Kristen Oliver
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A rainy road trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama
The definition of adventure is “an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity.” Throw in torrential downpour throughout a large portion of the drive, flash flood warnings throughout most of our time in Gulf Shores, and two kids 2 and under in tow (one mid-potty training, one still nursing), you could say we had…
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Hello, Lake Tahoe!
A 2-day guide for a childfree getaway to Lake Tahoe. Recently, Austen and I took our first flight in a year and a half to Lake Tahoe. We have had a number of friends visit the area in the past. However, an internet search or the description given by friends could never really accurately describe…
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Who runs [our] world? Girls.
The adventure of pregnancy and the birth of our second daughter during a pandemic. By now, we’re all tired of hearing about the pandemic. What was once something we had hoped would come and go as quickly as we first heard about it, has now turned into “life as we know it”. We just surpassed…
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The Adventure of Surviving a Global Pandemic
Where hindsight is [hopefully] 2020. Kristen here. It is hard to believe it has been an entire year since we last posted on our website. Let’s face it, 2020 got the best of all of us. It started off great for our family. Austen and I took a much needed trip with friends to California…
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Kristen’s Bucket List Trip Bonus – Become Parents
Kristen here again! If you thought the African adventure ended with Botswana, you’d be wrong. Little did we know, the adventure was just beginning. 2 weeks after we got home from Africa, we found out we were expecting our rainbow baby! I’ll spare you the details of the pregnancy itself aside from being fairly easy…
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Kristen’s Bucket List Trip Pt. 3 – Visit a Natural Wonder of the World
The final leg of our amazing Southern Africa adventure was to Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. Due to logistics and our penny-pinching selves, we took the cheaper route into the area through the Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI) in Zambia. Unfortunately, the only experience we had in Zambia was driving from the airport and across…
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Kristen’s Bucket List Trip Pt. 2 – See an African Penguin
Part 2 – Cape Town, South Africa After our amazing journey to the east side of South Africa, we trekked back to Hoedspruit airport in our rental car. From Hoedspruit (HDS), we took a short 2 1/2 hour flight to Cape Town International Airport (CPT). Because Cape Town has Uber, we took full advantage during…
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Kristen’s Bucket List Trip Pt. 1 – Go on a Safari
Part 1 – Sabi Sands Reserve, South Africa What better way to introduce you to our new website than to explore the beautiful continent of Africa?! Kristen here! I am going to walk you through the first part of our itinerary as a family of two, as well as different tips and tricks that made…
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