Laura Forrest Hopfauf

Laura Forrest Hopfauf lives with her daughters and husband in West Virginia where she works as a freelance writer with a focus on family, parenting, and traveling. Before kids she hiked across a Caribbean Island, backpacked through Europe and Northern Africa, and lived out of the pack of a truck for a year driving across North America. Her work has been featured in Business Insider, Fodor’s Travel, Blue Ridge Outdoors, and Virginia Bride among other publications. You can reach her for inquiries at laurahopfauf@outlook.com

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