It’s Saturday morning in December, I wake up to cold drops lightly landing on my cheek. Snowflakes are floating in through the cracked window. I pop up and get the visual; fresh snow piled on the windowsill. My heart skips a beat and I wake up Adam. We fill our coffee mugs, toss the ski […]
Tag: mountain life
WHERE THE OCEAN MEETS THE MOUNTAINS – A SHORT STORY
Winter is slowly creeping from the mountain peaks into the valley this morning at the hub. It smells like freshly brewed coffee. I’m sitting at the kitchen table, looking out into the mountains. Once again I start daydreaming about mountain biking but this time I start to think back to a time I lived by […]
OVERLANDING 101
While entry level off-roading, the Chevy Colorado ZR2 is capable of handling 80% of the drive. But this leaves 20% for user (me) error. Just because I’m a truck owner doesn’t mean I know how to drive the truck off-road. I’ll be honest, Adam does majority of the driving. Nevertheless, as a strong independent female, […]
NEW CAR DREAMING OR NIGHTMARE?
What’s causing us to make these major financial decisions? The dirt bag hippie in my heart is telling me to fight the system, we are the land of the free. But I have a mortgage to pay, a dog to take care of and a 401k attached to my thrilling 8-5 job. How can I […]
TROPHY TRUCK DREAMING
Happy Monday Friends, While it rains outside this morning and we wait patiently for snow, I can’t help but day dream about converting my Gen 4, 2003 4-Runner into a sand jumping trophy truck. The vision of myself launching over the dunes or ripping through the desert at 40 mph, sand spraying in my hair […]
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING
Backcountry skiing in Redstone Colorado.
GOOD MORNING
Positive motivation this morning jumping into the new year. The world right now is changing. How do we accept these changes and use this time as an opportunity to start questioning the details of the world around us. Is public transit the solution to ongoing suburban sprawl? Is an electric truck practical for overlanding and […]
