The purpose of our six-week road trip across the West was twofold: 1) To see many of the states and national parks neither of us had seen and 2) to visit places that were hard or expensive to fly into and, thus, only readily accessible by car. I’ve been asked why we aren’t hitting up [...]
How I Came to Sing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
May 29, 2011 By 43 Comments
This is a story of how the Internet can make what you didn’t realize was—but, in fact, is—your wildest dream come true. While in the throes of planning our time in Salt Lake City, I was emailing with girl-about-town Heidi, who said if we were around on a Thursday night we should stop by Temple [...]
Photo Friday: Bonneville, Utah
May 27, 2011 By 29 Comments
The plan originally was to drive from Elko, Nevada to Salt Lake City, Utah without stopping, but that’s until I saw photos of Bonneville Salt Flats on Heidi’s blog. I needed to go there. Prior to researching for this trip, I’d never even heard of Bonneville before; I’m not big on racing—have never actually seen [...]
Salt Lake City: Friendliest People, Crappiest Weather
May 25, 2011 By 30 Comments
In the beginning, Salt Lake City was meant to be merely a stopover point to driving from California to Utah’s Canyonlands, to break up the drive a bit. But one day quickly turned into four, thanks to Heidi being the city’s greatest ambassador and all the great tips she sent us to activities in the [...]
Never a Dull Moment When You Travel with Me
May 23, 2011 By 38 Comments
When my sister’s car was ravaged by hail and nearly had to be totaled out during those terrible storms that hit the South earlier this month—and then her roommate’s car (also damaged in the storm) was fully totaled by a crate that flew off an 18-wheeler in front of them on the drive from Knoxville [...]
One Year: An Awesome Anniversary Giveaway
May 22, 2011 By 39 Comments
Has it really been a whole year since this happened? (I’m not one to go all sappy on anyone, so to recap in one sentence: We got hitched last May 22, my best friend Lemon served as the officiant, we fist bumped to pulling it all off despite only sitting down to plan the ceremony [...]
Photo Friday: Waikiki, Oahu
May 20, 2011 By 30 Comments
If Honolulu surprised me with its beauty, the same could be said for Waikiki—tenfold. It blows my mind that just a peaceful spit of sand is located right in the middle of such a bustling city. Our hotel was located just a block off the beach, which was pretty convenient as we could run over [...]
Getting “Lost” on Oahu
May 19, 2011 By 23 Comments
I had so much going on before I left for Hawaii—three feature stories that exceeded 3,000 words (one for Redbook, two for Southwest Airlines‘ Spirit magazine), plus a number of smaller assignments—that I didn’t do a lot of research for our trip before we left. But that’s the beauty of social media and smartphones, isn’t [...]
Dive Mishaps in Honolulu
May 17, 2011 By 23 Comments
Waikiki Beach hardly seems like the place one comes for a little rest and relaxation, but after the craziness that was the previous nine days driving all over the Big Island and the North Shore of Oahu, we were stoked to check in and chill out. We stayed at the new Hotel Renew, which is [...]
Away We Go!
May 15, 2011 By 108 Comments
Hey, remember when my sister sailed around the world for four months and promised to blog about all her stops and adventures and never did because she’s a senior in college (actually, graduated Friday!), had grad schools to get into (starts her master’s in accountancy at UT this fall), jobs to apply for (got offers [...]
