Inspiration to Adventure Everyday

Cool mountain air drifted through the cracked-open window, bringing sleep-disturbing beeps and rumbles with it. Awake in our tiny room in the back of the…

It’s at the bottom of the slopes that it feels most risky. It’s not the terrain or even the conditions. It’s the people. Up top,…

“Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your…

Waking to the sound of water pelting the window and a gloomy sky that looked to be parked for the day, I heaved a dissatisfied…

My husband and I stood at the end of the discernible trail—looking first at each other and then at the forest floor. A ways back,…

Continuing our series of the different tools I carry in my rucks, today we focus on winter adventures with the family! Check out Parts 1-3…

Wriggling deeper into my sleeping bag, I looked out the side window of our Sequoia. Backlit by the full moon, silhouettes of surrounding lodgepole pines…

Art? Wait a minute, I thought you were an adventurer, not an artist. Well friends, I think you’ll find they are one in the same….

When we head west, we sometimes land at a cabin in Custer National Forest. It’s far enough from the civilized world that our devices connect…

Back from the Oregon Trail As we transition to fall, I’m settling into a new routine in Oregon. We made it through the trek out…

Here in the midwest, even diehard summer fans eventually come to anticipate the cool days and colorful foliage that come with the changing of the…

Our team is looking forward to taking some time for rest, recovery, and adventure so I have one more post before we sign off for…

To share adventures with your family, with your kids, with your spouse, is quite a gift. Adventures allow you to grow. They allow you to…

“My goodness, Natalie. You come from adventurous stock.”  Really? Turning away from the email, I looked through the window to the trees beyond. I’d never…

Pivoting at the switchback, I wondered just exactly why I’d thought the thigh-burning Hellroaring Trail was a good idea. Sure, the descent had been smooth…

Sir Winston Churchill said, “To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the…

From the glacial boulder that marked the trailhead, our path wove between lodgepole pines and along the canyon’s rocky rim. Twelve hundred feet below, the…

What is adventure, anyway? We all have a bit of a different way of defining adventure. My definition came from a chat with my good…

Over growing rollers, Jaime and I made our slow way along the Leigh Lake shoreline toward the distant launch. Checking the buckles on my life…

Size matters not. Judge me by my size, do you? Yoda I started our local GORUCK Ruck Club because I was tired of being the…

‘It’s easier if you walk along the edge,” my husband, Jaime, said. We were covering unfamiliar terrain. I knew how to hike the packed dirt…

I live trapped and heavy As I pick up my burden for this long trial I am reminded that a fool’s provocation Is heavier than…

I will live with perseverance, in the spirit of taekwondo. Having honor with others, integrity within myself, and self control of my actions. – American…

“Are you sure you’re okay?” Jaime asked, hesitating. We’d been pushing it all week: driving from Iowa to Wyoming on the fringes of a several-state-spanning…

This is the part of the year where I’m supposed to tell you things like “you just have to put your mind to it, and…

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Twenty hours of cross-country driving delivered my family to the foothills of the Wasatch Range of the Utah Rockies. We were there to ski, excited…

The moon watched from above in the night’s darkness. I fingered the cold rough rock face until my fingers found enough traction to pull me…

“Are you sure we have time for this?” my husband, glancing toward the sky.  Twilight was settling fast. Darkness wouldn’t be far behind. To be…

With 7 miles to go in our 50 hour endurance suck fest, I collapsed under a tree from exhaustion. Dripping with sweat, carrying my 35…

This month’s adventure challenge is to take a night hike. November, with its early sunsets and temperate weather, is an ideal time to be able to get out on the trail in the dark. Here are a few tips for a successful night hike: 

On August 11th, 2021 we set out on a family hike down the Daniel Ridge Falls trail in the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina….

Two Octobers ago, I paused on the bank of the Gardner River and wondered just exactly why I would choose to be standing there in…

Remember the feeling when you were in kindergarten and your teacher handed you some crayons for the first time and invited you to draw whatever…

If you have kids and want to instill the adventure spirit in them, then frequency, access, and awareness are king. That means for most of…

An adventurous life is lived one challenge at a time. Some we choose. Others we face. How we walk through is up to us. Autopilot is a choice. And a risk.

We wall want a life that’s successful, one where today is awesome, and tomorrow will be too! Full of adventure, joy, and connection with those…

Let me share an adventure that involved an Ironman triathlete, my dad, and 2 post collegiate runners, Jorge and myself. We saw a mountain we…

Between the morning’s family-friendly hike around Trout Lake and the afternoon’s challenge trek to Sepulchre’s summit, we traveled through Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley. We knew this…

Who is the ONE person you absolutely cannot live without? There are two responses to this question. Either you’re going to answer it or you’re…

August Adventure Challenge: Loving Others I have a bit of a confession to make. I am not always a very loving person, even to those…

We found ourselves on the mountain summit in Colorado. The high altitude and long hike/run intervals climbing had depleted our water and nutrition. We underestimated…

My husband and I set off into the woods at a brisker than usual clip. Sooner than I hoped, the trail made good on its…

Complacency is the enemy of mankind. We were meant to be adventurers, conquering the unknown! What happens when we stop progressing? Have you become dissatisfied…

In the midst of the tempest, I cry to you O Lord of the wind and waves. Bring peace to my troubled soul. Bring safety…

Here’s your adventure challenge for July: find the highest point of elevation near you and sit and reflect for 30 min. What do you notice?…

Today marks the 77th anniversary of one of the most momentous days in the history of the modern world, the invasion of Normandy by the…

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