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✨Death Valley in 3 Days!✨ ➡️Save this itinerary!

After a few postponements we finally made it to Death Valley National Park this past January and it didn’t disappoint 😍

Friday:
🏨 Checked into our hotel at Stovepipe Wells
🌅 Sunset at Artist’s Palette
🍔 Dinner at the Sal…

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Have you heard of Upper Antelope Canyon? SAVE for how to visit! ⬇️

🦌 Upper Antelope Canyon is one of several slot canyons in the Navajo Nation near Page, Arizona. It’s famous for its smooth curves and swirls in the canyon walls - carved by millions of years of intermittent …

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Our first hike in Summit County, Colorado 🤩 ⬇️ 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 for future reference!

Mayflower Gulch near Breckenridge is an easy 3 mile round trip hike to an open basin surrounded by mountains. Remains of historic log cabins make it super photogenic!

We went last Sunday and eve…

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✨Cathedral Gorge Mini Guide✨ Only 2.5 hours from Las Vegas!

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We visited Cathedral Gorge State Park while based in Las Vegas this past winter and fell in love with the unique slot canyons and fun hikes. This place is a dream to explore…

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Horseshoe Bend but twice as nice✌️ SAVE for your next southwest road trip!!

We had a blast exploring this lesser known viewpoint with not one but TWO unique river bends. It’s much less crowded than Horseshoe Bend and you get literally twice the view!

Unlike Horseshoe Bend,…

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✨ How We Spent One Day in Joshua Tree National Park ✨

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Though you certainly could spend more time here, one day is plenty for the highlights!

Here’s our itinerary for three short and rewarding hikes you can do in a day in Joshua Tree!

1️⃣ Barke…

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Fun with tunnels 🤩 Just outside of Bryce Canyon National Park is Red Canyon, its drone-friendly twin 🛸

When visiting Bryce Canyon National Park, be sure to drive scenic byway 12 to drive through these fun rock arches! The highway is surrounded by Bryce’s iconic orange hood…

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PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRESS 📸🙌

This is one of my favorite recent photos we’ve taken. To me, it shows our growth as photographers over the last 12 months. ➡️ Swipe to see a comparison to a similar photo we took a year prior!!

The biggest differences in these two photos are the lig…

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Somewhere in Candy Land 🍭

Welcome to White Pocket in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona 🤩

This place has been on our bucket list for a few years and when we finally got to visit a few weeks ago with @dreamlandsafari - it did NOT disappoint!

Wandering t…

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It’s a be-UTAH-ful world out there!

[Ad] And Tim is ready for it in his new @forcis_apparel outdoor and athletic gear.

We hiked slot canyons, hit dusty dirt roads in the bed of a truck, and scrambled up a rocky trail overlooking the San Juan river. It was exactly our kind…

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🤳 Essential Apps for Hiking Preparation (SAVE this list to refer to later!)

Believe it or not you don’t NEED a ton of specialized apps for hiking prep.

These 5 will give you most of the info you need, most of the time. I also bet you already have one of these and use it a…

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Why ORGANIZED Adventurer?

The first principle of Leave No Trace is preparation. Most people think of “leave no trace” literally - don’t litter, don’t carve or write on anything, leave it better than you found it, etc. These are all important practices!

But responsible out…

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Geotagging pt 2: ✨Organized Adventurer’s guidelines✨

Yesterday we shared our values as they pertain to geotagging.

Today we’re breaking down our guidelines and strategy to what it means to us to responsibly share location information - all with the goal of helping you have…

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Let’s talk GEOTAGGING - part 1 ⬇️

The eternal debate among outdoor photographers: to share, or not to share, our locations?

By far the majority of rude or hateful comments we get on this platform are from people vehemently opposed to geotagging. We’ve been called the worst…

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3 hours from Las Vegas is a sleeping dragon I’ve wanted to visit since first seeing a photo of this otherworldly place last year.

I’d never seen rocks that looked like scales before, and the swirly orange hues seemingly painted across the dragon’s back further fascinated m…

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It’s no secret we love hiking and being outside all year long - even in winter!

Hiking in snow takes more time and energy than on dry ground, but it’s always worth it when we get to be surrounded by trees and mountains 🌲🏔

Plus, we’ve got @RowdyEnergy fueling our hikes with…

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✨ Delicate Arch in Arches National Park MINI GUIDE ✨

This arch has become synonymous with Utah over the years. You'll see it on everything from license plates to key chains.

Of the millions of shapes erosion can create, an arch is a rarity. Rarer still is this narrow, thi…

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I fell into a burning Wave of Fire 🔥😅

If you’ve seen our Stories yesterday and today, then you know we were recently in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada! It was our second visit and so fun to check out some new trails and return to iconic spots like this one!

The Fire W…

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There’s something about a West Texas sunrise 🌅 (𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 for our list of places to visit in West Texas!)⬇️

The first time we drove through West Texas was on our very first road trip together in 2011. We flew into Austin, got sunburnt in South Padre, made strange new friends…

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Our Sprinter Van Update and New Plan 🙌⬇️

As promised, here’s the full story of what happened to @sophiesprinter…

When we arrived to Colorado, our van couldn’t get more than 90 horsepower(limp mode). It was so snowy and cold that we figured the diesel had frozen, but the n…