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United States of America

Home sweet home, I love America! I’ve lived in three states over my life: Louisiana, Arkansas, and now Georgia. I’ve been to 39 states. I love discovering new-to-me parts of the country, especially in national parks during hiking trips with my friends.

At the top of my USA bucketlist is Lake Tahoe, upstate New York, and coastal Alaska.

Click on a state on the map below to see my posts on that state.
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States Visited

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi

Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming

The Ultimate Bachelorette Trip in Miami 

Miami is one of the top bachelorette destinations in the US. It’s the perfect spot to celebrate with your girls! I was here for my friend Angelena’s bachelorette weekend in April. I thought it was the perfect time to visit […]

Haywood County, NC: A Complete Travel Guide

Haywood County is one of my favorite places. I’ve been visiting this area for a long time, and my husband Mike and I got married there in 2024. Located in the heart of the Smoky Mountains in western North Carolina, […]

Day Trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the perfect day trip destination if you are staying in the Cherokee or Gatlinburg areas. This is the most visited national park in the United States, with over 12 million visitors in 2024. The […]

Day Trip to Breckenridge: Itinerary for First-Time Visitors

The adorable town of Breckenridge is located in the mountains of Colorado. It’s known for its world-class skiing and snowboarding, but is worth a visit in the summer too! While Mike and I were visiting our good friends Dustin and […]

Savannah, Georgia Travel Guide

Savannah is one of my favorite cities in the south and is an easy weekend trip from Atlanta. The city is the oldest in Georgia, founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe. It was one of the only towns left standing […]

California’s Route 1 Road Trip – Best Stops from San Francisco to Big Sur

Route 1 (AKA the Pacific Highway) is a coastal highway that covers a good portion of the state of California. The road is 656 miles long and runs from the Los Angeles area to northern California. It’s known for its […]

Two Day Itinerary for Monterey, California

I spent a week in Monterey, California for a work conference in August 2024. I ended up having a couple days worth of free time while the conference was not in session.  The conference was at Asilomar Hotel, in Pacific […]

How to Spend One Day in Omaha

I visited Omaha, Nebraska with Mike in September 2022 for my cousin’s wedding. While we spent about a day doing wedding-related activities, we also spent a day exploring the city. These are my recommendations for things to do in the […]

Bachelorette Weekend in Blue Ridge, Georgia

I had my bachelorette weekend with nine of my closest friends in Blue Ridge, Georgia in early March! I love Blue Ridge: it’s located in the north Georgia mountains and there is no shortage of things to do. Most of […]

Backpacking Wayah Gap to Siler Bald 

This section of the Appalachian Trail leads to one of the best views of North Carolina’s mountains. My friend Ashley and I (and my pup Ollie!) hiked to Siler Bald and camped on the top of the mountain. It was […]

Itinerary & Logistics of a Six-Day Utah Road Trip

I spent six days doing a Utah Road Trip in October 2022 with my friend Ashley. We had an awesome time and saw so much!! Utah is one of my favorite states after this trip. It’s so diverse and there […]

Exploring the Great Salt Lake in Utah

At the end of our Utah road trip, we explored the Great Salt Lake area. This lake (originally known as Lake Bonneville) once covered almost a quarter of the state of Utah. Several thousand years ago, the lake was almost […]


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