Hola. Bonjour. 你好. Ciao. Aloha. Konnichiwa. Hello.

Thanks for stopping by our corner of the interwebs! We are Scott and Shelby and for nearly the last decade we’ve called Colorado our home.

We both sort of just ‘wound up’ here; I came for college and Scott just drove through one day and decided to stay. Somewhere along the lines we both found ourselves living next door to each other in sunny Boulder.

Fast forward a few years and here we are…married and pretending to be Denver natives. We love Denver. We love our jobs. We love our dog (more on Phloyd later) and the cat. We love our house. We love our friends and family. But, we also love traveling and that brings us to why this blog exists, our impending ’round the world trip. There are more details about why we are going here.

Traveling the world, taking this trip – it’s been something we’ve talked about for a long time. And it’s time to put all of our big talk into action. We’ve quit our jobs, packed up our house and loaded up on as many vaccines as our body can handle.

Away we go. Our goal is to hit as many countries as we can stomach, to collect as many great stories as we can, to live our dream and inspire our future kids with.

Fun Facts About Shelby

1. I got hooked on traveling when I spent a summer in China in 2010 traveling and  “interning” (let’s be honest–my engineering gig consisted of a lot of ping pong and making everyone in the office nervous because they didn’t know what to do with me).
2. Things I like in no particular order: cucumbers, singing in the car, patios, breweries, lemons, and eating.
3. I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. I came out to Colorado for college and could never quite talk myself into leaving (especially when I met a cute guy named Scott and then I was content to stay for a while). I never miss the heat, humidity, and traffic but I sure do miss my family!
4. I am very afraid of fire, riding in cars, heights, and sometimes planes. Although the act of travel can be scary to me, my destination always seems to make me forget that these things really terrify me.
5. I have a love/hate relationship with running. One month I am a “runner” and am ready to run a marathon. Most other times I love the thought of running, but my follow through is poor. Sometimes I just downright hate it. This might also apply to all forms of exercise.
6. My family grew up road tripping around the USA. While I did not appreciate it then, I am so thankful to have been able to see most of the states in this amazing country I call home. Also, they took me to a baseball game at every major league baseball stadium and that always gave me some cool points growing up. I am thankful to have these memories traveling around the country together.
7. I have an intense dislike for raisins….I love grapes and especially love wine, but raisins are the worst.

Real Fun Random Facts About Scott