Exploring Togo, West Africa
Jan21

Exploring Togo, West Africa

For two weeks we lived with my cousin in Lome, Togo. Robin (my cousin) and her husband Phil are children’s missionaries with Assemblies of God (AG). When we were debating our next destination from Europe, we kept going back and forth… do we go East or South? Eventually Africa won the argument, mostly because I really wanted to go see Robin. For the last 10 years I have been trying to follow them to West Africa to see what...

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The Great Southern Africa Road Trip
Nov30

The Great Southern Africa Road Trip

Our 42 day road trip started in Johannesburg and ended in Cape Town. In between we went through the Okavango Delta and Chobe Park in Botswana, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, Kruger National Park, the Garden Route and most of the East coast of South Africa. We drove our rented Chevy Spark (which we named Timon) 4,821 miles (7,758 km), spent 12 nights in a tent, listened to the first four Harry Potter books on tape, and saw amazing things...

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Anatomie Skyler Pants Review
Nov12

Anatomie Skyler Pants Review

For 3 months I traveled with one pair of pants in my backpack: Skyler travel pants from Anatomie. First off, the good side of my Anatomie pants… They were great hiking pants. They are super lightweight, stretchy, and quick-drying. But they can also double as nice ‘go out to dinner’ pants. You would never know they had gone hiking the day before, unless you forget to wash off the mud. I have the Skyler pant in the...

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The Animals We Saw
Oct28

The Animals We Saw

A few pictures of the many animals we saw in South Africa and...

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Kayaking Norway’s Fjords on Your Own
Oct05

Kayaking Norway’s Fjords on Your Own

In August 2015 we kayaked and free camped from Gudvangen to Flam through the Naeroyfjord and Aurlandsfjord in Norway. There are a few companies that will do a shorter version of this trip for more money, but you can easily do it on your own as long as you are familiar with a Kayak and know how to set up a tent. I was researching a guided tour, when I thought “Can I kayak the Naeroyfjord and Aurlandsfjord on my own?” and I...

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