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Episode 843 | September 2022 | Smoky Mountains, TN

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Who are Kara and Nate?!
Watch our documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuFv4iF8wgg&t=1s

Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment. We discovered the world of “travel hacking” & became obsessed. So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world. Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went home to “normal life.” We started this travel vlog to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with this lifestyle and did everything we could to keep going. 4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time. Van life was a major adjustment and so different than flying every week like we were used to, but we are incredibly thankful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. 😊🎥🌎

#backpacking #travel #travelvlog #camping

00:00 why we’re going to the woods
00:30 this is not what you think it is
02:53 how heavy our backpacks are
04:05 first campsite
05:40 we slept with MICE AND SPIDERS
08:16 didn’t have to dig a hole to poop!
09:52 why we love AG1
11:07 what we’re eating for lunch everyday
13:45 Nate’s life-altering decision :)
14:58 extremely scary…
16:35 setting up our tent for the first time!
19:22 how we purify water
20:20 climbing a sketchy tower for sunset
22:27 day 3: early wake up call
25:09 Nate did not drag me here
29:37 PART 2 IS GOING TO BE WEIRD