Small towns are some of my favorite places to visit! Some, like Grafton, used to be a bit bigger than they are today, while others have always been picturesque little towns. Because I love day-trips, small towns make for perfect destinations, and while I absolutely want to share these places, they don't always need a… Continue reading A Short Guide to Grafton, WV
Morgantown is one of the largest cities in West Virginia, but it's one that I didn't think much about until moving to this part of the state. Even for the first year that I was here, I still avoided Morgantown because I was so afraid of driving in it! In the last couple of years,… Continue reading A Weekend in Morgantown, WV
I loved living in Tucson, Arizona when I was in college, and I was excited to return for a few days in 2023. Ostensibly, I was attending a conference, but the more exciting part of this was getting to bring my partner with me and showing him all the places I loved in this city! What's interesting… Continue reading A Working Vacation in Tucson
I have a tendency to get restless in the winter. While I love being cozy at home, after a while that tends to turn into cabin fever. Also, I get cold. And I only enjoy the cold for short amounts of time. So, when I'm able to, I love a winter trip to somewhere warm (touring the University of… Continue reading Snowbird Road Trip: Virginia, South Carolina, & Georgia
Although I grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, I had never been to the larger and more well-known Charleston (South Carolina) until very recently. The end of 2023 was packed with a lot of travel and visiting family for me, but a highlight of all this running around was our South Carolina adventure where we… Continue reading A Winter Visit to Charleston, SC
West Virginia may not be the biggest state in the country, but it does have a lot of small towns that I've never visited before despite living here most of my life. Weston was one of those. I'd driven past the exit a hundred times on the interstate but had never had a reason to… Continue reading One Day in Weston, WV
When one of my best friends called me back in April and suggested the idea of me staying with her in Wilmington, North Carolina, for part of the summer, I jumped at the opportunity. I've always loved visiting the Outer Banks with my family in the summers, and since I didn't go last year and… Continue reading The Top 5 Things I Did in Wilmington, NC
Having grown up an hour away from the New River Gorge, I've been there several times and love the area, so I was excited when I learned it was officially becoming a National Park. Because I really enjoyed writing my posts about National Parks like Saguaro and Carlsbad, I decided to do a nice long… Continue reading All About New River Gorge National Park
Since starting college, I thought it would be fun to do a spring break road trip, and I planned out different hypotheticals (including a hiking-intensive 9 National Parks in 9 days trip that, physically, I don't actually think I could do). Last fall, with the pandemic still dragging on and online classes keeping us in… Continue reading New Mexico Road Trip: Carlsbad, White Sands, and Las Cruces
About a year ago, I went on a fun spring break trip with my family. It was a great trip to see them, especially since I thought I would spend the rest of the semester in Arizona; instead, I flew home two weeks later after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Consequently, it took me a… Continue reading A Taste of Hershey, Pennsylvania
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