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LEAVE NORMALITY: Breakaway to life in Baja California Sur
LEAVE NORMALITY: Breakaway to life in Baja California Sur

Karissa and I were peacefully woken up from our slumber by the sound of soft waves breaking on the beach. It was a distant, but gentle, pop. It was infrequent, but just frequent enough that, through our crusty, dreary, eyes, we were curious enough about it to poke our heads out the tent’s window.

Pop... pop... pop….

Our eyes strained to focus against the tent’s mosquito netting. But it didn’t take long for us to spot the source of the noise: a distant pod of whales playfully slapping their fins on the calm pink and purple predawn water. 

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CATCH AND COOK: Popping the Cherry with FISH N CHIPS in Baja California
CATCH AND COOK: Popping the Cherry with FISH N CHIPS in Baja California

As an avid cook, I find building a relationship with your ingredients is incredibly important. These relationships form the more you use them. I quickly started to know what good, and not so good, products were and where to get them. The more I cooked, especially with any kind of animal protein, the more I wanted to be a part of the whole process —from hunt to plate.

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The Importance of that First SHAKE-DOWN Trip: Or, How We Learned We're DEFINITELY Not Finished with The Build
The Importance of that First SHAKE-DOWN Trip: Or, How We Learned We're DEFINITELY Not Finished with The Build

When you cross the finish line of a marathon, you can finally take that first initial sigh of relief. Months of training for the race lead up to that very moment. You did it. You’re finished. You did a great job of getting there. You kept to your stringent training diet, you kept going to the gym, and you gritted your teeth and showed up to those Saturday morning 6am mileage runs. But, after receiving your medal, taking in a few much needed after-race refreshments, you know that’s when the hurt really starts. You take your trainer mandated ice bath, then a massage, and followed only by days of leg stiffness and pain.

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WINTER IN YOSEMITE Or: How I learned to Combat FOMO
WINTER IN YOSEMITE Or: How I learned to Combat FOMO

Living in the moment is something I always find myself struggling with. We patiently waited for the winter weather, and our schedules, to align for our trip to Yosemite National Park. We’re always on winter weather-watch. We missed most of the big snow dumps this season, and was quickly becoming late season. Snow days were becoming rarer and rarer….

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