This year I’m thankful for a family that knows holidays are when you see each other, not days on a calendar. My lovely sister and her husband hosted Thanksgiving a week early for 20 of …
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The Appalachian Trail, Kinda: Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland
All these small states. It’s so easy to go between them. After growing up in California, it’s like moving from an Olympic sized pool to doing laps in your bathtub: one stroke and you’re there. …
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Almost 50 States
Besides traveling, one of my favorite things to do is make lists. Honestly. Rick likes striving for goals. So together we’re striving to check all 50 states off our to-visit list. We’re on a roll, …
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Helo, Everybody: Our Helicopter Adventure in Alaska
So one of our days in Deep Creek was not quite like the others. One of our days will go down as Top Ten of All Time. That’s because one of those days we took …
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Fishin’ Like We Fancy: Deep Fun at Deep Creek
Rick, besides being dreamy and good at parallel parking, loves to fish. I, who dream about being good at parallel parking, also love to fish. At least, I was pretty sure I did. I’d only …
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Taking a Turn in Arthur’s Seat
When we were in Scotland, we did many amazing awesome things that I will tell you about soon. One of my favorites was spending a morning on Arthur’s Seat. Edinburgh is a small city, centered …
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Water, Water, Everywhere
Venice is built on water, and now sadly, much of it is underwater. A brutal combination of high tides and violent winds have brought the Adriatic far higher than normal into the city. Photo credit: …
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Sunny Times on Mt. Rainier
It’s not often that the weather is perfect on Mt. Rainier in Washington. It’s even less often that you get to spend three hours hiking in a huge glacial valley and not see another person. …
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Booming
When Rick and I travel, we like to hike. But since we’re not very good at hiking, we require a reward. That’s why everywhere we go, we boom. Booming is sharing a bottle of wine …
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Hi. I’m Katie. I like to go places.
Adventures with Katie 