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The Open Road Images- New Website!

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The Open Road Images- New Website!

Happy to announce our redesigned website highlighting our photographic work featuring a print shop for fine art and canvas prints.  We would love you to check out our outdoor lifestyle, adventure and landscape images.  We'll still be sharing stories from the road on the blog too so stay tuned.  

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The Adventure Begins

How many sunrises missed because we're busy getting ready for work; how many sunny days missed behind an office desk; how many quiet moments sitting beside a stream that we could have had but didn't because we had to squeeze all our recreation into a short time?  We've decided to try to live in a different way, because after all, we all only have a finite amount of time and we want to fill it with experiences that are meaningful to us and share our time together.  So... we left our full-time jobs...

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The Adventure Begins
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Of Moose and Mountains- Bigalow Preserve Maine

Sometimes things work out.  We were six hours into what we thought was a three and a half hour drive, not sure if we were even on the right road, and both of us thinking to ourselves that we might be spending the night pulled over somewhere along the dirt road we were traveling.  We passed a low lying wetland area and I said it looked like there should be a moose out there.  Nick responded that at least that would make the drive worth it.  Just a few minutes later what pops out on the road- two moose! Score one! 

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Of Moose and Mountains- Bigalow Preserve Maine
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Like No Place on Earth- The Tetons Call

Back in the early 2000s we were in the grips of a hardcore snowboarding habit; having never ridden out west we took a shot in the dark and decided that Jackson Hole would be our first foray into big mountain riding. That year for spring break we loaded up our Jeep and drove over nineteen hundred miles from Pennsylvania to Jackson, Wy. That week we rode what would turn out to be an epic week of snowfall in the Tetons. Over the following years we dabbled in other western mountains but somehow always found ourselves back in Jackson. Nowhere else held our attention like the rugged and dramatic landscape of Tetons. We hadn’t been back since 2008 and were long overdue for a visit so we headed to Jackson- that like the sign describes when you cross into Wyoming is truly “like no place on earth”...

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Like No Place on Earth- The Tetons Call
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Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho

Roadtrip serindipity. Sometimes you find what you didn’t even know you were looking for.  When rising temperatures pushed us out of Wyoming we decided to head towards the Oregon coast where temperatures looked nice and cool.  By chance we decided to stop over in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho; after all, it was on the way and why not.  What we found were spectacular mountain ranges, deep gem-colored alpine lakes, some of the best free dispersed camping we had found yet (and a place to hide out from the crowds over the 4th of July holiday) and a ton of hikes to add to our ‘need to do’ list.  I think we will definitely be coming back to this area. 

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Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho
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Northbound- Cascade Mountains Washington

Mark another one down on our want to re-visit list.  As many other travelers have found, the more places we visit the longer our to-do list gets.  With just a little time for a stop-over in the Cascade Mountains on our way north we got a taste of area but there’sso much exploring to do here- so on the return list it goes...

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Northbound- Cascade Mountains Washington