I made this my first blog post, because…well because I love this picture! It was taken at Bodega Head in Ca. a few years ago, it’s framed in my hallway and for me, it sums up our travel adventures thus far to date. A random blue velvet chair on a beach. We just stumbled upon this great photo op with so many untold stories. How did it get there? Who did this chair belong to? Why was it there?
This has been the theme of so many of our travels, from stumbling across a group of guys cooking up some fresh caught abolone in a parking lot (they were cooking it with bacon, so I was all about it) and were generous enough to ask us to join them! To backpacking Rome, with no plan and just a map, is the best way for us to roll! I know the thought of this causes instant anxiety for some, but for us it has always been serendipitous. And luckily, this form of nilly willy, no plan, choose a direction and go, fits both of our personalities!
It has however, on occasion, caused a hiccup, (or two) mostly when I, Miss Nilly Willy No Plan (and no research) have been on Pinterest and Instagram too many times before a trip. And I use those cool pics as my tour guide! Sometimes they work out, but mostly they don’t! Hence the birth of this blog. I decided that I had been duped for the last time, by misinformation and some cool pictures taken from an humanly impossible angle, with a special $3,000 camera lens. Since we are on the road so much, I would choose some locations that have become uber popular since the birth of social media and “debunk” their claims of beauty and spiritual experience! Meaning, I will let you know what’s really up! Is it 80 miles out of the way? Is it on private property, Native American land, do you need a permit, or require a 10 mile hike once you get there? Yes, these are real obstacles we have encountered more times than not. It’s sort of a public service, that I intend to use to save you travel time, gas, money, and mostly your sanity, and unnecessary meltdowns on the side of a cliff or mountain, which yes I have had, and my husband has had to talk me down from! Not pretty!
So, having said ALL of that, I will begin. I will also take requests, if there is somewhere you are planning on traveling to and have questions, please ask. If it’s somewhere we have had the pleasure of traveling to, I will tell you everything we know, If not, I have the fortune of having one of the most well, and world traveled Mother in laws on the planet! (I’m looking at you Granny G!) and am not above picking her brain for all the info we need. I hope you will find this helpful, and at the very least, enjoy some entertaining travel adventures. (Yes this stuff actually happens to us.)
Love, adventure and safe travels,
M.
(p.s. patience on this blog thing. It literally took me 4 hours to get this much)
The real life adventures of a Creole Gypsy 