In the final stretch of my road trip, my dad flew to Denver to travel the last week with me and assist in driving home the rest of the way. For those of you that don’t know my father (my friends and family are laughing by this point I’m sure), we have quite opposite ideas […]
North America
My Panic-Ridden, 80s Leggings Sporting Moment in Breckenridge
I have wanted to visit Colorado for quite some time now. Though Stella and I did go to a tiny little corner of the state when we visited Mesa Verde, I wanted to see more of the real Colorado. Yes, I had a stereotype in mind of how I imagined Colorado to be- outdoorsy, Chaco-wearing, […]
North Ogden: Back to a Place I Once Called Home
It had been nine years since I had been back to Utah, where I spent my high school years. I was visiting my best friend from high school and had only a morning to catch up. I met Jen my sophomore year of high school when I joined the swim team. By our senior year, […]
A Summer Saturday Spent Blueberry Picking
When our friend KK mentioned two days ago that she was going blueberry picking on Saturday, my sister and I perked up at the idea. We grew up going strawberry and peach picking in South Carolina, but neither of us had ever been blueberry picking. And, we had no idea that there was a farm […]
On the Road (Again) to Utah
In case you’ve missed it on the blog somewhere, even though I am from the South, I actually spent four years in Utah for high school. Well, technically speaking, it should have been high school but they do things a little differently out there so I had to spend one year in junior high before […]
Montage Monday: Landscapes of Bend, Oregon
Before departing the beautiful state of Oregon to tell you about the final 10 days of my US cross-country road trip, I wanted to leave you with a few photos that I took on my drive from Crater Lake back to Bend. From the lakes to the mountains, this part of our country is simply […]