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Goblin Valley State Park: One of Utah’s Best Hidden Gems

Goblin Valley State Park: One of Utah’s Best Hidden Gems

Ever since my first camping trip, I’ve absolutely fallen in love with the outdoors. I’ve learned what exploring can do for the soul and keep finding new situations where I’m completely taken aback by the beauty of mother nature. Being outdoors has become my reset button from the stressors in life, so in an effort to keep myself sane I try to take little weekend trips and explore a new place every couple of weeks. I’m not picky about where…

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Destination: Mono Hot Springs, California

Destination: Mono Hot Springs, California

Ever since we left Utah I started craving the feeling of contentment I had waking up in the mountains surrounded by pine trees and cool crisp air. Unfortunately, waking up overheating from the desert sun just isn’t quite the same experience. Very much missing our favorite camping spot in NH, Tripoli Road, Corey and I were determined to find some camping by a water source. After being in the desert for a few weeks, the thought of hiking with the…

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Destination: Cedar Breaks National Monument, Cedar City, Utah

Destination: Cedar Breaks National Monument, Cedar City, Utah

After visiting Dany and picking up Duke from Colorado, Corey and I were so ready for the last leg of our trip back home to Los Angeles! When we originally made the drive from LA –> Fort Collins, we got a late start and decided to spend a night in Las Vegas. This shortened the next leg of the trip by 4 hours and allowed us to make it to Goblin Valley State Park in Utah to camp out for…

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Destination: Buena Vista, Colorado

Destination: Buena Vista, Colorado

After a month in the Philippines and two weeks to focus on family in Boston, we were so ready to pick up our little fur child from Salida! As expected with traveling, the journey from Boston to Mr.Dookie was long and tiring! We attended Tyler’s graduation in Lowell the night before our departure. This meant a midnight train ride and Lyft back to our apartment in Cambridge, some last minute packing and then a 3 hour nap (only 30 minutes…

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Destination: Baler, Philippines

Destination: Baler, Philippines

We had originally reserved the last few days of our Philippines trip completely open to spend time with Alan’s family, but since we learned that his parents would be away in Japan, we decided on an impromptu trip to go surfing in Baler instead. We booked 2 nights at a hotel on Sabang Beach, the most popular beach in town with tons of surf shops catered to the newbie surfer. The journey to Baler was a lot more exhausting than…

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El Nido, Philippines (Part 4: Surfing at Duli Beach)

El Nido, Philippines (Part 4: Surfing at Duli Beach)

The first night that we hung out at Spin Hostel, the guys connected with two artists who were performing at their jam night. This eventually lead to us having connections for our island hopping tour and hike up Taraw Peak. Lucky enough, one of the artists, Mike, is also known as “the surfing guy” in El Nido. He introduced surfing to the tiny town and is solely responsible for teaching every local surfer how to shred. They even named a surf…

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El Nido, Philippines (Part 3: Climbing Taraw Peak)

El Nido, Philippines (Part 3: Climbing Taraw Peak)

Taraw Peak. Where do I begin?!?! It’s not the most difficult climb in El Nido. It’s not the highest peak either. In fact, it’s the easiest and most tourist friendly of all of the limestone monoliths surrounding Town Proper. With that said, you’re probably expecting a nice little hike along some developed trail. Well, you’re terribly wrong… It’s the absolute opposite! The peak is guesstimated at ~230m (754ft) and should only take 3 hours max out and back. Seems simple enough,…

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El Nido, Philippines (Part 2: Island Hopping)

El Nido, Philippines (Part 2: Island Hopping)

You can’t go to El Nido and not go on an island hopping tour. It’s like paying for an all-you-can-eat buffet and not eating.  Literally the second that we left LIO airport, we saw a poster advertising the various tours in our trike. Then once we were in town, we began seeing them on practically every wall we looked at! Town Proper is extremely small given how popular it is but probably 90% of the businesses there advertised something to…

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El Nido, Philippines (Part 1: Getting there)

El Nido, Philippines (Part 1: Getting there)

When planning for my trip to the Philippines, pretty much every online article I read recommended going to a place on the northern tip of Palawan called El Nido. The pictures online were stunning! White sand beaches, clear waters, and limestone cliffs… Everything online just stated that El Nido is “a place like no other” with “breathtaking views above and below the water.” All the recommendations given to each of us were pointing to El Nido, but with our initial…

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The One Thing I Learned in The Philippines

The One Thing I Learned in The Philippines

I have been living the sweet life. Every since I quit my job in March, I’ve been able to travel across the country with my boyfriend and dog making stops in Asheville, the French Quarter, SXSW, White Sands, etc. We got settled in LA and decked out our bedroom to actually look suitable for two young adults. We then traveled to Vegas, and then Utah to experience the most beautiful skies either of us has ever laid eyes on. We…

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