Travel Tips

I used to think packing a car was just throwing stuff in until it fit. Then I spent three weeks driving from Seattle to Maine with my partner, two dogs

I used to think parallel parking a Chevy Suburban in downtown Chicago was the worst thing that could happen to a person on a Tuesday morning.

I used to think keeping track of packages while traveling was impossible. Then I spent three months moving between cities for work, ordering everything

I used to think you could hit all the major Western parks in two weeks if you really pushed it. Turns out—and I learned this the hard way, somewhere between

I’ve spent more nights than I can count sitting around campfires, and here’s the thing—the chair you’re sitting in matters way more than you’

The trees don’t care that you drove eight hours to see them. I used to think ancient meant hidden—tucked away in some misty forest where sunlight

I spent three hours last summer staring at my phone in a parking lot outside Albuquerque, trying to figure out which app would actually help me not miss

I used to think road trip documentation was about perfect sunset photos and poetic captions. Turns out, the best travel records are messy—smudged notebook

I’ve driven past the Spanish Peaks maybe a dozen times, and I never knew what I was looking at. The Highway of Legends—Colorado’

I used to think shoulder season was just marketing speak for “when nobody wants to go.” Turns out, visiting national parks during those in-between