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A Jillion Miles with a Thule Roof Box

June 5, 2017 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

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For quite a few years my trusty Subaru Forester has served as the main adventure-mobile for my explorations with Fred and George. She's been in semi-retirement as life has moved on but this week … [Read more...] about A Jillion Miles with a Thule Roof Box

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: adventure, camping, forester, road trip, subaru

Roadschooling at Arizona’s Meteor Crater

September 2, 2015 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

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As you know, we here at Val in Real Life like to learn when we're traveling. Fred and George don't travel with me as often these days but when they do, I still like to sneak in some learning that … [Read more...] about Roadschooling at Arizona’s Meteor Crater

Filed Under: Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: arizona, experiential education, geocaching, road trip, roadschooling, Route 66, western adventure

Western Adventure Road Trip Wrap-Up

June 22, 2015 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

I recently wrapped up another western adventure. This road trip chimed in at 31 days, 5,890 miles, and spanned 11 states, making it one of my smaller undertakings. I spent 18 of those days exploring … [Read more...] about Western Adventure Road Trip Wrap-Up

Filed Under: Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: flexibility, forester, geocaching, overland expo, road trip, subaru

Overland Expo West 2015

June 10, 2015 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

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I've been debating what to write about Overland Expo this year... about writing anything at all, actually. Because it was such an unusual and trying endeavor this time, I've spent the last few weeks … [Read more...] about Overland Expo West 2015

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: arizona, mormon lake, only dirt roads, overland expo, overland nomads, overlanding, road trip, ted simon, training, western adventure, wilderness dave

Embracing My Wheelhouse

May 12, 2015 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

I've gotten in the habit of naming my longer trips. It's a label that makes for easy reference. Over the last few years we've taken on George's Birthday Adventure, Geowoodstock to TBEX, Overland Expo … [Read more...] about Embracing My Wheelhouse

Filed Under: Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: forester, overland expo, road trip, subaru

2014: Real Adventure. Real Life.

December 30, 2014 By Val Weston 8 Comments

Seems it's that time again... to review one year before beginning another. With the 2015 calendar staring at us and inspiring introspection, I marvel at what 2014 held for me as well as my … [Read more...] about 2014: Real Adventure. Real Life.

Filed Under: Life, Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: camping, experiential education, geocaching, hell hike and raft, new year, pacific northwest tour, pnwtour, review, road trip, snowpocalypse, social media

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