... I Just Don't Feel Like Growing Up

If you've ever thought about packing up the car and taking off for places you've never seen, well, you can do it! Of course, this involves quitting your job, moving to another state and living off of your savings (and answering your parents' questions on "When exactly do you plan on growing up?") but it's healthier than trying out for Survivor and less likely to give you a transmissible disease than sleeping with a 21 year old unemployed musician (mmm... drummers). Anyway, this blog is about my upcoming Western States/Parks road trip in May 2011. If you have input, insight, advice, or have an extra couch and washer/dryer which you would enjoy being occupied by a smelly, semi-homeless 37 year old woman, then I'd like to hear from you!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

It's Up and Away!

Great! The site is up and running. I carefully went through and changed all of the fonts to Verdana, because Times New Roman reminds me of work. Trip planning is coming along - I just ordered my crank/solar powered radio and flashlights in a jaunty red color (they are so super cute and and tiny and I will totally leave them on the kitchen counter so other people can admire them). Tent and sleeping bags will be borrowed from Mom (thanks Mom!). I picked up a tent cot (the Alagash Cot from LLBean) because 1) I hate sleeping on the ground and 2) I hate being cold. In fact, the only reason why I rarely go camping is because of the sleeping arrangements, which I think is a pretty good reason. So, problem solved, hopefully it fits in the tent.

You are probably wondering where I am going for this trip. Here is the list:
1) Moab, UT
2) Arches National Park
3) Canyonlands National Park
4) Four Corners (yes, I am driving hours out of my way to get a picture of my left foot in New Mexico)
5) Grand Canyon
6) Phoenix
7) Joshua Tree National Park
8) L.A.
9) San Francisco
10) Sonoma- must remember to shower/put on clean clothes before going to wineries. And potentially after, too.
11) Redwoods National Park
12) Oregon Coast
13) Olympic National Park
14) Pullman, WA - I'm coming to see you, Stern!
15) Boise
16) Grand Teton National Park
17) The FoCo
18) Back to Snowmass to pick up the animals - thanks for not beating the dog senseless, Mom and Dad!
19) 20 Year High School Reunion in Ann Arbor, June 4th. I'll be the one looking like Tom Hanks in CastAway, hopefully minus the beard


And back to Cbus for Senior Send-off on June 10th (and hopefully no longer looking like Tom Hanks).


Now that I look at the list... it seems like I'll need to pare this down some.