Jeju tourists: exploring with Jenn and Drew

Jeju tourists: exploring with Jenn and Drew

We just finished hosting our second visitors! It’s so fun to have old familiar faces around and sharing this sometimes-surreal life with them. My dear old canoe guide buddy, Jenn and her Australian husband Drew flew up from down under to experience some winter...

Quick updates

Hi all! It’s been too long again. We’re working hard on finishing posts about Japan (back in November!) and our honeymoon to Thailand and Cambodia. Problem is, they were both such full and amazing trips, it’s hard to get them into a shareable format....
Why so long?

Why so long?

It’s been a while! I miss writing to you all, and once I let a couple weeks go by, I don’t even know where to start with an update. We’ve been keeping busy in the build up to the holidays. Here are a few mini-stories from our life in the last couple...
Snow on thanksgiving!

Snow on thanksgiving!

This weekend started December, and Patrick and I decided to get into the winter spirit by going for a drive to find the snow. I guess this is a common date activity – Patrick’s office mates told him he had to take his wife to Mt. Halla this weekend. So we...
Goodbye Beckels, Hello winter

Goodbye Beckels, Hello winter

Winter is coming to Jeju. Since last night, we’ve had start and stop rain, hail and general slush. It isn’t that cold (high 40s?), but the north winds and strong and ever-present. So it’s starting to feel like winter! We also just said good-bye to my...
Japan Day 1: Travel

Japan Day 1: Travel

What a day! We travelled for quite a long time, just to go a distance equivalent to traveling from Colorado to Minnesota. Beth and I left Our apartment on Jeju at about 9:00am for our 10:40am flight to Seoul. Last week, my coworkers, William and Matthew, told us about...