Happy New Year, friends! I hope 2020 is off to a great start for you and your loved ones. I've been under the weather all year, but as they say, no place to go but up! Anyway, as the clock hit midnight on New Years Eve and our neighbors ignited all manner of fireworks, I …
Tag: Utah
So You’re Planning a Roadtrip
Though it's easy to make traveling purely about the destination (because we get excited about new places!), if you have the time to commit to a roadtrip, it's an ideal way to refocus your travel around the act of traveling itself- that is, the journey. The way roads wind through landscapes, the roadside vegetation, the climate, …
Ode to Snow
Winter is a time for contemplation. Everything takes a little longer to do. Food must be warmed, layers must be compiled and worn, windshields and sidewalks must be scraped and shoveled of ice and snow. Whether you are in the midst of knee-deep snow yourself or whether you only dream of it, I invite you …
Desert Abundance
Over Thanksgiving break, Matt and I visited Zion, Canyonlands, and Arches National Parks in Utah as well as Antelope Canyon on the Navajo Reservation outside Page, Arizona, and Horseshoe Bend (of the Colorado River) there too. I’ve never been any place that dry before, that red. North Carolina clay is notoriously red and dense, but …
Utah: Land of Skiing, Land of Canyons, Land of People-Actually-Live-Here
I reckon it's about time to write a blog post that's not Christmas-related *sigh*. Things in Laramie, Wyoming have been pleasantly not-too-cold and not-too-windy, about which I could, admittedly, be happier. We always find reasons to complain, don't we? There may be no wind and it may be 30 degrees Fahrenheit, but it just so …
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Holi in SLC
In order to live in Laramie, sometimes you just have to get out of Laramie. That's what my friend Amy and I did last weekend - five and a half hours of driving to Salt Lake City, another five and a half back. The descent into Salt Lake is as gorgeous as it is dangerous …
Salt Lake City Weekend
For the long MLK weekend, Matt and I bid adieu to Laramie and headed for Salt Lake City, where fellow UNC graduates and friends Kyle, Tallie, Sara, and Dan now reside. Both Dan and Kyle are in graduate school at the University of Utah there. It took a little under six hours for us to …
