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Sahara Adventures: Our 3 Day Desert Tour from Marrakech to Fes

April 23, 2019 Kelly

Since we began planning for our trip to Morocco, we’ve been dreaming of spending the night in the Sahara Desert. There are a ton of tour operators offering different options for a Sahara camping experience, and we ultimately decided the very popular 3 day/2 night tour from Marrakech to Fes would be the best fit for our schedule. After hours of research and dozens of email inquiries to operators, we booked our adventure with Marrakech Desert Trips. They were one…

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How to Hike the W Trek in Patagonia

July 30, 2018 Kelly

Preparing to hike the W trek in Torres del Paine National Park took some planning. Getting to and from Patagonia requires many flights, buses, and ferries. There are three different companies offering lodging within the park. Finding availability at the sites where we hoped to stay took a bit of shuffling until we got the nights we’d be in each spot just right. Needless to say, we were thrilled when it all came together and we finally arrived at the…

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Southwest USA

November 12, 2017 Kelly

After leaving Moab, we continued south to check a few more national parks (and one city) off our list! Bryce Canyon National Park I didn’t know much about Bryce before we showed up and I was blown away by this park! We got there around 2pm and had no problem finding a campsite which definitely started our visit off on the right foot. After setting up and settling in, we set off for a hike in Byrce Amphitheater, the main…

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10 Tips for Visiting Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks

August 26, 2017 Kelly

The five days we spent in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks were some of the best of our summer road trip! The parks are just gorgeous and have so many interesting and unique features, like tons of geothermal activity, big, beautiful mountains, and ANIMALS! Fun fact: Yellowstone is often described as the best place for a safari game drive in North America. Planning your own visit or just curious about our experience? Here are some of our tips for…

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Rocky Mountains Majesty

August 22, 2017 Kelly

After a week of driving, we arrived in the Rocky Mountains! Seeing them felt like a big moment in our cross-country road trip. We knew we had driven so far! We spent some time in the Rockies on both the Canadian and American sides, starting with visits to Banff in Canada and Glacier National Park in Montana! Here’s a peek at what we did: Banff & Lake Louise We crossed the border into Canada (again!) for three wonderful nights in…

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Epic Road Trips Part 2: Australia’s Great Ocean Road

March 17, 2017 Kelly

After our two week road trip around New Zealand we returned to Australia for another week of fun down under. This time we arrived in Melbourne and decided to take a road trip on the Great Ocean Road which stretches for nearly 250 km along the southeast coast of the country. We rented a campervan through Jucy and had a blast. The van was a converted Toyota minivan which had the middle seats removed and replaced by a bench that…

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Hiking the Routeburn Track in New Zealand

March 15, 2017 Kelly

New Zealand has a series of nine “Great Walks,” popular “tramping” (aka hiking + camping) trails that go through some of the most scenic parts of the country. My dad had heard great things about one of these hikes, the Routeburn Track, from his friend who is a New Zealand native so we decided to give it a try. Planning the Hike What is the Routeburn Track??! The Routeburn Track is located in the southwest of New Zealand, connecting Fiordland…

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