Operation: Complete
It has taken me a while to sit down and write this final post. It felt a bit daunting to sum it all up and to close the book. I’ll start with some updates: I got covid on New Years and it just didn’t feel right to write about this epic beautiful trip while sick.…
Final Trip Count
15,487 miles 29 States Driven Through 21 AirBnBs 16 Home Office Spaces 7 Terrible Manicures 4 Time Zones 4 Hotels 4 National parks (The Everglades, Mt. Rainier, Redwood National and State Parks, Grand Canyon) It’s good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. ~Hemingway 3…
Austin…wasn’t that weird
First things first, Texas is where Benny was rescued from. The woman who runs the rescue in Maine brings animals up from overcrowded shelters in Texas and finds them homes in New England. Of course I had to talk to Benny all about his humble beginnings before traveling the country in style. After arriving on…
Albuquerque: Red, Green, or Christmas?
On my way from Scottsdale to Albuquerque I drove through Gallup, NM which was extra special because it was one of my sisters first travel nursing assignments and it is where she fell in love with the southwest. I got off at the Gallup exit and drove by the small hospital where she saved lives…
Scottsdale (Pt. 2)
During my time in Scottsdale I was mesmerized by the quintessential Saguaro cactus; it was amazing to not only see a few of them but forests of them. Due to my cactus fascination I went to the Desert Botanical Garden to walk around the myriad of cacti and learn about the indigenous tribes while drinking…
Scottsdale (Pt 1)
Leaving San Diego was hard. Each stop from this point on leads me closer to home and closer to the end of my trip; I guess we could say every single stop has led me closer to the end but I was making my way further across the country and timezones so it felt much…
{Hella} Sunny San Diego (Pt. 2)
As you know, I’ve been on dating apps during my trip but nothing has worked out and not only have dates not happened, I got stood up in Montana. While I was in San Diego I went on my first date since covid (since November 2019 but who’s counting!?). I met up with him at…
{Hella} Sunny San Diego (Pt. 1)
A short backstory, my good friend and old roommate, Kelsey, lived in San Diego for 2 years before moving back to New Hampshire. I never got out to visit her because my anxiety about flying that far was paralyzing. I felt so much shame about not being able to visit her. My friend Aliess, who…
California Coastin’
Driving the California coast in a Jeep Wrangler has been on my bucket list for a decade. I’ve known for most of this trip I’d be able to make it happen between my stay in San Francisco and San Diego (minus the Wrangler and add a Benny). The first stop on my trip was Monterey. …
San Francisco Pt. 2 (FamBam)
I decided to split my San Francisco blog into two parts- one for weeks 1, 2, and 4 and one for the third week where my Mom and sister, Leeanne, visited… which is a trip within a trip. I didn’t grow up in a traveling family; we weren’t travelers for multiple reasons, the two largest…
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