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We didn’t quit our jobs to travel the world. We just got really good at making the most of the time we have. We’re Erin and Mark — two working professionals, with a cat and dog at home, whose travel and adventure list somehow keeps growing. We started this blog to document what adventure travel actually looks like when you’re not quitting your job to do it. The Kilimanjaro climbs, the safaris, the cycling tours, the weekend hikes — all fitted around real life, on purpose.

We write about travel, hiking, and cycling honestly: what we did, what we’d change, and how to make it work when time is your most limited resource. We love history, beautiful landscapes, great food, and bikes. Erin is working toward 40 countries by age 40 — three years left, very much on track.

We post every Wednesday: travel, and every Sunday: alternating cycling and hiking. Come for the trip ideas. Stay for the honest take on what it actually takes to get there.

Mount Cheam Hike: Big Fraser Valley Views
Some hikes you plan meticulously. Others you tack onto a day that was already going to be an adventure. The Mount Cheam hike fell firmly into the second category. We were out for a 4×4 day with some friends — one of those summer days where the truck gets a …
Santorini Wine Tour and Tasting: A Complete Vineyard Experience
Wine tasting is one of our absolute favourite things to do while travelling. Not just for the wine — though obviously, yes, the wine — but for what a good tasting reveals about a place. The soil, the climate, the history, and the people who decided that this particular hillside …
Why You Should Take a Santorini Caldera Catamaran Tour at Sunset
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t sure about the catamaran tour. Santorini is full of them — every operator in Oia and Fira seems to offer some version of the caldera boat experience, and the sheer volume of options made the whole thing feel a little like a tourist conveyor belt …
Medium Cycle: Pitt River Dyke & Pitt-Addington Marsh Gravel Cycle
Farmland, marsh, rivers, and a mountain backdrop that stops you mid-pedal stroke. The Pitt River Dyke Loop is 63.5 km of mostly gravel paths through Pitt Meadows …
Oia Santorini in 4 Days
Ah, Santorini. Say you’re going to Greece, and it’s the first thing people ask about. It sits near the top of more travel wish lists than almost anywhere in the world, and the photographs — the blue domes, the whitewashed terraces, the caldera dropping away into deep water — have …
A Day Hiking Garibaldi Lake near Whistler BC
There are hikes where the reward is proportional to the effort, and then there are hikes where the reward is disproportionately, almost unfairly good. The Garibaldi Lake hike is the second kind. Eighteen kilometres return with 810 metres of elevation gain — much of it packed into the first six …
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