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BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
CONTENT CREATOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
This is our experience, as a family of 4 (with younger kids) at Cedar Point’s Halloweekends Halloween event. (Spoiler alert: we had an AMAZING day!) We love Cedar Point, but we’ve never experienced their Halloweekends – until last weekend! We’ve always heard that Cedar Point gets CRAZY busy during their Halloween events, so that has...
Last weekend was the grand opening of Hersheypark’s Dark Nights – their Halloween event. Believe it or not, this is only the second year that Hershey has hosted a Halloween event! We have never really been the “scare-fest” type of people, but with more and more parks being open during the day with family-friendly Halloween...
Believe it or not – we don’t JUST ride roller coasters (I know, it’s hard to comprehend). We spent a week in Williamsburg, Virginia with my Mom and had a delightful time.YES, we visited Busch Gardens Williamsburg (we were there three times), but we did other things as well! (0:01) We stayed at the Greensprings...
When we plan trips and travel to amusement parks, we have to simply roll with whatever we’re dealt in terms of weather. Most of the time, it’s summer and it’s fine – but sometimes, we get handed a SUPER rainy day – which is precisely what happened to us on our first day (of a...
Kennywood’s Open! (no pun intended) Saturday was Kennywood Park’s opening day for their 125th anniversary season! And of course – we were there! Even though the day was rainy and chilly, that didn’t stop us (and a really great crowd of Kennywood enthusiasts) from being there to rope-drop our amazing home amusement park. Kennywood Park...
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.
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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!