Adventures & Travel
Topics such as travel, scout adventures and other topics will be covered
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Happy Birthday!
Today I turn 60. I have heard that the two birthdays where you feel the biggest shift are 40 and 60- and I think I totally get it now. While I did not really feel it at forty, sixty feels like a moment to pause, look back, reflect, and look ahead with hope. My childhood and teen years are filled with memories of summers outside, days at the lake or down on the beach, spending time with my family and friends, football games and parties, rides and games on the boardwalk, food we could never get away with eating nowadays, and the sound of the whippoorwills and katydids as they…
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2024 Year In Review
Looking Back On 2024 “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations” I am not sure who originally said that quote, but it speaks to me when I think about this past year. For me, 2024 was, for the most part, a “difficult road”. It was a year of health battles, a year of loss and a year of change. While all of that made a huge impact on our year, 2024 also brought new achievements, some fun adventures to places I had never been, some walks (and runs!) down memory lane, and hope for what 2025 will bring. January As always, the new year was welcomed in with…
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New York City Marathon 2024!
New York here I come! This time I am coming for the 2024 New York City Marathon! I’m not just coming for the marathon though- I am running in the marathon!!!! That’s right! I am going to run the New York City Marathon! I am beyond excited about this! Running a marathon has been on my bucket list for a long time. The furthest I have ever run has been for half marathon races. I am running the marathon on a charity bib – Team in Training. If you have never heard of Team in Training, it is a charity that is not only important to me, it is personal to…
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2023- Our Year In Review
It is hard to believe we are at the end of the year already, and that in less than twelve hours, it will be 2024! It feels like it was just last month that I was sitting in this exact spot, writing out my goals for this past year! Now, here I am, writing them out for 2024, along with my Year in Review post. 2023 was a little different for us, in that we didn’t do as much actual travelling. We started the year in West Wendover, Nevada, and that is where we stayed for the better part of the year. It is the longest that we have stayed…
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Merry Christmas 2023
“All is calm, All is bright…” Wherever this holiday season finds you, we wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, from our home to yours!
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Out Of This World Adventure – Exploring Meteor Crater
It has been a busy couple of months here at Scoutnabout. We have been travelling and adventuring, and now it is (past) time to start getting some of these posts out that I have been promising. So, sit back and buckle up, because our first adventure is going to take us to the world’s most preserved meteor impact site, located in northern Arizona- appropriately named, Meteor Crater. Meteor Crater is located in northern Arizona, about 20 miles west of Winslow, and 35 miles east of Flagstaff. If you have a few hours to spend sightseeing in the area, it is definitely worth checking out, as it is so much…
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Hiking HawkWatch Trail To Mt. Pisgah Peak
I had never heard of HawkWatch until recently when we were looking into interesting day hikes that we could take. I love to find things of interest in the areas that we travel to that aren’t necessarily the popular sites or well known to everyone. Sometimes the small, out of the way places have the best hidden gems! So, before I start talking about our actual hike, I want to talk a little bit about HawkWatch itself – what it is and where it is located. HawkWatch International Founded in 1986, HawkWatch International is a non-profit organization that is based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Their main purpose is…
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3.1 Miles Closer
“Don’t compare yourself to others, Compare yourself to the person you were yesterday.” I don’t know who said that quote, but it is one I have had to (re) learn over the past 2 years. It is hard for me think that just two years ago I was running 3-6 miles a day at a 9-11 minute pace. Back then, I remember feeling like I was really slow – if only I could run faster. Today, after being out of the running so to say, I wish I could run 3-6 miles again – at any pace! This was the motivation for setting my 2023 goals this year. I have…
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2022 – Our Year In Review
I cannot believe how fast it seems this year has gone! Time just moves faster and faster, and before I know it, the year is coming to an end. Sometimes it feels like the year flew by so fast, that we didn’t get a chance to do everything we had planned. The truth is, we probably didn’t, but as I scroll through my photos, I realize we still did quite a bit. Join us as we revisit some of the highlights of our travels and adventures of 2022… January We started the year off on the road. After making our way back to California (this is where we left…
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Merry Christmas 2022!
“It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags.” Dr. Seuss Okay, maybe it did come with ribbons… Hoping everyone has a Christmas that “means a little bit more” this holiday season! Merry Christmas one and all!