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H! I'm Carissa-
Beauty Editor, 20+ year Makeup Artist veteran, clean beauty lover, mom of 3 girls, and wife of a marathoner. We recently bought an RV where we will homeschool our kids for the next school year and find some adventure and peace in a crazy world. Thanks for following our journey!

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We kept having this experience of finding a really

We kept having this experience of finding a really beautiful place to take a photo, then looking at the photo and being completely underwhelmed. I feel that way about pretty much every photo I took. The scenery here is like that of a movie, but then I look at the photo and just think- meh?! 😜 I’m not a great photographer but strangers take the ones of all of us, and it’s with my phone so we’re just happy to have them.

We’re finishing our Yellowstone trip and just taking it easy today. We’ve been averaging 2 hours a day in the car driving to sights, so we needed a break. Did I mention we’re still 12 hours and several days away from our destination? 🤦🏼‍♀️ I need some new ideas for car activities. I feel like we’ve done it all at this point.

We were seemingly in the middle of nowhere for 2 d

We were seemingly in the middle of nowhere for 2 days, so when @visitjacksonhole appeared we couldn’t wait to get out and explore.

This little town is so alive, filled with patios of people eating and music playing. We couldn’t stay long, but I know we’ll be back again.

On to Tetons we go. 🦬 🏔

Looking through our June trip that I didn’t get

Looking through our June trip that I didn’t get around to posting. In Steamboat they offered a fishing clinic for the kids where they learned to cast and even got a free pole! We weren’t sure how they’d feel about it but it turned out to be one of our very favorite things from the whole trip.

We fished from a pasture where cows roamed and drank from the lake. There was a bald eagle flying across the water that we would track. We didn’t want to leave! That’s the thing about camping, you never know where the day will take you.

Happy (belated) 4th 🇺🇸 This is always our fa

Happy (belated) 4th 🇺🇸 This is always our favorite weekend of the year and this year may have been our most fun yet.

See stories and highlights for more. 🇺🇸

I took a much needed social media break. Do you ev

I took a much needed social media break. Do you ever do that? It’s a nice escape for a while to reset a little bit. I also feel like our summer is slipping away so I’ve been enjoying every minute.

Our next stop in our Colorado adventure was to Mesa Verde. It’s a #nationalpark that’s close to Colorado’s south west border and our furthest stop. In it are various cliff dwellings which provided shelter for Native Americans over 700 years ago. We did a Native American unit this past year, so the girls were excited to see first hand where they lived.

Several of the tours are 3-4 hours long so while it would’ve been great to learn about the dwellings in detail, I didn’t think the girls could make it through. We opted instead for Step House which you can tour through informally yourself.

The hike to see it is 500 feet down and then back up on a path that can be narrow at times bordering a cliff. Then we walked through the dwelling using stairs and a ladder to see the various levels inside. It was really cool and unlike anything we’d seen before. A ranger popped by to show us a few things we wouldn’t have noticed otherwise, like a cob of corn in perfect condition shielded away from the elements. If we were to return, we’d wait until the girls could do the longer tours to take in as much as possible.

Go early as it gets hot and know that the road leading in to all dwellings are extremely winding for 30-40 minutes. There are several pull offs to enjoy the view which we did just to take a break from the roller coaster of a nightmare it was to get there. Plan accordingly. The views however, are insane. So unique and gorgeous. Everywhere you looked was breathtaking.

Our site was inside the park and was gorgeous. State and National Parks always have more space between sites and this one was so green and lush.

Blog post coming for other tips on a Mesa Verde visit soon.

For a wild story (literally and figuratively), che

For a wild story (literally and figuratively), check the Gator Farm story in my highlights. It’s the first time we’ve veered off the road to check something out and it was totally worth it. Hence the look on my face. 😬

If you’re passing through that area in Colorado, or visiting the Sand Dunes, plan for a stop. You won’t be disappointed!!

We’re closing out our time here in the Sand Dune

We’re closing out our time here in the Sand Dunes and so happy we made the trip out. I’m realizing that no matter how much fun we have, we’re always ready to move on to the next stop. It wasn’t always this way, but we know now that there’s a new adventure waiting for us. We found a rhythm to the constant change.

Next up is Mesa Verde and I’m a little nervous because their tours to see the cliff dwellings were either 3 or 4 hours long. 😬 They said the 3 hour one was kid friendly. I’m not sure whose kids they’re talking about, but it’s definitely not ours so we’ll have to do some improvising which is fine. We don’t keep a tight schedule by any means.

We’re still doing some modified school in the morning. Just finishing a few projects and making sure we’re still getting our reading in, which is an easy way to spend some down time after we spend the afternoons out.

Tomorrow we only have about 4 hours in the car which now seems like nothing at all.

I have a blog on car activities and ways to pass the time coming too. I feel like after a year, I might finally have some worthwhile things to share. 😉

We took a few months off from camping so the girls

We took a few months off from camping so the girls could play lacrosse, so now that it’s over we have some really fun trips planned.

We’re starting with a Colorado trip to visit a few of our favorite stops from last year, as well as places we’ve never been. How is it possible as 2 natives that we have never been here!?

The Sand Dunes feel like a far away destination. It’s so vast with sand as far as you can see. It’s often windy here which made us wonder why all of the sand doesn’t eventually just blow away? 🤷🏼‍♀️ Can someone please explain this to us?

We’ll head back again tomorrow when it’s warm. This was just a quick post-dinner preview complete with tennis shoes and socks, no eye wear to keep sand out, or anything else practical you’d bring. 🙄 Tomorrow though, we’ll be ready!

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