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by Brandi Moore Jun 19, 2024 Hello fellow wanderers! Belize is truly unBelizeable!  We spent one week at the Hilton at Mahogany Bay near San Pedro in February 2024 and explored all of San Pedro and Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker and headed to the mainland of Belize to explore Mayan Ruins via Tropic Air. If […]

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Hiking Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park – Permit Required | Wandered Off

Hello our fellow wanderers! We stayed in Moab, Utah back in September 2021 for two weeks and during our research of epic hikes in the area we learned about Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park. We researched that a permit is required so we decided to get on www.recreation.gov to see if any were available.  There are […]

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Paria Canyon: White House Trailhead to Buckskin Gulch – Insanely Beaut | Wandered Off

Hello fellow wanderers! Southern Utah is absolutely our favorite place to hike and explore. If you have not heard, Buckskin Gulch is the longest Slot Canyon in the United States, and it does not disappoint!  In October of 2020, we hiked Wire Pass (slot canyon) to Buckskin Gulch. We posted that video a while ago so please […]

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Interviewed by VoyageUtah.com | Wandered Off

by Brandi Moore Dec 14, 2021 https://voyageutah.com/interview/life-work-with-brandi-moore-of-gardnerville-nv-is-home-base/  We are absolutely thrilled that someone out there recommended us for an interview with VoyageUtah.com and we have no idea who it was. Whoever you are, we truly appreciate you and the shout out that VoyageUtah.com has provided for us and letting us tell our story.  Check out […]

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Confronted by a naked man on the trail! Lake Tahoe | Wandered Off

Hello all! As you know, we are new to the Tahoe area and we are out hiking as often as we can! We decided to head up to the East side of Lake Tahoe and hike down to Boater’s Beach, then make our way over to Secret Cove eventually ending at Chimney Beach. We use […]

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R2R Hike – North Kaibab to Bright Angel – 5 nights backpacking in the | Wandered Off

Hello fellow wanderers! How many of you have visited the Grand Canyon? Did you know that nearly 6 million people visit the Grand Canyon annually, making it the second most popular National Park to explore?  Did you also know that out of those 6 million visitors, only less than 1% of them make their way […]

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Welcome fellow wanderers!If you don’t already know us, we are Chris and Brandi. We also travel with Mikey, our cat. Quick backstory…We were living in the beautiful Florida Keys in 2019 when Chris suffered a brain hemorrhage. Long story short, he survived and the neurologist told him to live a stress free life. Well, we made […]

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by Brandi Moore Feb 06, 2022 Hello fellow wanderers! We hiked Angels Landing in Zion National Park on Jan. 30, 2022. We were in Kanab for a long weekend because we won the lottery for the Wave (blog and video coming soon) so we decided to hike Angels Landing prior to the permit system taking […]

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Moab, Utah – Make the most of your time! | Wandered Off

Hello fellow wanderers!! If you haven’t been to Moab, Utah, you should really add it to your list! Moab has two of the “Mighty 5” National Parks and a State Park, not to mention, everything else around this area.  We stayed for two weeks in our RV at the KOA Moab and absolutely loved our […]

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Donner Pass Train Tunnels – in the snow | Wandered Off

Hello fellow wanderers! Have you been to the Donner Pass train tunnels? This entire area near Truckee, CA has a grim and crazy past starting with the Donner Party getting stuck in an 1846 snow storm while they were headed to California. This unfortunate storm forced survivors to resort to cannibalism.  The pass and everything around there was […]

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by Brandi Moore Feb 24, 2021 Hello fellow wanderers! Last summer we stayed in Washington State for a couple of weeks to visit family (both of us are born and raised in the Seattle area) and most of our family still resides in Washington State. My sister and her husband took us to Monte Cristo […]

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Hiking to the Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout – Sierra Nevada | Wandered Off

Hello fellow wanderers! Do you love hiking as much as we do?? Fresh air. Clear the mind. Beautiful scenery. Check out our latest hike of the Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout on our YouTube channel Wandered Off.  This hike was part of our Rim to Rim training for our backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon (check […]

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Crescent City Redwoods KOA Holiday – 1 week stay | Wandered Off

Hello fellow wanderers!! How many of you are RV’ers? We love to RV around for weeks and months at a time looking for those epic trails. We recently spent a week at the KOA in Crescent City while we explored and hiked the Redwoods in Northern California.  We were in a pull through site with full […]

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Route 66 – Oatman, Arizona | Wandered Off

Hello fellow wanderers! If you love all things Route 66, old mining towns, ghost towns and burros….  Oatman is for you!! This town has a little of everything including great food and drinks, shopping til your heart’s content, haunted buildings, old mines, a wild west shootout in the middle of the road and of course […]

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