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Durango & Silverton, CO
I arrived in Durango, Colorado on Sunday and was there for 3 full days. Durango is a small town in the southern part of the San Juan Mountains and is a gateway to many adventures. It was cool to realize that I’m now in the southern part of the Rockies, after being all the way…
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Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
I wasn’t made for Arizona. The humidity in Sedona and the Grand Canyon has been between 5% and 16% and it’s killing me. I’m a tropical country girl. I need more water in the air. I’ve been waking up with a bloody nose and chugging much more water than usual, which means I need to…
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Sedona, AZ
I arrived in Sedona on Tuesday afternoon and went straight to the Chapel of the Holy Cross. It’s a chapel that’s built into the rock and has an amazing view of the city and the red rocks. Inside, there’s a huge statue of Jesus. There are footprints on the floor and if you step on…
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Scottsdale, AZ
It was so good to see Chiamaka for a couple of days. I’ve been visiting a bunch of people for the past 4 months and it was nice to have someone visit me for a change. After picking Chiamaka up from the airport, we went to a bar to eat and watch Ecuador play Ivory…
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Joshua Tree National Park, CA
I made it to the desert and unlocked a new fear: rattlesnakes. Luckily, I didn’t see any in my 2 hours at Joshua Tree National Park yesterday morning. I only did one quick hike to get a sense of the landscape and then drove through the park. There is a lot of sand and rocks…
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Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, CA
Driving through the Pacific Northwest and California has been really cool. I’m driving along for hours, minding my own business, when all of a sudden, I turn a corner and there’s a huge mountain or mountain range in front of me. It’s a pretty awesome surprise. Sometimes, the mountains stay with me for the rest…
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Sacramento, CA
When I arrived in Sacramento, I realized that even though it’s been fun to explore new cities and national parks, I was craving a normal weekend. I ended up having a perfect restful weekend with family. I stayed with my cousin Glendita, her husband, Nathan, and her son, Jason. Though I barely saw Jason since…
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Crater Lake National Park, OR
Today I drove to Crater Lake National Park. It’s just 2.5 hours from Bend, so I had the afternoon to hike. You don’t need to hike to see the lake, though. Honestly, the view of the lake from the visitor center was better than the view from Garfield Peak, the top of the mountain I…
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Bend, OR
The next stop on my road trip was Bend, Oregon. I drove from Portland on Tuesday. Dawn had told me that Angeline’s Bakery in Sisters, which is right outside of Bend, has amazing bagels. I stopped there on my way in and had an egg sandwich, which was delicious. When I got to Bend, I…
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Portland, OR
I arrived in Portland, Oregon on Saturday night. I stayed with my cousin, Jaime, his wife, Dawn, and his kids, Olivia and Alexander. I hadn’t seen Jaime in 10 years! And I had never met Dawn, Olivia, or Alexander. It was really nice to spend time with them and get to know them. Dawn had…
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Coeur d’Alene, ID
This post is going to be really short because I was in Coeur d’Alene for less than 24 hours, but it felt wrong to include this in the last post since I was in a different state. Steph’s grandfather built a cabin on Coeur d’Alene Lake in Idaho many years ago. Her family still owns…
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Tenino & Spokane, WA
On Tuesday, I left Mt Rainier and Stewart’s remains and drove to Spokane, Washington. A few days earlier, I had found out that my great grandmother grew up in Tenino, WA and used to get her Christmas trees from Mt Rainier. I decided to take a short detour on my way to Spokane to check…
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