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We Were Robbed While Traveling – How You Can Learn from Our Mistake

Posted on July 4, 2019September 20, 2019 by Brianna Shade in Safety, South Africa, Stories

Happy Independence Day to our American readers!

We’ve been on the road for two weeks now, and our first leg is drawing to a close. We’ll be sharing more posts on the beautiful city of Cape Town and the many amazing activities to do while visiting, but first, we wanted to address safety.

Many people warned us against visiting South Africa. And while we took precautions, we still wound up victims. This is our story of being robbed in Cape Town, and how you can learn from our mistake.

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Travel Totaled my Car – How we Barely Escaped Eastern Oregon

Posted on May 23, 2019September 20, 2019 by Aaron Shade in Oregon, Stories

Having never been to the far reaches of Eastern Oregon, we felt like this was a good time to get that knocked off our bucket list. Some of the highlights of the area are Steens Mountain, Alvord Desert, Leslie Gulch, and Jordan Craters. This would be our one last road trip before departing on our round-the-world trip. With it being such a remote part of Oregon, good preparation was critical as anything could happen. Fortunately we had an incredible trip, but it wasn’t quite what we expected.

While many might fly to reach their destination faster, there is merit in making an adventure out of a road trip. The United States is a vast country with many exciting locations along the way.

Idaho is not one of them.