Author Archives: Jeff & Amanda
1st Backpacking Trip of the Year!
Chiwaukum Creek, WA Rattle Snake! Mushrooms Everywhere! So many wildflowers, it made it feel like […]
Cabo San Lucas: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Americans
I’ve had mixed feelings about traveling to a Mexican resort town for a long time. […]
5 Trips on the Horizon
2013 Will be the year of the M. In the next few months we will […]
Getting to Know Your (North Korean) Neighbors
Travel is an opportunity to see the world up close. I think it’s important to […]
The Ship that Sailed for 20 Minutes and Sank
This is the story of a ship. A very old, wooden ship. And as it […]
Icehotel Inner Workings and Fun Factoids
An unusual structure like the Icehotel begs practical questions. Where does one go to the […]
A Hotel on Hoth
I was a very impressionable first grader when The Empire Strikes Back was released in […]
Abisko, Sweden Travel Guide
Abisko is one of the most popular winter destinations in northern Sweden but we […]
A Town that Goes BOOM
Kiruna, Sweden is home to the largest iron mine in the world. That could be […]
Northern Lights Spotted in Abisko!
We’ve come all the way to Sweden to see the northern lights, yet our goal […]
Above the Arctic Circle
“Why did you come here in the winter?” That’s the question we heard time and […]
Headed to Sweden Tomorrow/Entirely Unprepared
I’ve never been so unprepared for a trip in my life. Less than 24 hours […]