Category: Travel
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TURASgirls versus The Volcano
Hawaii has always been a special place to me. My parents met on Oahu in 1976, while my dad was stationed there in the Navy and my mom, on a whim, moved there and worked as a nurse while going to school. You can surmise the rest of the story. In college I also spent…
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Pacific City
Stef and I are both Perfusionists and met working together in the Pacific Northwest. I moved there in 2008 and fell in love with the lush, green landscape and the plentiful outdoor opportunities. When Stef moved there in 2009 from central New York, she fell into step with my admiration for the area. Stef eventually…
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The Sacred Valley
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca fortress high on a mountain ridge in southern Peru. It’s about 50 miles northwest of Cusco, Peru and the destination we picked in 2013 for another adventure. The Lares Trek is a lesser known route than the traditional Inca Trail and begins in Lares, Peru just north of Cusco.…
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Beastie
The desire to explore the unreachable led Stef to buy a used 2013 Toyota 4Runner in August of 2014. Car modifications have always appealed to her and this truck was as basic as you could get and ready for some tweaks. Sliders, roof rack, tent, awning, suspension, tires, ladder, front bumper, dual swing arm rear…
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The Wet Coast of Washington
Stef and I have had our fair share of adventures together. We initially bonded because of our shared admiration for the outdoors and began to hike, walk, and run together often. She hadn’t done a ton of camping but had a great interest in it and I hadn’t ever backpacked but wanted to give it…
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Valley of The Elephants
My biggest bucket list trip was always to go to Africa. Since I was a little girl, I’ve been fascinated by the animals and various peoples and cultures of Africa. To see the African sunset and go on a safari was my dream. That dream came true in August 2012 when Stef and I embarked…
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The Left Side of Ireland
During our many long discussions on road trips, I discovered that Stef had always wanted to go to Ireland. I proposed that we plan a trip there that would coincide with the Dublin Marathon and, as crazy as she is, she bought in to the idea. Somehow we convinced Stef’s brother, Mike, to go as…
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Road Trippin’
When I was 9, my parents packed up what we needed to survive into a big, brown conversion van we fondly named Bruno, and the 4 of us went on a journey that has forever changed me. From colorful Colorado, through the beauty of Yellowstone, the Great Salt Flats of Utah, along the Columbia River…
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California Cruisin’
Stefanie and I met in 2009 and we became fast friends. We bonded over similar interests and a similar heartache that our families lived so far away. We both moved to Tacoma, WA for jobs as Perfusionists and fell in love with the area. Stef is a West Coast convert from Syracuse, NY and I’m…
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