After four years of non-stop travel and being hosted by the best strangers-turned-friends, it was exciting to be the host instead of the host-ed. Most of our friends live within 5 minutes to two hours of our front door, so we tend to repeat our favorite adventures. The thought of having to come up with ‘new material’ was a little daunting at first and let’s face it, the Kehmeier winter activities are not necessarily mainstream.
I remember the first time I enjoyed street food. I was in a little town on the mainland of Mexico and I was traveling with my family. The memory is very surprising because the importance of food hygiene, something very integral to my parent’s eating habits, had escaped them at the time.
The idea was hatched a couple of years ago and it was pretty exciting to get the first trip under our belts. Our ultimate goal is to give each kid a taste of independent travel and see how other parts of the world live. It’s not necessarily about dirt-bagging it, it’s just about peeling back the covers a little more than the average vacation.
Up until a few months ago I hadn’t really found the optimal way to carry my camera gear. It usually got shoved into a pack or shoulder bag. For me I just need to have things easily accessible and ready to shoot. Unexpectedly (but fortunately), I got connected with Colby Brown, a professional photographer that works with F-Stop, an outfit that makes really great (and highly functional) adventure camera packs and bags. It wasn’t too long before I had the Loka pack waiting for me on the front doorstep.
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