Travel
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Hiking in Mount Hood National Forest – Oregon
I finally got to visit a place that has been on my list for ages – the pacific northwest! At the beginning of the month, my sister and I flew from Newark, New Jersey to Portland, Oregon for a week of vacation. We arrived in Portland on Saturday night, picked up our car at the Portland Airport, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and drove about an hour to Mount Hood Village. Our Air BnB was a tiny cabin in the most magical forest! It looked like something straight out of Instagram. It was nestled in Mount Hood National Forest. The next day, we hiked to Mirror Lake. The trailhead parking is…
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Hiking in New Mexico
Last month for Martin Luther King Day weekend, my friend Margaret and I took a trip to El Paso, Texas to visit our good friend Jenna. Jenna recent moved there so we decided it was time for a visit. One of the nights we were there we walked over the bridge to Juarez, Mexico, where we had drinks and some Mexican steak! It was mine and Margaret’s first time in Mexico which was exciting. The next day we went for a hike in the Organ Mountains, part of the Desert Peaks National Monument, in New Mexico. It was beautiful! We started our hike at the Dripping Springs Visitor Center (it was…
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Happiest Place on Earth – Kingdom Trails
Last weekend Jordan and I took a trip to the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont (our favorite place!) to get some riding in Kingdom Trails, one of the best mountain biking trail systems in the Northeast! On our way, we stopped for dinner in White River Junction at a new-ish spot called Trail Break Taps + Tacos. They had good food, good beer, and a great ambiance! With their ski/mtb theme, it was a great place to stop on the way up to East Burke. We arrived at our rustic tiny cabin around 10 pm. It was just what we needed for the weekend. It was a one-room off-the-grid cabin, complete with…
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Mountain Biking in Sedona, AZ
At the beginning of June, Jordan and I went on a mountain biking trip to Sedona, Arizona. Our good friends Jason and Aubrey invited us on a short mountain biking vacation. We debated renting bikes out there, but because we both love our own bikes, we decided to pack them up and bring them with us. I used the Biknd Jetpack and loved it. It was super easy to take apart the bike and pack it up and my bike stayed safe and sound during travel. We arrived in Phoenix on Wednesday evening, drove to our rental (a gorgeous house in Cornville, AZ) for one night and then got ready…
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Fat Biking at Kingdom Trails, VT
Saturday morning, Margaret and I braved the cold temperatures and drove from our rental on Lake Willoughby to Kingdom Trails in East Burke (~30 min drive). (Check out my post about what to wear fat biking in cold weather!) We got Margaret’s rental bike and started pedaling straight from the shop on Darling Hill. The temperature was zero degrees F when we started, and about five minutes into our ride my gear shifters FROZE! I brought my bike into the shop to thaw out but as soon as we got back out they froze again. I was unable to change gears, but thankfully it was frozen in an easier gear.…