To be honest, we weren’t quite sure what to expect on our first trip to Death Valley National Park. Just about the only thing I knew was that parts of Star Wars were filmed here, notably some of the Tatooine scenes, which meant I was anticipating big expanses of desert and sand dunes as far…
The scale of the Grand Canyon is absolutely mind-blowing. Standing on the rim of the canyon, you’ll be staring thousands of feet down into crags and crevices winding through the world-famous chasm that millions of people flock to every year. It’s one of those places that makes you go “I wonder what the first people…
Zion National Park is full of amazing landscapes, from towering canyon walls featuring a blend of red rocks and white stone to the blue-green hues of the Virgin River, and is one of our favorite National Parks in the United States. If you’re an avid hiker like us, Zion is basically paradise. Several of the…
Budapest is one of our favorite cities in Europe. Straddling the Danube, the capital of Hungary is one of Europe’s most charming cities. Not only is it beautiful, but it is filled with history, culture, fun things to do, high quality and inexpensive wine (my personal favorite), and good food. The architecture is beautiful, the…
Seattle is a beautiful city, full of things to do, see, and eat no matter what you’re into. I know, because I lived in the Seattle area for almost 20 years from elementary school to after college, and spent a large part of that time exploring all corners of the city. One of the best…
We have been lucky to call Northern California home for over a decade at this point (update for 2024: we now live in Oregon, but still make the journey down to Northern California to visit family regularly!). At the time of writing, Alysha had spent her whole life here, minus four years in college, and…