About

Overstories helps people in their second act enjoy approachable travel at a human-powered pace. 

If you enjoy the freedom of a bike ride to the beach, a weekend hike in the mountains and a quiet walk on snowshoes, Overstories is for you.

We’re Brian and Suzette. In our second chapter, we’re engaging in active pursuits at home and abroad, exploring at a slower pace away from major tourist attractions. Our hats and glasses change with the season, but our desire to explore other cultures and locations through active adventures remains constant. We enjoy pushing ourselves a bit, so the gelato tastes even better afterward.

Photos on Overstories are all from our adventures and are taken primarily by Brian. For more of Brian’s photos click here.

Coffee and Snack
Morning power-up in Girona, Spain.
Portugal Bliss
Fresh Tracks in Geilo
Volcano Gravel

Overstories represents the overarching stories that build our understanding and connections to places and people, just like the overstory of a forest, where the branches of each individual tree connect to form a whole, interconnected web. Travel brings the world closer, increases our understanding of ourselves and others, and decreases the ‘foreign-ness’ with which it’s so easy to regard others. It can help build the overstories of our lives.