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Meet Colby & Hayden Hill
We're not travel experts in any official sense — we're just 2 people who have spent a lot of years figuring out how to make travel work within the constraints of real life. Real budgets, real schedules, real tradeoffs. Over time we've gotten good at using credit card points, airport lounges, and other tools to close the gap between what we want to do and what we can actually afford, without it feeling like a sacrifice.
The goal has always been the same: spend less on the things that don't matter so you can spend more on the things that do.
We're also drawn to places that take a little more effort to reach — less visited hikes, quieter spots near popular destinations, viewpoints that don't show up on a lot of lists. Those tend to be the most rewarding, and honestly, finding them is half the fun.
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Our Story
We've been good friends since we were 11, both from South Carolina. We ended up at the same college, started dating, and from there the pattern was pretty clear — every break was an opportunity to go somewhere. We worked multiple jobs and ate cheap to afford it, and we'd do it all over again.
It started with weekend trips to the Blue Ridge Mountains, expanded to the broader East Coast, and kept growing from there. In 2019 we spent a summer in Seattle. In 2020 we traded having an address for 3 months on the road — an overpacked Honda Accord, 17 states, no real agenda, just camping, hiking, and taking it as it came. In 2021 we took our first international trip to Iceland, which shifted something in the way we thought about travel. Canada, a few more cross country stretches, and a lot of miles in between followed after that.
Eventually we landed in Salt Lake City, drawn by the mountains, and it felt like the right home base. We spend a lot of time exploring Utah itself and get out further when we can. 41 states and 11 countries so far — we're just glad we've had the chance!
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