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...

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...