For our wedding anniversary this year, we decided to keep it simple. Instead of taking one of our typical months-long road trips, we just drove an hour and a half north into Georgia to visit a little patch of Google Maps greenery that we’ve had…
For years, we made the uneventful, 2.5-hour drive from Gainesville to Tampa. And for years, about an hour into that drive, we’ve been stumped by a curious overpass just south of Ocala on Interstate 75. If you’ve ever looked up as you’ve neared exit 341,…
A few months ago, we got really addicted to driving out to the beach. There was no rhyme or reason to the days or times we would go. We'd just head out whenever the mood struck us and take a long walk. Consistently, we had…
Tucked away off of Florida’s A1A highway on the quiet outskirts of Palm Coast is a hidden gem: Washington Oaks Gardens State Park. We discovered it recently as part of our quest to see more of our own backyard. Less than two hours from our…
As we were shutting the door on one chapter of our lives — college — we were opening another without fully realizing it. Our graduation ceremonies were held the first weekend in May of 2012. The following Monday, we buckled into our 2005 Honda Civic…
Yes, you read that headline correctly. You can find Class III Whitewater rapids in Florida. Most rivers in the Sunshine State are calm enough to float casually down them in an inner tube (beverage of choice in hand). But when the water levels of the…
We spent most of 2019 living out of a tiny camper van in order to visit and photograph every National Park in the United States before turning 30. As we traveled, we evaluated each park against all the previous ones, forming this master list one…
Life is ever-changing. We’ve always engineered our living expenses to be ultra-low, and when you combine super low expenses with full-time, middle-class jobs, an explosion of wealth is inevitable. But as we close in on the finish line of financial independence, spending large amounts of…
We were rounding the third base of our trip as we made our way through Canada to Maine, and we were excited to visit the eastern part of the country we left behind six months before. Our plan seemed perfect -- we had plenty of…
As you know, we’re not really fans of short, expensive vacations. Our preferred method of recharging is to disappear from home into fantastic, faraway places for months at a time, exercising our minds and keeping our wallets full with an enjoyable amount of freelance work…
