Elliott’s Second Birthday

August 23, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

People say all the time how much time flies when you have little ones. When we had Elliott, time seemed to go too slowly, but then all of a sudden here we are, and it feels like just yesterday we were living at the hospital. Two years ago I was rushed into the hospital and […]

A night in Yellowstone National Park

August 19, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

When we spontaneously decided to go on this crazy road trip, hitting Yellowstone was a location on both of our lists. We knew that we wanted to visit as many national parks as we could in the time we had, and Yellowstone did not disappoint. While Wyoming, as a whole, was a little too lackluster […]

Utah, Take Two: The Great Salt Lake

August 4, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

We could not be more excited about visiting Utah again. We definitely covered the most territory in this state, but there is so much more to see. Hayden and I both agreed that if there is one single state from our road trip that we could both live in happily it is right here. Unlike […]

Nevada – The land of luxury and Oh so hot deserts

July 30, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

Have you ever pictured a place one way, but then visited that place only to find that it is the exact opposite? That was Nevada for us. The desert we expected to be pretty bare and the city we expected to be dirty and loud. We could not have been more wrong. I’m not sure […]

The Tiniest Fraction of California

July 28, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

California is a state that we want to truly visit one day. From north to south there are so many areas and cities we are excited about. Right now, with the craziness of Covid, we opted to avoid the majority of the state. We so wish we could have explored more, but it didn’t feel […]

Arizona

July 27, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Arizona was a state that we expected would be so perfect for us. We have heard stories, seen pictures, gone down countless rabbit holes, and have been in awe with the idea of visiting for years. We may have over hyped ourselves for this one. We were blown away by many of our stops in […]

Meet Elliott

July 27, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

We entered the world of parenting under challenging circumstances. Our amazing little human was born three months early, and with that came many obstacles to overcome. While I will come back to this in another post, the point is that our little human is an amazing and tenacious ball of life. Elliott’s positive energy is […]

Utah, You’re Magical

July 14, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Utah was another state that we had such a magical experience. If you are okay with some serious time in the car, you won’t be disappointed. The Moab area is unbelievable, albeit not a very populated one. We camped on the Colorado River at what may be one of our favorite campsites ever, and spent […]

Colorado, We Love You

July 13, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

We expected to love Colorado, but we loved it even more than we imagined. In driving through Colorado you are able to experience so many different environments. We saw forests, snow, red rocks, sand dunes, canyons, rivers, lakes, and cities. It was incredible. If you ever get the chance to drive through this state, do […]

Iowa

July 13, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Iowa was such a surprise for us! We went into this trip thinking that Iowa was a state that we would drive through to get to other destinations. It was not at all. We ended up loving our time in Iowa. Although it takes a while to get through, Iowa was blanketed with unbelievable farmland […]