You were a rockstar, 2012.
We had been attempting to write one of those cliche “year in review” posts for the past two weeks. Needless to say, it never happened. Christmas, sleigh rides, hot chocolate binges, brunch, and good times with great friends happened instead. We’re not angry about our vacation from blogging, but we didn’t want to leave 2012 with nothing. It was an epic year, after all.
We decided that they best way to pay homage the past year is to showcase its glory in pictures. Without further ado, our epic 2012.
56 bowls of pho consumed
3 blasts from the past
15 nights spent in an RV
2 EPIC hikes
1 Rand McNally atlas appearance
679 cups of coffee imbibed
2 trips to NYC
3 Travel Channel Stars met
33 dogs pet
3 epic road trips taken
2 camel rides
1 Marriage Proposal Accepted
1000 Monkeys
13 Suspicious toilets
17 States Visited
5 Elephants embraced
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177 Times we’ve played themed Catan
That was quite a year! You forgot to mention winning the GoWithOh contest – that was very cool too! Hope you meet you somewhere one of these days.
Happy New Year!
K
Thank you, Kay! That was a great way to end the year. We’d love to meet you in person someday soon!
Hahaha.. love this! You might have had more bowls of pho than Gerard and I combined.. and we’re Vietnamese! I’m glad you had only 1 proposal.. let’s keep it that way. Cheers to another awesome year! When are you two heading to Paris (finally!)?
What can we say? We love pho 🙂 Cheers on your engagement as well. 2012 was a good one!
Yay! Congratulations on the engagement!
Thank you so much! We’re very excited!
Any year with 1000 monkeys sounds amazing. Happy New year!
Right?! You can’t beat that.
An epic year I’d say. Congrats on the engagement!
Thank you so much. It was an epic year indeed. Hopefully more adventures to come in 2013!
Best year-in-review post I’ve seen! I’m partial to the flapper dress, though–further evidence I would get along swimmingly with you two.
I’m pretty sure we need to meet up in real life. What theme/decade should we choose to dress up as?
Great way to show off one amazing year! However, I expected way more coffee out of you two!
I’m sure we left out a couple hundred cups or so. It’s so hard to keep track. Hope to see you two in 2013… perhaps on water?
Sounds like an awesome year! I hope I get to ride a camel at some point this year. Where did you guys do that at?
Hi Nick! This year was pretty spectacular. We rode camels in the Thar desert in Jaisalmer, India. It was a fun way to explore Rajasthan.
1. Again, congrats on the engagement! 2. Those toilets really do look suspicious. 3. Love the last photo of us playing Catan. You guys ROCK! Hope to cross paths again this year.
Playing Catan with you and Will was one of the highlights of our year. We’re hoping you two make it back out this way soon!
This was a great way to show off your year! Very different. Thanks for sharing. I gotta ask though, the first photo in the “2 epic hikes” section, was that Waimea Canyon on Kauai? Looks very similar. Anyways, love the post. Can only imagine what next year will have.
Hi Elliot! That picture was actually taken this summer at the Grand Canyon. We’d love to hike Waimea Canyon though!
I decree 2012 the year of Captain and Clark.
That is all.
Wow, what an awesome year! Have just discovered your blog and am looking forward to going back and reading your tales 🙂
What a year – and love it how you did your 2012 post! Are you sure about the cups of coffee…?
Hope you have a fab 2013!
Haha I love this! What a great way to recap a year!
An epic year indeed. Here’s to an even more epic 2013! (And let’s hope our paths cross at least once during it!)
oh my god, those toilet photos. my retnas are pissed.
I think one of those pictures tops my year. Great photo year in review essay. Look forward to 2013.
Great coffee shots! 🙂 You had a great year and I wish you another awesome one!
you guys are clearly too cool for words. enjoyed my ‘page flipping’ on your blog. how much longer do you two intend on traveling. congrads on the engagement.
captain and clark, it really is so, nice to meet you. i’m so very excited to have found you due to our travel blog award contest. you were nominated for the 2012 most inspirational travel blog award and are now in the run-offs.
from jan 27 to feb 5, you can ask people to vote for your blog so that you can be one of the 23 out of the nominated 50 to win.
you can check it out here: http://thenomadicfamily.com/2013/01/2012-best-travel-blog-finalistis-need-a-bit-of-help-to-wi/ . good luck to you lauren! happy belated new year… gabi and family, in dalat, vietnam
WOW! What a year! Thanks for sharing all of your experiences with us. We’re insanely jealous of your journeys.