April/May 2025 Yucatan, Mexico Some places linger with you long after you’ve gone, whispering back to you in quiet moments, pulling at...

March 2025 Fairbanks - Alaska This year for Spring Break, we traded sandy beaches for snow-draped wilderness. Instead of chasing the sun,...

I had the honor of being interviewed for the Bigger Pockets Money Podcast . In the episode I talked about my wife and my journey to...

December/January 2025 Tulum & Bacalar - Mexico Why Tulum? Tulum holds a special place in my heart. The entire Riviera Maya is truly my...

December 2024 Buenos Aires - Argentina Why Buenos Aires? At the end of my Patagonia trip I headed over to Buenos Aires for 2.5 days to...

December 2024 Iguazú Falls - Argentina & Brazil Why Iguazú Falls? I think Iguazú falls has been at the top of my must see/bucket list...

December 2024 Total Miles: 17 miles Fitz Roy - Patagonia Why Fitz Roy? The iconic backdrop of Fitz Roy is something I'm used to seeing...

December 2024 Total Miles: 82 miles O Circuit - Torres Del Paine Patagonia Why Torres Del Paine? The tower view in Torres Del Paine is...

August/September 2024 Why Montreal? There's a band I like a lot named Linkin Park. In 2017 their lead singer, Chester Bennington,...

April/May 2024 Total Miles: 52.5 miles Black Sands Beach to Mattole Beach then yo yo'd back to Black Sands Beach Why the LCT? I first...

March 2024 Total Miles: 28.8 miles Why am I hiking the Kalalau Trail? I’ve been wanting to hike this trail even before I started getting...

August 2023 15 Days Why am I traveling to Guatemala? In January 2023 I decided to have one big goal for the year, to learn Spanish. On...

July 2022 Total Miles: 173.8 Hiking clockwise (CW) from Tahoe City to Tahoe City Why am I hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail? Tahoe is about...

October 2021 Total Miles: 49 North Kaibab to Bright Angel then South Kaibab to North Kaibab Why am I hiking The Grand Canyon? I recently...

Here’s a short video of my JMT trek highlights. Full details from the hike can be found in my John Muir Trail blog post.

August 2019 Total Miles: 243 Cottonwood Lakes to Happy Isles (NOBO) Why am I hiking the John Muir Trail? I love adventure and the thought...

Total Miles: 5 Angels Landing Trail, Zion National Park Why am I hiking Angels Landing? Zion is such an incredible and special place. It...

May 2018 Total Miles: 66.5 Mollepata to Machu Picchu Why am I hiking to Machu Picchu? Since as long as I can remember, it has been a...

April 2018 Total Miles: 13.3 Mitchell Canyon to Summit Loop Why am I hiking Mt. Diablo? I wanted to hike Mt. Diablo for several reasons....

April 2018 Total Miles: 16.7 Secret Beach Mega Loop Why am I hiking Point Reyes? Samuel P Taylor State Park, aka Point Reyes Seashore is...