
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca was the first stop on a 2-week adventure trip with my friend Laura in Costa Rica. We immediately tried to separate ourselves from the crazy traffic in San Jose and headed to the coast. Along the way, we got to experience how green and wet Costa Rica can be. The roads…

Blast off! Headed on a ferry to Catalina Island where I’m about to embark on the Trans Catalina Trail, a hefty trail that starts (or ends depending on how you do the trail), at Avalon and spans the whole island at 38.5 miles and 9,600 ft. elevation change, eventually landing at Parsons Landing, where I’ll…