My 34th Birthday, 4 Things I’ve Learned & the Grand Canyon
On my 30th birthday I went alone to a nearby state park and wandered into the woods. It was a strange time. I’d been back from an eye-opening and heart-filling cross country road trip with one of my best friends for a few weeks and, almost as soon I’d returned from that adventure, my husband […]
Exploring Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Work sent me to Iowa and after sending a text to my friend who lives there, I looked up the National Park situation. Iowa has just two National Park units, Effigy Mounds National Monument and Herbert Hoover National Historic Site. With limited time and an already-packed schedule, I decided to aim for the closest park and on my last […]
Why I Solo Adventured to New Mexico
In my line of work, summers tend to be pretty much off limits for personal travel. It’s our busy season, so while everyone else goes to the beach or jets off to faraway lands, I’m in Virginia, working more weekends than not and dreaming of fall-time travel adventures. By the end of August I was […]
How to Spend 20 Days in Italy
I’ve wanted to go to Italy for as long as I’ve known I was Italian. So, pretty much always. When I was deployed last year, my now ex-boyfriend & I started talking about trips to take after the deployment. He’s Italian. I’m Italian. We’d both always dreamed of visiting Italy, so Italy it was. We […]
Teddy Roosevelt’s Birthplace, a National Historic Site
Our 26th president, one Theodore Roosevelt, was a legit badass. He was just 42 when he took office, following the assassination of President McKinley, which makes him the youngest president we’ve ever had. After his death, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions as commander of the Rough Riders at the Battle […]