We’ve been a little quiet over here, but we’ve been hard at work bringing to life a new series that we’re so excited to share with you all!

A quick recap of our top 5 favorite photos of the year! Enjoy!

I’m always keeping my eyes peeled for new, up and coming brands making outdoor gear for the modern lady who likes to spend a lot of time outdoors, because to be honest… I feel like women’s outdoor clothing often misses the mark. Recently I got my hands on some pieces from Alder’s collection from our friends over at REI to test during my South American travels to see if they’re filling the void in women’s outdoor clothing!

Owen and I have both been feeling a visit was long overdue. However this time, we wanted to see the park for the first time in the winter under a blanket of snow. In order to hike in the snow, we needed to pick up a little extra gear. We hatched the idea to rent some snowshoes from REI, so we could hike in the snow out to see the Giant Sequoia trees of the Mariposa Grove.

For as long as we’ve been on the road, we’ve avoided traveling in the Northern Midwest. For no other reason other than the lack of public land. This summer we ventured into the Northern Midwest. So let’s talk about how we navigated and found camping in an area that's notorious for its limited public land as well as the cautions for traveling seldom traveled road and some gear to help you on your way!

In this video/post I take you through the basic gear and how to pack for packrafting. Though this will focus on packing for a packrafting trip that requires you to backpack in, it’ll be helpful for anyone wanting to learn gear basics.

After a successful inaugural packrafing in Escalante, we were fired up to get back on the water. We quickly got to work planning our second packrafting trip, this time, we were ready for more technical water and add to our growing skills on the water. For this we returned to our beloved Wind River mountain range.

We had the exciting opportunity to sit down with our friends over at Overland Journal to record an episode of the Overland Journal podcast with senior editor and dear friend Ashley Giordano!

I have been so excited about this blog post because it’s a trip recap from our FIRST EVER packrafting trip. Not only is it exciting because it was the first time we got to try our hand at packrafting in the backcountry but it also was a trip into one of our favorite places in North America, Escalante National Monument!

A lot of people are camping these days and I’m sure that is only fuel to the fire of those who’re wanting to get into it. If you have a car, you already have the biggest piece of equipment needed to go camping. So today, we’re going to get into the details of how to go car camping!

We’re so excited about this video/blog post! Before parting ways with our dear friends for the summer we wanted to go on one last trip together so we got to work finding the perfect spot for our adventure. Once we had zeroed in on an area, we left the desert with our friends Karissa & Linhbergh and Peter & Shruthi!

Hello dear friends! We have an exciting announcement! Owen and I are hosting not one, but two group trips! One is going to Peru to see Machu Picchu and the second is going to our beloved Alaska! Additionally, I (MAK) am hosting a group trip to Patagonia!

We’re back with a new tutorial on how to pack for a backpacking trip. Below is the video that goes into detail of how to pack your pack, then what follows in this blog post is a little more specifics on the individual pieces of gear that we use and love!

If you’ve ever shopped for a camp chair, you’ve likely felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of options out there. Camp chairs these days come in all shapes, sizes, and colors so it can be hard to know what is best for you and your needs.

Knowledge will always be your most powerful tool for overlanding, or any type of travel for that matter. Before you head out to start overlanding it’s important to know camping etiquette, Leave No Trace principles, fire regulations, road conditions, if there is likely to be cellphone service, and if there is any specific gear you need to safely travel that area.

After leaving Canwell Glacier is was time to start making our way out of Alaska and towards the lower 48. Sadly, we had a few pressing “hard dates” on our calendar that forced us to compress our timeline to get back to the US. However we made stop in Fairbanks to have some much needed time with our family!

Thanks to the scouting mission, we knew right where we needed to go to get to the pool we’d decided on the day before. As Owen was changing out of his clothes, a tour group saw what we were doing and came over to watch.

After our gracier tour in Whittier, we knew the time had come to make our way off the Kenai Peninsula for the last time. Having spent a month in the area, we’d fully fallen in love with this part of Alaska.

Our episode picks back up in Girdwood, Alaska as I prepare to try to surf the bore tide again. While we were elsewhere on the peninsula I had been studying the tide charts in preparation for our return.

Before we ever left for Alaska my brother Erick and bonus sister Julie invited us out for a unique experience. Erick and Julie hunt to provide themselves with the entirety of their meat needs. Julie was drawn from a lottery based system to hunt for a Mountain Goat in a very specific area in the backcountry of the Kenai Wilderness.