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We are...

James & Sheila 👋.

We met...

as part of a running club at work and started dating while training for an ultramarathon. We both worked for an educational travel company at the time.

We love and are passionate about...

playing outside. Waking up early. Oats. Breathing mountain air. Growing and eating plants (plant-based diet). Actively exploring new places, even just down the street. Supporting local businesses and products that are ethically sourced. Producing our blog and related content free of ads, so you can enjoy following along without being spammed.

We fill our free time with...

free time? Filling the minutes/hours/days with yoga (Sheila is a certified instructor), baking (sourdough bread, black bean brownies, new experiments), traveling (or otherwise dreaming up the next trip), the conversation & company of good friends (hit us up!)

Whenever we go to a friend's place we ...

get lost in their cookbooks. We also cook dinner for them if they'll let us.

In 2019 we ...

had a great backpacking adventure through Europe and the American West. We embraced the ups and downs of the nomadic lifestyle ... which eventually led to us settling down in Colorado. We'll be charting our journey, and sharing our anecdotes.

Adventure travel blog by James Simone & Sheila Murray. Travel along with them on their backpacking trip(s) as they actively explore the American West, Europe and beyond:

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