Category: Community

First Time International Traveler Questions Answered!

Ahoy friends. I just booked another flight, YAY! To Ireland and Scotland, DOUBLE YAY! This trip is going to be so fun because my friend who is coming with us has never been out of the country. This is her first international trip! As we were booking our flights last night, she starting hitting me…

A Girl With a Plan

Steph’s take on taking a big leap. Being a lifelong planner, most of my life has been mapped out since I was 8 years old. I am your typical type A, follow the well-worn path, kind of girl. Every decision I made was calculated based on what the next 5 decisions would be. I liked…

Pack it ‘Out’ Pack it In, Let me Begin (Hiking 101)

Please forgive my House of Pain reference. If you’re too young to get it, look it up. šŸ™‚ In the grand scheme of things I havenā€™t been hiking for that long. I only started doing ā€˜realā€™ hikes when I went to college. I have always enjoyed the outdoors and outdoor activities but were I grew…

Family Spring Break – Volunteering Abroad!

We recently took our kids on spring break. We definitely prefer to curate travel experiences that are culturally-rich. You typically will not find us at an all-inclusive sitting by the pool or beach. Sure, we like to relax for part of the day, but that is after weā€™ve explored like the locals, connected with communities,…

Women Empowering Women!

“As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.” – Virginia Woolf Prior to Wild Bum, I founded a business called Wildhive. Iā€™ve blogged about it before – both share a common thread in that at their core lives play, adventure and community! Wildhive has always been very…

A Comprehensive Guide to Resupplying on the John Muir Trail

I kid you not, one of Ā the first questions my mom asked me when I told her I was planning on hiking the John Muir Trail was, ā€œBut.. how are you going to eat?ā€ Ā After I entertained myself with some cheesy joke along the lines of, ā€œum, with my mouth,ā€ I informed her that the…