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  • Six Months in Seattle: A Little Recap

    Six Months in Seattle: A Little Recap

    For those of you that have been here a while, you might remember our monthly recaps from our 12 months of travel. We put that series on hold when our travels went on hold due to the pandemic, but we figured it would be fun to bring it up as…

  • Month 12 Stats & Recap

    Month 12 Stats & Recap

    Countries Visited 1 – USA We have been in the great state of California for the entire month. Most of it has been spent sheltering in place, but there was a time in the month of March when travel wasn’t discouraged and we got to see a few new places…

  • Renting a Campervan in Australia: Everything You Need to Know

    Renting a Campervan in Australia: Everything You Need to Know

    We have been dreaming about living out of a campervan for a while. When we had two unplanned weeks in Australia, we decided it was the perfect time to test it out. Renting a campervan in Australia was the ideal way to try it. Plus, we could see more of…

  • Month 11 Stats & Recap

    Month 11 Stats & Recap

    States Visited 7 – Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California How We Got Around Lots more driving The street car in New Orleans A few Ubers in Austin Our feet – a lot more than the month before which felt amazing Best Meal Steph – Eating has…

  • Civil Rights Road Trip through the South

    Civil Rights Road Trip through the South

    One of the places that we had yet to explore much in the United States was the South. Other than a few work trips to Atlanta, Justin’s childhood in Arkansas with family, and recent trips to North Carolina and Tennessee, the entire region was pretty foreign to us. We decided…

  • Month 10 Stats & Recap

    Month 10 Stats & Recap

    It’s a whole new year, but we are back with another monthly recap. Things look quite a bit different now because we are happily exploring our home country. This month was pretty quiet because we spent most of it in a small town in Iowa. We needed a bit of…

  • 6 Ways to Save Money

    6 Ways to Save Money

    I always thought that people that took these gap years to travel must come from a very wealthy family that is able to pick up the bill for everything. The more we dreamed about seeing more of the world, the more we talked about what would need to happen to…

  • Month 9 Stats & Recap

    Month 9 Stats & Recap

    A couple days late on this one, but we are back with a recap of the last month. It looks a little different this month because we are officially back in the States and it is a brand new decade. Here is what we’ve been up to the last few…

  • Month 8 Stats & Recap

    Month 8 Stats & Recap

    Countries Visited 7 – Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Austria and Germany How We Got Around 0 flights! Woohoo! 8 Train rides 3 taxi rides – there were a couple long hikes to train stations at weird hours of the night and we decided to spring for a cab instead…

  • Thankful

    Thankful

    Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the United States. While many of our friends and family were eating huge meals, sharing their gratitude and spending quality time together, we were just having a crap day. We had bad luck with trains, awkward interactions with people, illness and a very long walk in…