Yesterday was moving day. We rented a truck and a passing stranger on a scooter helped us load the motorcycle. We spent the next 20 hours packing boxes and cleaning the apartment. My parents generously offered to hold our stuff for us, so we drove the truck 400 miles to their house and filled a …
Why Now?
I began to seriously consider long-term travel in summer of 2016. Eighteen months later my husband was convinced too and it went from daydreams and hypotheticals to spreadsheets and timelines. Two of my favorite things. We take a trip overseas whenever we can save up two weeks’ worth of vacation time. You can see a …
Loving Santa Barbara
I love Santa Barbara. I moved here for college after visiting campus once and forming a favorable impression by seeing so many students that were actively friendly. I’m sure people are nice at all the other UCs, but here they played volleyball, rode bicycles between classes and waved at strangers. People seemed happy and social, …
We Won't Melt 