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NORTH AMERICA

  • CAMPING MID-ATLANTIC

    Cape Henlopen State Park

    Another weekend, another beach. Can you tell that we were beach-starved last year and making up for lost time? Having lived in Northern California for so long, the idea that one…

  • BEACHES CAMPING VIRGINIA

    First Landing State Park

    First Landing State Park is one of the most popular parks in the Virginia State Park system, especially in the summer. When we arrived, we could see why - it's a…

  • CAMPING HIKING MID-ATLANTIC

    Greenbelt Park

    After years of backpacking, ultra-lite camping, and cramming into a tiny pod tent, we finally decided to buy a new tent for our upcoming car camping trips. We felt we had…

  • DC PHOTOGRAPHY + FILM

    Cherry blossoms in DC

    Sly and I have been meaning to take cherry blossom photos since last year, it just never seemed to happen. Last year, it was freezing, then we had guests in town,…

  • CABINS VIRGINIA

    Fairy Stones and Hail Storms

    Fairy Stone Park is named after the special sorts of rocks that can be found nearby. Scientifically, these geometric cross-shaped rocks are known as Staurolite crystals but legend has it that…

  • NEW ENGLAND

    Boston

    I ended up visiting last weekend during Sly's only free weekend and we pretty much did ate our way around Boston and checked out some of the local sights. My favorite…

  • CABINS MID-ATLANTIC

    berkeley springs

    we stayed in a tiny cabin, and while we are usually more outdoorsy, we ended up spending most of our trip holed up in the cabin, building large fires that lasted…

  • VIRGINIA

    A little video from Richmond

    Richmond was such a strange little town - a mix of an old industrial city, a richness of history and amazingly preserved architecture. On top of this: a river, lots of…