Just wanted to let everyone know that we are fine here in Japan. The massive quake that struck this afternoon did move us around a little bit in Hakuba (Ray was at the lodge and they noticed when they saw the lights swaying and the walls shook a bit – but that happens sometimes when [...]

It’s Ray’s last year of his 20s and his second birthday on the road! Last year at this time we were in tropical Thailand drinking pina coladas out of coconuts on the beaches of Phuket and having a silly time wandering around on the sand, getting ready for our 4-day liveaboard scuba trip to the [...]

Hey there! Remember us? It’s a fair assessment to say that the longer between blog updates, the better life is going. At least, that’s the case here! We’re in Hakuba and we are LOVING IT!!! These are the main peeps we interact with, except the lady next to me who is the organizer of most [...]

We’ve been terrible little bloggers. But we’ve been excellent little travelers and snowboarders lately. We’re having a blast in our lodge in Hakuba: the snowboard bum’s dream of good snow, empty slopes, and a life with no worries more than the next trick we’ll learn and staying safe as we learn them. We have a [...]

HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone! We’ve been out of touch here for awhile because we’ve been doing SO much awesome sightseeing and doing so many cool things. We’ll catch up eventually but for now I wanted to let you know we’re alive, well, excited to have arrived here in Japan in time to celebrate New Year’s [...]