The Adventures of Us
Enjoy our adventures below as we try to balance our lives between work, two kids, and ... relaxation.

Congratulations to Erron and Alexya!

Erron Dykins and Alexya See tied the knot on Saturday at the Grove. It was such an awesome celebration with good food, great music and amazing company! Cheers! My favorite Groomsman The Beautiful Bride Mr. and Mrs. Dykins Hip, point and nod First…

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Garden 2.0

This being the second year of having a garden at our house we had only one goal…for it to be better than last year’s. This isn’t a very ambitious goal since last year we managed to kill a bunch of squash plants that…

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Where’s Andy?

I ran in my second Reno/Tahoe Odyssey this weekend. The Odyssey is a 178 mile relay race (reno – mogul – verdi – boca – truckee – squaw – alpine, – tahoe city – homewood – tahoma – meeks – emerald bay –…

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Headed Out, Headed Home

After our hike, we stayed in Aguas Calientes for the night. The city resides below Machu Picchu and is surrounded by giant mountain tops. The river runs through the town, and as soon as we got off the bus from Machu Picchu, we…

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Day 4 – Inca Trail (Machu Picchu)

3:30am. We woke up and then quickly ate cake and hot chocolate. (Meanwhile the porters were packing up getting ready for their next trek.) We then quickly ran to the gate and waited for the gates to open up. Finally around 5am, we…

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Day 3 – Inca Trail (Happy Day)

We were able to sleep in a little bit. At 6:30, we woke up and got ready for Happy Day! The night was the coldest so far, so we were a little slower to crawl out of our tents. Today’s hike was rolling…

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Inca Trail – Day 2 (The Challenge)

5am. Up and at ’em. The porters come by to wake you up with some coca tea ready to go. We got dressed and then enjoyed some delicious porridge and pancakes. And so it began. We walked step-by-step through the cloud forest and…

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Inca Trail – Day 1

Our journey begins with a knock at the door. “You guys up?” The answer was “no,” but really what came out was, “SHIT!” The alarm didn’t go off at 3:30am as planned. Jason, Bridget, and I quickly grabbed our things and ran to…

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Cusco City Tour

Today’s adventure took us through the ruins that were located closer to the city. We started the morning with a quick breakfast of a hard boiled egg, toast, and some cocoa tea, and then left to meet our guide. We first stopped by…

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A Taste of the Ancient Inca culture in the Sacred Valley

Today’s adventure included a tour of Incan ruins on the outskirts of Cusco. We got picked up at 7:30am and began our trip. We traveled upwards to see the entire view of Cusco. At one point the city was laid out to look…

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