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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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Finding out the little boog growing inside me has a uterus of her own has me feeling all the female empowerment. (In case you missed the reveal, check out my highlight titled "BB"). I've been thinking about the many incredible love-filled memories my own mama created for me and I want to do all of them and more. A small but significant favorite? My mom woke me up every Easter morning with an Easter basket. Each one was a perfectly curated package for little Willa and it made my heart sing. (Wondering why this is so special? I was raised Jewish 😏. But MAN does my family appreciate the beauty of a holiday.) I'm starting a collection of the things our parents did for us that might have seemed small but made our tiny worlds feel infinite. So tell me. What is something unique your parents did for you that made you feel all the warm and fuzzies???

Is it still following through if it's 9 months late 😳? Welllll either way, I finally got the Savanah blog up that documents our four day trip through this wonderful city that included a brief stroll through Charleston and these eye popping gardens. I cannot recommend it enough.

And when they ask me about my love of rainbows, alls I gotta do is point to my drivers license. San Francisco showed me the world is much more beautiful in vibrant color 😏🌈🌉.

I started writing the bones of a five year plan yesterday (me?! Love a plan? Wild) and it got me both giddy with anticipation yet anxious for all the things that may never be. Luke and I want many things from life - some that lead down very different paths while others have the potential to converge - and it's a daunting task to squeeze it all in. As we mentally (and physically) prepare for parenthood, our priorities will undoubtedly shift but I want to capture our dreams and our goals right now, pre-bb, so we have them to return to. Very few things go exactly as planned but I've always found this kind of reflection invaluable (not to mention occasionally hilarious to look back on and see how batsh*t crazy we once were.). I can't wait to get it all out there ✨. . . . If anyone's looking to create something similar, I posted the outline to our blog! Link in bio ❤️.

✨LEANIN' INTO 2020 LIKE A GD AVALANCHE✨. Luke and I have done some pretty wild stuff over the last decade but growing a human is by far the trippiest (I have eyeballs inside my stomach. WHAT.). I hope you like snow, little Gemini ❄️👶🏼💕. Can't wait to show you this beatiful world of ours. #june2020 #pregnancyannouncement #futureripper

2019- the year of yes. I started a book club that fills my soul. I spent a week in LA fluttering around old friends just soaking up sunshine and truly relaxing. My brother from another mother met and moved in with the one who makes his heart sing. I finally went to the South 😍 and caught up with one of my soulmates. I gained a new and close friend in one of Luke's oldest friends. My sister graduated from, wait for it, COLUMBIA and I got to see her take that momentous walk up to her diploma. We moved to a new apartment and got the green couch of my dreams- this was truly a feat. We got really into backpacking and kayaking and took the longest, by mileage per day, roadtrip we've ever taken. My father in law retired after 30 years as an orthopedic surgeon👨🏻‍⚕️. I saw my first glacier and hope it won't be my last. Luke and I made it through our lowest point thus far in marriage and came out laughing on the other side. My mama and I took our first trip just the two of us since I got engaged four years ago and we rediscovered how wonderfully we travel together. My dad and I went to Meow Wolf - it was transcendental. Friends of ours had spectacularly beautiful weddings. Luke got into his first bar fight (okay so it was an arm wrestle dual with the town drunk but he won and it was a moment). I hosted my first Murder Mystery party and discovered I'm an incredible actor. My best friend got pregnant and has been in a constant state of glow ever since. We fell in love with Mono Lake. My parents left San Francisco after almost 3 decades and moved to Napa. A long time love moved into her own "wtf who actually lives in places like this?" loft and another one started her dream company. I went to my first professional basketball game. Luke turned 30. Our cats became weirder and our little family grew closer. There may be one or two things I forgot to mention but we'll get to that eventually ❤️. #2019 #bringit2020

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