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Here I share my past itineraries and reviews, lessons learned from each trip, tips and tricks for packing light and camping quickly, and a variety of other travel-related topics.
You’ll see recommendations of places to eat, museums to visit, gorgeous natural locations to stop at, and pictures (and possibly videos) of our adventures.
I am a pretty detailed planner when it comes to almost every part of traveling. I pore over travel guides, blogs, and websites for the best hotels, restaurants, and cultural spots. I make extremely precise itineraries based on both time, location, and ease of travel. I plan out my travel wardrobe based on a color […]
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In an effort to spread beauty, positivity, and joy, I’ve started highlighting some of the beautiful books I read, or what I like to call “Rose-Tinted Reads”. These might be books that tell beautiful stories, share diverse perspectives, are funny as hell, or contain gorgeous word choice or prose. Find Rose-Tinted Read #1 HERE and […]
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I am a pretty detailed planner when it comes to almost every part of traveling. I pore over travel guides, blogs, and websites for the best hotels, restaurants, and cultural spots. I make extremely precise itineraries based on considerations of time, location, and ease of travel. I plan out my travel wardrobe based on a […]
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From the time we are children, we are shown that there is so much more to life than whatever is going on in our sleepy little towns. Whether we are on an adventure with Belle, desperately trying to get on-land like Ariel, or staring at the water with Moana, we see our role models as […]
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Last weekend I survived Ragnar Trail Northwoods 2017. What’s more, I didn’t just survive, I LOVED every minute of it. Ragnar, for those of you who are newbies or are unfamiliar with the term (as I was just a few weeks ago), is a team adventure-style race. Originally done as a 200-mile road race with 12 […]
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A few weeks ago I shared a Condé Nast Traveler article on Facebook about a baby dolphin that had washed up onshore and was later killed by overzealous tourists who wanted photos with it. People were predictably sad and disgusted by the article, because what’s more sad than a dead baby dolphin? Commenters could not […]
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Sometimes on the road you have these crazy big epiphanies and you suddenly realize your life's one true purpose. Sometimes you finally understand the meaning of life and existence and love. Sometimes you just realize that you've been kind of a jerk for the past few days/months/years and that it's time to start focusing on the positive. Yep, that last one is me.
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