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ash and jess go to belgium

beautiful things , touristing • Jan 30, 2026

Ashton and I took a quick trip to Bruges and Ghent, Belgium shortly after she arrived home. We walked a lot, experienced magical villages covered in Christmas lights, ate waffles and fries, drank our fill of hot chocolate…

exploring with alan and sarah

outdoor adventures , touristing • Dec 13, 2025

Alan and Sarah stayed with us for a week and it was really, really lovely. We explored downtown Naples twice (once on a holiday which was crazy), went to Pompeii, attended a JFC holidaty market/concert, and walked up…

down the west coast- maratea, diamante, marina di camerota

beautiful things , outdoor adventures , touristing • Dec 13, 2025

For our Thanksgiving weekend we took the camper down the coast- first to Maratea where we spent a night on the top of the world and then walked to giant Jesus, then down the coast to the Calabrian…

lately: adventures, umbria and festivals

beautiful things , outdoor adventures , touristing • Dec 13, 2025

Hiking and chestnuts with Rosa and Paolo, Castelcivita potato fest (Festa della patata di montagna) and river, a trip to Umbria where we enjoyed good food (mostly truffle pasta) and visiting Spoleto and Norcia, and Sagra delle Sagre…

festivals, food and camper in Calabria, Cusano Mutri, Avellino, Roccamonfina, Naples and more

beautiful things , outdoor adventures , touristing • Oct 22, 2025

It was a strange summer, Ashton home and Cedar not yet gone, each of us waiting for the next phase of life to start. Then they left, and our new adventures are well underway: the kids are college-ing,…

switzerland

beautiful things , outdoor adventures , touristing • Jul 26, 2025

Cedar and I took a little trip to Switzerland. We flew in and out of Turin, Italy, rented a car, and drove all around the Alps. We walked a few suspension bridges, drove over mountain passes, saw glaciers,…

lately- festivals, mountains, lake

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures , touristing • Jul 26, 2025

A panuozzo festival in Gragnano, a fourth of July festival at Carney Park (featuring the Navy Band), a walk up Monte Molare with Rosa, a cute Kaia, and a family trip to the lake.…

snarky puppy in alberobello

outdoor adventures , touristing • Jul 26, 2025

Matt and I took the camper to Alberobello, a small town in Puglia, to go to a festival put on by his favorite band Snarky Puppy. We survived the heat and the tourist town, swam in the sea,…

with leia- ischia terme, ravello, sea glass, benevento hiking and cherry fest, tuscany, roccamonfina, and beach

outdoor adventures , touristing • Jun 21, 2025

Eli left and the girls continued on with all the adventuring……

with eli and leia- ronciglione, viterbo, rome, mondragone, the lake, and naples

outdoor adventures , touristing • Jun 21, 2025

Lots of time was spent touring to different places– in between a LOT of goofing around amongst the kids. Eli is super fun and funny, so the energy was vibrant and silly.…

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