Weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains Video | July 2016
I actually made an effort to record little videos from our trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and here is the result. I think the main reason it was so much easier for me to remember is because we were seeing so many waterfalls, and it’s more fun to record the water flowing rather than just snapping a picture! Oh, and 50 points to anyone who’s able to identify what audio book we were listening to at 2:40, haha!
Labor Day Weekend || Hiking &Â Backpacking to Belfrey &Â Hurricane Mountains ||Â September 3, 2016 For our Labor Day weekend adventure, we set our sights pretty high — to the High Peak region of the Adirondacks! We were loving all the relatively nearby hikes we’d done, but were ready to branch out and see what this state…
2016 was a year of completely new experiences in all new places for us. It started with settling into a new home in a state that we were unfamiliar with, then learning how to embrace a completely different environment and lifestyle than what we were used to. This led to us expanding our perimeters and visiting attractions…
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