Get Lost | AK

So I’ve been thinking how to best explain to people who ask about my lifestyle on how I fit everything in my little RV. Getting into the minimalist mindset is a bit of an art and I will probably never master it, but I have been working on it for a few years now. I think there are two parts to it: mental and physical. I think you have to really get into the mindset of experiences over belongings and then you have to actually go through the process of ridding yourself of stuff,

It has officially been a year since I bought and transformed Ziggy. It has definitely been a learning experience from the purchase to the makeover to moving in and being in it full time. While I didn’t save as much money as I was hoping this year, I did pay off a TON of debt and treat myself to 10 days in Hawaii, so I think overall it was a great year. Instead of paying out half of my monthly pay towards a house I didn’t really even like (loud neighbors sharing my walls, room

I had the pleasure of staying at the Lake Louise Lodge with my boyfriend’s family this past weekend, and even though the weather was a little rainy, it was still a beautiful trip. Located about 3 hours drive from Anchorage, be sure to give yourself some time to stop and take photos along the way. Lake Louise is located in Glenallen and is still, surprisingly, part of the Mat-Su burough. With a population less than 50, Lake Louise is located between four mountain ranges: The W

What the hell am I doing here? I ask myself this more than I like to admit. I do not look like a hiker. In fact, I use to think I didn’t have any business even being out on a trail… because of my size. When most people think about hikers, they imagine svelte people with muscles bounding under their skin. They don’t normally visualize a woman who is 5’7” and at the heaviest she has ever been in her life. Luckily for me, I don’t tend to let other people’s perceptions of me affe

It has been really hard to keep up with posting when I have been going 100 mph for what feels like months. Between getting Ziggy done (well done enough for me to live in), moving in, working, and traveling/adventuring, I just haven’t had much down time. So this morning while the world is still waking up (and I listen to my boyfriend nurse his hangover), I will try to write about our trip to Seldovia (very, very quietly). I was able to fly down to the lower 48 to visit family