The day was June 15th, 2019. I was walking away from my car ready to explore Zion National Park for the very first time with a few of my closest friends. As we were walking, I found myself making comments about which hikes I thought would be the most unique, what time of day to do them, how the shuttle system would work, how the valley was formed etc.

” You must have been coming to this park all your life, you know so much about it!”

“No, I have never been before”.

“Really?? How do you know so much about it? Your’e like a tour guide!!”

Well, I enjoy reading. I enjoy the research involved in traveling. I enjoy traveling and getting the most out of it. Later as we were walking, I had strangers approach me and ask me what trail they should hike that day haha.

One thing I have noticed is that other people don’t enjoy planning trips as much as I do. Take my husband for example. When we were planning our honeymoon, we knew that we wanted to visit many of the national parks in Arizona and Utah. I was obsessed with looking at maps, planning our route, typing up a schedule, figuring out cool food trucks or interesting hikes etc. My husband could not understand it. He got tired of looking stuff up within five minutes. But, once we got on our honeymoon, he told me over and over how happy he was that I had done the research. Because knowing the cool stuff, where to go, where to eat, what to do makes a trip more enjoyable! Otherwise you might miss out on an incredible thing just because you didn’t look it up.

I want to help others travel and travel well! Travel doesn’t have to break the bank. Travel doesn’t have to make you frustrated. My husband and I are straight chilling on my teacher salary, and while we don’t have a ton of disposable income we still travel! I want to help make the world just a bit more accessible, and let you benefit from my travel research obsession! If you have any questions about me or any of the places I have been to, feel free to reach out and ask for advice!

“Traveling- It leaves you speechless then turns you into a storyteller”