Celebrating an awesome experience! Lets face it, every time we watch the Winter Olympics (or Cool Runnings) we always dream about what it would be like to ride in a real Bobsled. Historically you needed to be an elite athlete dedicated to the Bobsled Event to eventually get the opportunity to slide down the ice but now, thanks to the Winter Bobsled Experience near Salt Lake City, Utah, anyone who meets some fairly standard health requirements can sign up for the ride of a lifetime on the actual bobsled track from the 2002 Winter Olympics! As soon as my Wife and I made the decision to plan...

Dominating the landscape of northwestern Washington, Mt Rainier is one of the most iconic mountains in the world. Rising up over 14,000 feet above the nearby coastline, Mt Rainier's stunning beauty . . .

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Like every year I wanted to start 2015 off right and the only way I knew how to do that was with a fun filled adventure. While trying to plan such an adventure, Sarah and I debated things like a cruise or a camping trip but a strong, lingering desire I'd been having since seeing the film "Seven Sunny Days" back in 2009 finally reached a crescendo and convinced me it was time to try my hand at carving up some snowy mountain slopes. We had just been to Colorado a few months prior and really didn't feel like driving that far so we decided to look a bit closer to home. The nearest ski area was a place...

It had been nearly three years since Sarah and I first summited Guadalupe Peak and my desire to climb the next mountain on my list was beginning to consume me. The second mountain on my "Seven Summits" list is Mt Elbert, the tallest mountain in Colorado. I hadn’t had an opportunity to go to Colorado yet but that eventually changed when one of my cousins from Colorado Springs invited Sarah and I to her wedding. I made sure to plan our trip so that it would include an opportunity to go mountain climbing and soon enough we were taking off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport en route to Denver....

Preface: An Introduction to the Texas Water Safari When it comes to the Texas Water Safari there are three types of people: those that have no knowledge of this hellish challenge, those that have heard of the race, and those that KNOW the race. If you fall in the first category, stop and rethink your desire to learn more. Know that if you're the kind of person who is called by adventure or drawn to a challenge, this race will beckon you until it finally gets its chance to make you question how tough you really are.  The "World's Toughest Boat Race" traces its origins back to 1962 when Frank Brown...

Sarah and I officially started dating on November 2nd, 2011 and to celebrate our first year together we decided to return to the site of one of our favorite adventures. The plan was to drive up to Carlsbad, NM on Friday the 2nd and then get up early to climb Guadalupe Peak on Saturday the 3rd. Unbeknownst to Sarah, I had also made a few other plans for the trip as well. When we originally climbed Guadalupe Peak last winter we had no idea what to expect or how difficult the endeavor actually was, still through snow and fog we fought our way to the top of the mountain and for a moment we stood higher...

5500 Miles, 17 States, 9 Days, 1 Epic Adventure (WORK IN PROGRESS!) Preface: Late in 2011 the idea of an epic road trip began to bounce around between Sarah and I. After some loose planning and thought we came up with the idea to drive through every state north and west of Texas while hitting several of our "Life List" destinations in the process. We didn't want to plan everything out to the last detail so that we could leave ourselves open to opportunities along the way but we did plot each of our desired stops on a map to establish a route that would help us reach each of them while also passing...