I had been looking forward to attempting this bikepacking trip for forever. Wanting to see how far I could go, wanting to see what my sustainability was. When it comes to bikepacking in Virginia, there aren’t a TON of options for a multi-day trip that I know of – but New River Trail was one […]

Loren is awesome. If you haven’t met her, you’re missing out. I was lucky enough to go on a First Landing camping adventure with her recently and it was amazing. We spent SO much time in the water, and after spending so much time inside over the last few months, it was my safe space. […]

It’s easy to say that this past 8 weeks has been tough. I mean, we’ve all started doing things that we never thought we’d have to do – homeschooling, working from home, pushing back photo sessions, not hugging our friends, stockpiling toilet paper and hand sanitizer because you can’t seem to find any.  There have […]

The camping adventures that have been happening this year have been nothing short of freaking magical. There’s just something about going on vacation with family and friends that’s awesome. Let me not lie to you: it was cold as shit on this trip. Like, unreasonably cold. And ALL of our kids were rockstars. Let’s be […]

I can’t believe that I went camping by myself for the first two days of this trip. I spent 5 days and 4 nights at my First Landing get away. It was weird to camp by myself – but it was worth it. I definitely don’t feel the need to do it again, but I […]

Our trip to Crabtree Falls was freaking fantastic: the perfect spot on the river. The perfect campsites. Great friends. I wrote a thing when I was sitting out on the rocks the first morning – I was up for 2 hours by myself, just enjoying the river, reading a book, watching the sunrise. It’s not […]