Author: Karen

1825 Miles in 2023

Happy New Year! We welcomed 2023 with friends – clinking champagne flutes with New York, New York serenading the group as we wished each other a happy new year. Celebrating New Years Eve with military friends was a reminder of how much can change in a year. We have only known everyone standing in our

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A Transformative Experience on the Salmon River

Now that we settled at Carlisle Barracks and have traded the chaos of PCSing for the relentless schedule of school, work, and extracurricular activities, we’re reflecting more than ever on our transformative experience of whitewater rafting and camping in Idaho on the Salmon River earlier this summer. Admittedly, our trip didn’t get off to the

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Why We Like Disneyland Resort Better Than Walt Disney World

10 years ago if you would’ve told us that we’d be considered a Disney Family, we would’ve scoffed at the idea of willingly forking over thousands of dollars to spend time in an artificial world that is seemingly designed to cater to a specific type of traveler who doesn’t value spontaneity, solitude, or adventure. Clay

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