Professionally nomadic, until we’re not.

In 2023, we sold our house, purged most of our belongings, and tested our upper limits of optimism.

There wasn’t really a master plan.

Just a strong urge to try something different before settling into whatever adulthood was supposed to look like for us.

In our first year, we traveled north for the winter, decreased our livable space by 80%, moved 8 times in 12 months, and effectively doubled all our bills - a very sound financial strategy.

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Since we started, we’ve:

  • Found the best blueberry milkshakes in Portland, Maine.

  • Taken Kleo on a ferry ride to Casco Bay Island.

  • Experienced a full pat-down by Canadian border patrol.

  • Met the largest herd of San Clemente goats in the world.

  • Found a moose in our backyard.

  • Befriended every chipmunk in Colorado.

  • Tasted the Bonneville Salt Flats (gross, I know).

  • Skied the Sierras after work almost daily (I can’t claim this, but Ross can).

  • Tried scrapple for the first and last time.

  • Walked across a couple of car-sized icebergs.

Somewhere in the middle, we:

  • Lost our best girl, Kleo.

  • Hiked a bunch of gorgeous trails in her honor.

  • Fell in love with Bozeman, Montana.

  • Experienced the terror of flying 4+ hours with a very cute, very loud, 8 week old puppy.

  • Got married, and it was perfect.

The blog slowed down. Life did not.

  • Ross Buffington

    PERSONAL DRIVER

    Morning person. Part-time freestyle rapper (tragically).

    Quick wit with unapologetic dad humor energy. Makes it his personal mission to be as loud as possible every. single. morning. By far the most fun and objectively the funniest in the group. Scruff and Kleo’s best bud. Forever hiking partner and gym buddy. Travel DJ who has personally obliterated our Spotify algorithm. Encyclopedic recall for every episode of everything on TV. Spatial awareness in the kitchen remains theoretical.

  • Taylor Buffington

    BACK (FRONT) SEAT DRIVER

    Reality TV enabler. Full-time feeler.

    Operates primarily on avocados and coffee. Has been known to cry during mildly sentimental commercials. Will drive two hours out of the way to pet an animal and insist it was the more efficient route. Refuses to use Google Maps, much to her husband’s chagrin. Would become a regular at any local diner if left unsupervised. Calculated risk taker. Still processing the betrayal of lactose intolerance and the loss of blueberry milkshakes.

  • Scruff McGruff Buffington

    BACK SEAT RIDER

    Sock collector. Human monitor.

    Golden Aussie devoted to quality stick selection. Collects socks with alarming dedication and will remove them directly from your feet if necessary. Treats every bathroom visit as a high-risk operation requiring oversight. Shares Kleo’s talent for stalking unsuspecting pigeons. Loves small humans, snow, and stinky treats. Deeply skeptical of horseshoe crabs. Firmly believes he is a lap dog. Has zero concept of personal space.

  • Kleo Buffington

    ORIGINAL BACK SEAT RIDER

    Pigeon hunter. Food quality tester.

    Taught us that every walk is an opportunity to chase a pigeon or strategically position herself inside a human store. Structured entire days around calibrating the precise amount of side-eye required to extract the maximum amount of popcorn from Ross. Demonstrated repeatedly that dignity is optional when horse poop is involved. Would speak on command. Best smile. Absolute worst breath. Still very much part of the blueprint.