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BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
CONTENT CREATOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
Derrick and I are roller coaster enthusiasts and content creators.We go to a lot of amusement parks every year with our two kids and we’ve learned a thing or two about what to bring to make our days run as smoothly as possible. In general – we try to bring as little as possible into...
In 2023, we visited 19 amusement parks plus 4 waterparks.If you’d like a sneak peek into what our days at amusement parks look like – you’ll want to hop on over to my YouTube channel and check out our “Adventuring Abbey” vlogs! Just in case you aren’t familiar: my husband is a roller coaster NUT...
We promised our kiddos that after our VERY long (14+ hour) day at Epcot, we would spend the following day relaxing in a water park. And so off we went to Sea World’a Aquatica in Orlando, Florida! We’ve been to this water park before, but it’s been a few years (and we’ve visited a lot...
Visiting Florida has become an annual thing for us and in 2022, we visited Walt Disney World. We had limited time on our vacation though (because we still wanted to visit Sea World and Busch Gardens as well), so we made the decision to only visit 3 of the 4 Disney Parks – and Epcot...
We booked this specific weekend at Kalahari (a massive indoor water park in Sandusky, Ohio) way back at the beginning of this year! They were running a major promo and we thought it would be fun to visit right after Leander’s 5th before, right before Christmas. Derrick and I have been to Kalahari before –...
Hi! I'm Kara!
Welcome to my blog!
I'm a Pittsburgh-based wedding photographer and wedding content creator with a love for storytelling, both on wedding days and beyond.
I've been part of the wedding industry since 2009, documenting 250+ wedding days and helping couples preserve the moments, big and small, that make their day uniquely theirs.
When I'm not working a wedding, you'll probably find me creating videos for my personal YouTube channel, The Adventuring Abbeys, where my family and I share our love of amusement parks, roller coasters, and travel.
Around here, you'll find wedding inspiration and behind-the-scenes content, family adventures, amusement park visits, travel stories, and a little bit of everyday life.
I'm so glad you're here!
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LOCATION
Kara Abbey is based in Irwin, Pennsylvania and regularly works in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, but she has her passport and is available for travel worldwide!