I’m beyond excited for the first installment of Weekend Wanderlust for One, an exciting collaboration with some of my favorite bloggers who show you how they’d do a long weekend alone and on the cheap. Basically, I give them a budget of $500USD and ask them to plan a trip to a destination less than four hours from their hometowns lasting three days and two nights for one … [Read more...] about Weekend Wanderlust for One: Road Trippin’ Harrisburg/Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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Creative Storytelling, or How To Tell My Mom I’m Traveling Solo…Again
My mom doesn’t exactly understand why I enjoy traveling solo. “I don’t see why you don’t just travel with a group,” she said to me some weeks ago as I was discussing my upcoming travel plans. Part of it is that she’s secretly hoping that if I travel with a group I’ll meet someone. She doesn’t have to say it; I know her game. But her first reason—her most important reason—is … [Read more...] about Creative Storytelling, or How To Tell My Mom I’m Traveling Solo…Again
What Six Days, 3,000+ Miles, and a Stick-Shift Saturn Taught Me About Life
I can’t help smiling—broadly, wildly, madly--when I remember those days of pure, unabashed freedom on the open road. Almost two years ago, I set out on a journey, one that took me from my home on the Jersey Shore through the heart of America to the caffeine-fueled metropolis of Seattle, Washington. And I went alone. A friend was moving to the West Coast and would I drive her … [Read more...] about What Six Days, 3,000+ Miles, and a Stick-Shift Saturn Taught Me About Life