And now we have a Junior Ranger National Parks one just […]
I feel very vulnerable sharing this. It’s easier to pretend like everything is easy, that every challenge is simple and that I have it all together. The picture above makes me want to hide. Why am I showing that to the world? I believe in authenticity. I had never been so frustrated in my life […]
I spent the entire summer gushing to out of state friends about how much I love Alaska, and how they just have to come here and experience the glory of the summer, and the colors, and the wildflowers, and the mountains, and the glaciers. I am head-over-heels in love with this place and its midnight sun. Insert all […]
Since 2017 we’ve made a strong, purposeful effort to get outside every single day regardless of the weather. It’s become such an important part of my life that I’ve gone outside for at least 20 minutes for over 1,000 days in a row. Building habits doesn’t happen by chance. Sure, the first few days are […]
As the largest national park in the U.S., Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is a wild, vast, untamed land — and perfect for outdoor adventures. It might take a little bit of work to get there, but Wrangell St. Elias backpacking trips don’t have to be unusually hard or complicated. Want to hit the trail in the […]
There’s little about Alaska that is not dramatic. Mountains. Seasons. Rivers. Even the people. Like anything, however, when you’re living it the changes seem incremental. It’s looking over the past in photos that makes everything seem so sudden. Our first year in Alaska was one of milestones paired with the changes of the seasons. Summer, […]
“Follow us as we move to Alaska,” we said. “Be a part of our big life adventure!” And you did. And you were. And then we disappeared. Just over a year ago we made the dramatic decision to sell most of our stuff, let some military-hired movers pack the rest, cram what we could in […]
Alaska comes with tons of stereotypes, maybe thanks to its current place in popular culture. But one of the wonderful things about being totally new to a place that has such a distinct culture is that you can clearly see all the differences between this new place and all the other parts of America you’ve […]