Oct 27, 2014
Morning in Crested Butte
Some photos from the bike trail behind the youth hostel here in Crested Butte.
Oct 24, 2014
Love
Love. It’s something we try to fit into a little box of what the media tells us it should be. It tells us to dismiss young love, how could it be “real”? Our culture tells us “You haven’t lived long enough to know what love is.” I think that’s bullshit, does that mean we don’t […]
Aug 17, 2014
New trip: Playa Yoga Retreat 2015
I’m proud to announce a brand-new trip designed and led by Abbi Miller, the original co-founder of Unschool Adventures. The Playa Yoga Retreat is a 3-week trip for 15- to 21-year-old unschoolers who want to play, connect, and deepen their understanding of yoga on the magical beaches of Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. Apply for this […]
Mar 2, 2014
Writing Retreat 2014 + More Updates
Hey everyone, here’s your Unschool Adventures news for March 2014. The 2014 Writing Retreat has launched! We’re back in gorgeous Crested Butte (Colorado) again this year. The Buenos Aires Tango trip is departing soon with 8 students. Hasta luego! Nepal trip interviews have started; we’re looking at a completely full trip. Trailblazer Gathering was cancelled […]
Nov 6, 2013
New Trips for 2014
We’re proud to announce four new programs for 2014! Buenos Aires Tango March 19-April 16, 2014 Priority Application Deadline: December 15, 2013 Trailblazer June 2-7, 2014 Applications Open: January 15th, 2014 Southwest Gap Year Operated by HDCSS, an Unschool Adventures partner September 1, 2014 — May 31, 2015 Priority Application Deadline: April 1st, 2014 Nepal Early October […]
Nov 4, 2013
My Breathtaking
An excerpt from Zaill’s writing project: Sometimes in your life it forgets to divide between babbling the brooks and volcanos in your mind. Before they called on me and already I came, why, somehow feeling so lacking even in my shameful tardy trending pain. Through these steps I take on fell dawn dreary like roads, […]
Oct 29, 2013
Climbing Mt. Crested Butte
Last Wednesday some of the writers hiked up Mt. Crested Butte. The snow was too deep to go all the way to the top but we got close! Here we are at the”almost top” of Mt. Crested Butte enjoying our sandwiches!
Jul 4, 2013
Costa Rica Trip Cancelled
With sadness I must report that we’re canceling the Costa Rica trip. While we received a small number of excited applicants, we didn’t reach our minimum numbers necessary to reasonably hit our target enrollment numbers and place a nonrefundable deposit with Rancho Mastatal. We don’t like canceling trips for any reason, and when we do, we […]
May 15, 2013
Five Years of Unschool Adventures
After 5 years of nonstop trip-leading with Unschool Adventures, I’m taking a breather. Two trips to Argentina, one to Chile-Argentina-Peru, one to Australia, one to New Zealand, three Writing Retreats (Oregon, Colorado, Massachusetts) and four Leadership Programs (Oregon & North Carolina) later, I couldn’t feel more gracious and lucky to work with the incredibly bright, creative, and […]