About Us
We met whilst backpacking on the Appalachian Trail in Harriman State Park, NY. Sarah was hanging barefoot in her hammock when Travis approached from the hill, asking where to find water. Sarah hopped up and they compared maps. Travis’s map clearly showed a big capital W right where Sarah was hanging, but neither of her two maps had anything like that. In lieu of water, she offered whisky, which he declined, but the conversation flowed from there. Sarah sneakily got his number after he came back a couple hours later, but the rest is not, as they say, history: the number was wrong.
Our full story is in this post, but we eventually connected, and a month later had our first date. We’ve been hiking, camping, cycling, and exploring together ever since. Sarah moved in with Travis after about 7 months of a grueling three-hour one-way drive we traded every single weekend just to see each other.
A year later, Travis proposed on the black rocks in the secluded Pololu Valley on the Big Island of Hawaii, and since then, we’ve been designing our life of healthy adventure.
We quit our jobs, sold our home in the Philadelphia suburbs, and spent almost a year doing a lot of hiking (including the entire Long Trail in Vermont and the West Highland Way in Scotland) and road-tripping around the US to find our new home.
Travis
Travis is whip-smart, funny, and driven with a passion for health and wellness. He’s spent most of his adult life as a marketing director in the Northeast but loves visiting the California coast and the deserts of Utah, where he spent time in his younger days. His favorite color is purple and he didn’t want a wife nor a cat until he had both, and now he can’t live without them. He’s also a NASM-certified personal trainer. If you’re interested in his personal training and coaching services, contact us below!
Sarah
Sarah is independent, creative, and ambitious, and she loves playing music and reading. She’s lived all over the East Coast, from Maine to Georgia, and is happy to be back in New England again. She’s been a vegetarian for over 20 years, enjoys cooking, and is currently growing her first container garden in an effort to live more self-sufficiently. Sarah is a professional freelance writer and music teacher. If you’re interested in hiring Sarah for freelance writing projects or music lessons (in-person or online), contact us below!
Trailyweds 