hiking – The Distracted Damsel

Daily writing prompt

Think back on your most memorable road trip.

This one is an easy one for me. Almost 15 years ago, my sister and I took a 2 week road trip across country and I could definitely do it again. I was moving back east for college and I wanted to do something fun. We planned a route on a paper map (yes paper) and planned and found some interesting stops along the way.

We are very random when it comes to what keeps our interest. There are famous places along the way and just nonsense. Ill break these down.

Salt Palace in Salt Lake Utah.

Old Faithful in Yellowstone

Crazy Horse Memorial Sioux Falls in South Dakota -we saw Rushmore too.

Pizza Doctors in La Crosse WI- we did see the worlds largest six pack but I cant find the image 🙂

Palace #2 Corn place made somewhere in the midwest

And Lambeau Field

We have taken other road trips since but this one sticks in my head. We had a plan and a timeline but we hit random places as they came up. We got rained out of a camping site on one of the days, but mom had stuffed a visa in the glove box that covered the hotel.

We also camped over night in a teepee, found the most random store with a million teddy bears for a collection, hit mall of America, went to the Rock n Roll hall of fame and picked up my cousin in Michigan.

I really hope that sooner or later we will plan and take another one. There are many road still to take and places in the US that I want to visit. If you have some worlds largest, or killer places to stop to eat, or great views, Drop them here. I will add to the possibilities list!!

So lately I have been cruising thru the motions. Work, weekends, nephew time, boyfriend time, sleep repeat. I dont know about you but I have no idea how we went from Christmas to Summer vacation in the blink of an eye. -points if anyone gets the blink of an eye Mission Impossible reference. Anyways it just seems to have been going at lightning speed.

I am T-minus 17 days til we catch a flight to Seattle and board a ship to Alaska. And guys I can not wait. We have been lucky enough to go on many a cruise but this one isnt to the Mexican Rivera or to the colorful waters of the Bahamas. This time the bathing suits are being traded out for rain jackets and hiking boots. This time we get to see green and trees and ice.

Sometimes living in the desert, I forget that there are trees out there, beautiful lakes and rivers where you feel small in comparison to the growth around you. We will be taking a train through the hills and doing turns in Glacier Bay. We will hopefully see pods of orcas, bald eagles, elk or bears even. Wildlife from a different corner of the globe.

I think that I have got the basics and am prepared for the trip. The average temperature should be in the 60s, but at night it will get down to the 40s. I am not bringing out a parka but I have layers and most importantly a rain jacket, and water resistant hoodies. Got some new hiking boots also water resistant and im debating on gloves. Cant go without an umbrella and binoculars. Goal is to stay dry and warm.

Have any of you been to see the glacier? Or gone hiking up to the glacier? What about taken an Alaska cruise? I would love to hear what excursions you did or what stops you made. Unfortunately it isnt the time of year for the Northern Lights so at some point I will have to go back just for those. Tell me what you did or what other things you brought that would be good to have. Its getting so close!!

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From Las Vegas to New Jersey

Cruising to Alaska….