Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
A bit over a month ago we climbed are first mountain of the trip. Right after we started leaving the summit we got a call from the ottline. To sum up the conversation water was coming into our house. Lucky for us they are amazing and took care of it for us. Well that almost […]
Read More Day 47Today was not a good day. It started of great with comfy bed and waffles. But soon we realized that we would not be making it to grand Teton national park by ten the time we were supposed to pick up our backpacking permit at. We were also told that of we did not make […]
Read More Day 49Author’s Note: This trip was a doozy and we cut it a night short for the reasons at the bottom of the post. I wrote this first part after hiking yesterday. We started this backpacking trip with a tense stop at the visitors center to pick up our permit. The heavy traffic got us into […]
Read More Day 49 and 50: Grand TetonsWe just finished our first ever two night backpacking night. We’ve backpacked plenty, but have always had the promise of a shower after one night of camping, the guarantee of a cold beer no more than a day away, a good supply of toilet paper with a nice porcelain throne tomorrow, and the knowledge of […]
Read More Days 46-48: Great Basin National Park“What time is . . . alright, goodnight” Jack Elliot Authors Note: This post was written Monday the 19th about today and yesterday. We’re currently backpacking at Great Basin, so it likely won’t be posted for a few days. Yesterday morning we woke up in Green River, UT at what may have been the nicest […]
Read More Cup of CoffeeThis morning I wanted to wake up super early so that we could finish hiking the three day backpacking trip unfortunately the 5 am alarm I suggested was swapped with a 6:30 alarm. Once we were up we pack up camp and hit the trail I lead today and was not messing around I was […]
Read More Day 48I am mad, I am frustrated, I am disappointed, I feel scammed and it is all because of a breakfast burrito. Please note my blog will only be on the burrito so to read about the rest of the day read someone else’s post. I was starving when we walked across the street to sugar, […]
Read More Day 46Several years ago, on our very first ever backpacking trip, we were disappointed to find the campgrounds at Great Basin National Park completely full. We drove to the tiny town just outside the park, Baker, and hoped to grab a room at the only motel. They were booked for the night, but we decided to […]
Read More Day 45: Stargazer Inn and Kerouac’sThis morning started with the best cuddles from the cutest sphynx cat in the world. I sat on the porch petting and cuddling and trying to think of a getaway plan so I could steal the cat. Anyway, I think my dad likes cats now… He made it a cat toy which is the closest […]
Read More Backpacking day 1 of a bazillion“You see my problem is this I’m dreaming away” Britney Spears Another day, another 14er! The past week has been a pretty amazing one for hiking. Two epic backpacking trips in New Mexico, two 14ers, two state highpoints. Today’s summit, Mt. Massive is my favorite of the 14ers I’ve completed so far. We set our […]
Read More Oops!…I Did It Again