Seeing as I haven't had the time to upload any recent pictures, I thought I'd take a short trip down memory lane. The other day I was thinking to myself about how truly blessed I have been in my life. I have gotten to travel to some of the neatest places in the country. (in my opinion!) Travelling has been something I've always loved to do and hope to do plenty more in the future.
Back in 2007, I was fortunate enough that I got to travel to Arizona with my friend Megan. We stayed with her cousin and at only 16 years old, we thought we were pretty cool when he offered us to use his convertible for the week ;)
We saw many amazing places around the Scottsdale area. We also took a road trip to the Grand Canyon.
For those of you who haven't been there, add it to your bucket list now!! The pictures don't do it
any justice!! To stand at the rim of the canyon, you feel like your at the edge of the earth. It is truly breathtaking and an amazing sight to see.
Later in the same year, my mom and I took a trip down to Biloxi Mississippi. It's a city on the Gulf of Mexico that got tragically hit by Hurricane Katrina. Even two years later, the city was struggling hard to rebuild after the horrible hurricane. The damage was so sad to see and your heart just goes out to the people of the south. There were many businesses trying to rebuild and the only good thing that came out of it was that everything was brand new and truly a sight to see. We spent time at the Hard Rock Cafe in Biloxi.
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| Mom & I in front of a display of Ted Nugent |
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| Brad Paisley's Guitar!! (: (: |
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| Shrimp netting boats |
One of the days we were there, we took a trip across the border to Louisiana! We found the famous city of New Orleans. It's a city you'll fall in love with! The people, the music, the atmosphere, and the amazing food send you into a trance of a place that almost feels
make believe.
Cafe Du Monde is a very famous cafe in the French Quarter of New Orleans. They are known for their Beignets and coffee. Beignets are square pieces of dough, fried and covered with powdered sugar. (
delicious!!!) As we were sitting at the cafe enjoying our beignets, it started to rain. I have to admit, it may have been one of the most beautiful and romantic settings I've ever witnessed first hand. Just as quickly as the rain had come, it disappeared and we were rain free for the rest of our day!
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| gorgeous <3 |
In 2009, I was fortunate enough that I got to travel to Alaska to visit a friend that was stationed at the Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska is another amazing place that I have fallen in love with and would
love to return some day. I went in December, and during the Winter in Alaska, you have very little daylight. It averaged about 6 hours of daylight when I was there. The sun wouldn't completely rise. It simply would hover above the horizon for a few hours and then start to slide back behind the mountains. I explained it as "
dusk" most of the time I was up there. The mountains are breathtaking!! Being a Midwestern girl, I don't see much of the mountains and boy was this a treat for me!
We took two different road trips. The first day we travelled East.
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| "sunrise"...sorta |
Everywhere in Alaska during the Winter is
covered in ice! If you don't have a truck with studded tires, you will probably run into trouble! If you check out the picture below, you can see the coating of ice...and yes that is in a parking lot!
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| Alyeska Ski Resort |
I did get to see a couple of glaciers! They are very cool but hard to photograph! Glaciers have this beautiful blue hue to them and they don't even look real. Below is a picture of an iceberg, which is a broken off chunk of a glacier.
We travelled all the way to a small village named
Whittier. It is only accessibly by sea or by a one way tunnel through the mountain. You read that right! A small tunnel leads you through the mountain to get to the village. It only goes a certain way every half an hour! Imagine if you were running late for work....!!
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The tunnel entrance
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The wait was well worth it! Whittier is this gorgeous little gem tucked away in the mountains. The scenery is gorgeous and just imagine how different there lifestyles are.
With the sun fading fast, we decided to call it a day. The sunsets in Alaska are as gorgeous as you'd think they'd be!
The next day, we decided to travel North into Alaska. We wound up on this very curvy and
very narrow road northbound. The scenery, again, was
amazing. I think I had white knuckles by the end of the trip but it was well worth it!
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| Now that's something you don't see in Minnesota! |
The mountains seemed to be getting bigger and bigger the further north we went! I seriously
really thought that the mountains were never-ending in Alaska. Until, all of a sudden........
We clearly reached the Tundra because all the mountains stopped. It was flat for as far as you could see! (
now that was more like the Midwest!) Even the trees were miniature. It was pretty cool to see another side of Alaska.
I didn't want the trip to end and I really hope I get to see the great state of Alaska again in the future.
Travelling has always been a passion of mine and someday (when I'm rich) I will find plenty more time to do so. The world is an amazing place and I've only witnessed a
tiny portion of it!!
