Home - Ashley Ann Campbell

A few days in Chichicastenango, Guatemala

Once we bought plane tickets to Guatemala, we began looking for places to visit. (We booked cheap tickets without any other plan or details - 'figure it out later' is my go-to). Breese found information on a market in the…

Tips for staying in a hostel as a family

While traveling we stay in all kinds of different places. Sometimes it is an apartment. Sometimes it’s a hostel. We slept in a cave in Jordan and a hut on the Sinai. Most places I find are on Booking.com, Airbnb,…

Israeli/Palestinian Dual Narrative Tour {Abraham Tours}

I'm sitting in a cute boho style cafe. The wind is blowing off the Sea of Aqaba through the open windows tangling my hair in a million ways. I might have pretty cool dreads at the end of this trip.…

Budget traveling – planning ahead saves $$$

Well, I still need to share some basics about our trip...like WHY we are doing it! Instead of waiting to get all those thoughts together, I figured I'd just start sharing answers to some of the questions I most commonly…

We bought them (1 one-way tickets to North Africa)

After years of traveling in our Avion, we began looking for an Airstream that we could completely remodel to fit our specific family needs. We especially wanted a double axel for safety reasons and scoured online for years to find…

and now all 5 embrace the mud

When it rains at our house, the water hangs out for quite a while. The water table is so high we have crawdads coming out of our yard! All that really means is when it rains, we get mud. Lots of mud. In the past…

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cheering on a friend

Every now and then I have the opportunity to sit back and watch a friend do their thing – and shine. Over the weekend my friend Ruth (of Gracelaced) spoke at the BGCO Women’s Retreat. I was Ruth’s hostess for the weekend. Basically this meant…

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thankful for the wait

I’m savoring this new view – the dirt and rock and concrete. I want this view etched in my memory when one day I look down a long table filled with family, friends, and strangers. We drew up plans for this project 8 years ago.…

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building a bigger table {and a bunch more}

When you have more than you need, build a longer table not a higher fence. We are taking those words to heart and are building a bigger table – a much, much bigger table! Last year I thought it would be fun to keep a…

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under our sycamore {a goodbye}

11 years ago Chris and I sat on the back porch of a little farmhouse that was for rent. Our two toddlers ran around the yard and I was in the early months of being pregnant with our third. We looked out at the big…

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