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Traveling the Pacific coast of Oregon
After a nice anniversary weekend in Eugene, we drove straight west and traveled along the coast of Oregon for about a week. We stayed at...

Adam
Jun 28, 20214 min read
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Celebrating our one-year wedding anniversary
We got married on May 29, 2020 on the campus of Bowling Green State University, where we met, with our immediate family in a small,...

Madi/Adam
Jun 18, 20213 min read
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Spending time with friends, Los Angeles County, California
One of Adam's best friend, coincidentally also named Adam, moved out to the LA area a few months ago. We were driving right past, so we...

Madi/Adam
Jun 5, 20216 min read
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada (aka the hottest place we've been in the van)
We didn't have original plans to go to Lake Mead when we left Salt Lake City, but Adam had an inkling that Lake Mead was famous for some...

Madi/Adam
May 31, 20215 min read
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The Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Utah
After an S-shaped drive through the northern Rockies in Wyoming, we hauled ourselves across a bridge to Antelope Island State Park on the...

Madi/Adam
May 19, 20213 min read
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Driving through the Rocky Mountains
Driving to and through Colorado the Rocky Mountains are unavoidable. Roads with miles of incline and miles of decline, the inevitable...

Madi/Adam
May 14, 20213 min read
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Great Sand Dunes National Park
Our second attempt at visiting a sand dune national park was still full of blowing sand and stinging eyes, but the views were incredible...

Madi/Adam
May 10, 20212 min read
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Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Our next national park, Mesa Verde National Park, is one we have both wanted to visit for a long time! It did not disappoint.

Madi/Adam
May 5, 20213 min read
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Alamogordo, New Mexico and White Sands National Park
White Sands National Park is one of our newer national parks, being changed from a national monument status to national park in 2019. It...

Madi/Adam
Apr 27, 20213 min read
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Carlsbad, New Mexico and Carlsbad Caverns National Park
We spent a few days in the Dallas-Fort Worth area doing an interview for our book and visiting a spring festival at a historic farm. This...

Madi/Adam
Apr 27, 20213 min read
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Preparing the van for 100 days on the road
We're on the road for the summer! It was a big change to get ready to be mobile compared to our stationary life in the state park the...

Madi/Adam
Apr 20, 20212 min read
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Our first backpacking trip since starting vanlife!
Madi got a few days off work and took a day off of school so we could take our first out-of-van backpacking trip since our honeymoon in...

Madi/Adam
Apr 1, 20213 min read
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Colorado Bend State Park, Bend, Texas
We took a trip down to Colorado Bend State Park in the late fall and loved this park! It might be one of our new favorite places in Texas...

Madi/Adam
Feb 28, 20213 min read
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