Reclaiming our Adventurous Spirit
We are a couple who love to travel. But the love wasn’t always as equal as it is now. Jason was always happy to spend as much time and money traveling as possible. I was more hesitant, constantly weighing the cost against everything else life required. Travel was a luxury that I’d love to try and fit in once we had all the practical things paid for. It just seemed like there were better uses of our limited resources at the time.
But over the years, something shifted. With each trip, the “stuff” started to matter less. And the experiences—the looks on our kids’ faces, the time together in a new place, the shared adventures— started to matter more.
We took some trips on our own, but most were with our kids. We knew those years were limited—spring breaks, summer vacations, all the small windows of time before they’d be grown up and move on. So we did what we could to show them more of the world than we had seen growing up and made a million memories along the way.
Some years it was one trip. Some years, a few.
We did Disneyland, cruises, beach trips, mountain getaways, and sometimes we picked a city or state we’d like to explore. We visited family when we could, stretching our budget a little further by staying with relatives. And some years it just didn’t happen-- calendars were full, time off was limited, money was tight.
But we made it work as often as we could.
And somewhere along the way, it became essential to us—not as indulgence, but as a way of experiencing life more fully—not just for ourselves, but for our kids as well. Those experiences became part of our family story, and we wouldn’t trade them for anything.
Raising Kids. Building careers. Navigating life. What an adventure.
But through it all, there were always those trips—the ones we talked about but put off. The “someday” trips. The ones the kids wouldn’t appreciate the same way we would. The quieter, slower, more intentional experiences meant just for us.
We told ourselves:
After the kids get older.
After things settle down.
After we have more time.
After.
And then, almost without warning, After arrived.
And that’s where this chapter begins.
This is our time for a different kind of adventure! Not the kind defined by extremes or checklists and packed itineraries. Not travel designed for photos, bragging rights, or stories told.
But travel for the experience itself.
Taking our time.
Being present.
Traveling with intention.
What Adventure Reclaimed Is About
Adventure Reclaimed is for this season of life.
For those who finally have a little more time, a little more freedom—and are figuring out how they want to use it.
Here you’ll find:
Travel ideas that don’t require rushing or overplanning
Getaways designed for connection, not exhaustion
Places that feel special without feeling overwhelming
Finding places that feel like part of the story
Planning in a way that values ease as much as excitement
Reflections on how travel evolves as life does
Adventure on our terms, it turns out, didn’t disappear.
It was just waiting for us to come back to it.
Welcome to Adventure Reclaimed.
