For our second annual sibling backpacking trip, Anna, Jacob, and I took our chances and applied for the highly coveted Enchantments permit, granting access to a beautiful alpine basin full of sparkling lakes. Luckily we were chosen, and got to spend four spectacular days exploring the lakes, larch, and massive granite peaks of… Read More
Since getting my backpacking feet wet, I’d always wanted to explore the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. While I have a special place in my heart for the wet, mossy landscape of the PNW — the jagged peaks, wide open sage fields, roaming buffalo, and hidden… Read More
To kick off our annual sibling backpacking trip, Anna, Jacob, and I spent three days frolicking in the Olympic National Forest. With its mossy hills, flowery meadows, birch trees, babbling brooks, corn flowers, glaciers, and wandering elks…Enchanted Valley is aptly named. It’s truly one of… Read More
Over the years, the Goren’s have managed to grant ourselves access to family friend’s homes in some of the most beautiful places in the U.S. — this one being Maui. Our dear friends, The Rosens, so kindly opened up their home to us during the winter… Read More
After returning from a summer in Spain, a road trip to California felt like the perfect way to transition home. Anna was about to start a three-month program on an urban farm in Berkeley, so we jumped in the car and headed south. Our first stop: Redwood… Read More
Ah, Spain. One of my favorite places on this planet. I was lucky enough to spend a summer basking in the Spanish sun with my best friend Shelley right after our college graduation, and we couldn’t have been happier with our decision. We made it… Read More
The spring before my senior year in college, I was accepted to a year-long program through American Jewish World Service, a national organization dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance to disadvantaged communities and people worldwide. The program consisted of a three-month stint in Ramogi Village, Uganda, working with an NGO… Read More
Who knew a middle school auction could lead to a family trek through South Africa? Yep, that’s right, my parents won a safari for two at a Jewish Day School auction, and decided to seize the opportunity and make a family trip out of it. Surely… Read More
Molly Goren 