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Ian Anderson’s Caves Branch Jungle Lodge

Caves Branch is a once-in-a-lifetime typa thing that should be experienced again and again. What is it, you ask? Give me two minutes… Let me start by saying that the website of Ian Anderson’s Caves Branch Jungle Lodge heeds the following warning, “Please Remember, Caves Branch is NOT a resort-we are a unique Jungle Adventure…

Meet The Vias

We kissed on a bus once back in September 2010. Luke was a bit tipsy and I was wearing an 80’s prom dress (it was not a themed event). We said ‘I do’ under the trees near Yosemite, California back in August 2016 and have been adventuring ever since. Nothing we type here is going to change the world but maybe it will inspire you to do something beautifully stupid. Ey, we’re livin’ proof that life takes funny turns sometimes.

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🎶 If you're happy and you know it and you've got a grandparent, if you're happy and you know it let them know 🎵. The more of this marvelous planet I see, the more grateful I am to my parents and grandparents who brought me into this world. I grew up with the idea that a woman is born with all the eggs she will ever have so when you're mama was born, part of you was nestled inside her womb which was safe inside your grandma. Time has now proven that a woman can in fact create more eggs BUT I think the previous statement is still a possibility which I adore so much and will just hold onto for a little while longer. I love my family. I love Montana. And I love rainbows (even when they're stickers 🙈🌈).

After about 8 miles into the Highline Trail and rubbernecking say, oh, 132 times, I thought I'd take a sit and press my hands into the dirt. It is one of my most favorite things to do on a hike - pick up a rock or admire a leaf and wonder if I'm their first, seventh, or one hundredth moment of contact with the human world.

I may have accidentally walked three miles in sandals but really, do I know what I'm doing today? No. But I'm here and I'm gonna give it my best shot. #ZOOLANDER #CantRewatchInCaseItDoesntHoldUp. Soon as the wifi hits I'm blasting my stories with the sublime beauty of this place. Stay tuned!

Top 10 reason to travel: escape the bubble you've created and live your values. Expand your horizons. Surprise yourself and others at the ease to which connections are made or feathers are ruffled. We left Vegas yesterday in the back seat of a taxi cab with a driver who spewed hate the moment the door clicked shut. We couldn't believe our ears and it didn't take long for me to snarl, "Sir, you're talking to the wrong people about this." Living in San Francisco, a place filled with folks who share our ideals, we forget the fear and negativity that's out in the world. While we left with an icky aftertaste of that meeting, I felt pride in being able to share my views with someone who was never going to change theirs, but for a moment, heard a different perspective. On the flip side, we arrived to these beautiful springs around 5pm and spent the evening chatting with locals and sharing stories. By 7pm we had a standing offer to go mountain biking with a wonderful couples' 20-something-year-old children. The world is wide and ripe for conversation ❤️.

Somehow we departed for our honeymoon three years ago today and these photos feel both like they were taken yesterday and also like it all happened to somebody else. What a world of adventure we've made since then, @twaffa.

11 days left of summer vacation. 11 days to kayak, cliff jump, and stuff peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into my mouth without that sneaky Monday to ruin it all. 11 days to forget what day it is, sleep until 9am (I SEE YOU EARLY RISERS), wear cut offs, and lather sunscreen on multiple times a day. ELEVEN DAYS, LUKE, ARE YOU READY!? See you in Vegas 😏and then... @glaciernps ! Hook it up with any tips and favorite spots ✌️.

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