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  • Shaw Butte Trail

    If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that I travel. A lot. Not always for fun, sometimes we’re just moving—and we’ve moved 12 times in our seven-year marriage! But with the pandemic, we’ve really slowed it down. In fact, I haven’t been out of the country for over a year, and

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  • Flagstaff Extreme Adventure Course

    How does one write a travel blog during a pandemic? The question of travel bloggers everywhere. I guess I could have spent time catching up on dozens of past adventures that I *intended* to write about, but instead I’ve been working on other projects– namely, finishing my novel. HOWEVER, now that things are starting to

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  • Wupatki National Monument

    It’s high time I invited you to my favorite place in the world (outside of Sint Maarten, of course). If you’ve ever spent a significant amount of time in Arizona, you know that Great State Forty-Eight has a lot to offer in the way of hidden roadside treasures. My absolute favorite is Wupatki National Monument.

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  • Guest on a Podcast!

    I’ve been busy… mostly writing, but also working a couple of part-time jobs, being Mommy, and trying to get some DIY projects done around the house. There is currently an old front door sitting on my porch, halfway to becoming a new headboard for our bed. One recent exciting event was getting interviewed on the

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  • Fried Prickly Pear Cactus

    So, I got heat stroke yesterday. And it was more frightening than the time I almost wrecked myself on sharp rocks while surfing. A word to the wise: the elements generally win. So, what was I doing to incur the wrath of the Arizona sun? I was spending an hour and a half cleaning up

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  • Home Sweet Home

    There’s no place like home. Especially when you know you’ll get to call it home for a while. Ben and I celebrated our fifth anniversary a week ago! We realized that we’ve experienced a lot in our half-decade of marriage. Most notably, we survived Ben’s med school journey. I also survived my master’s program. We

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