In a recent article which (poorly*) analyzed Instagram search terms, it was revealed that South Dakota is the second-least Instagrammed state, only after North Dakota.
Why so little love for South Dakota? I’m thinking it may have something to do with the fact that the population of the entire state of South Dakota is only around 8 million.
Read moreIf I had a dollar for every time someone asked me some version of the question ‘how can you afford to travel so often’ my response would be: Well, it really helps that I get paid a dollar every time someone asks me that exact question.
Read moreI went to Kentucky to learn about bourbon. I was really excited about it. And then I got to Kentucky and everywhere I looked there were long wooden fences surrounding rolling green hills topped with silhouettes of majestic horses tossing their heads around like they were in a freaking horse shampoo commercial and the used-to-be-a-little-girl part of me was like ohmygodIlovethemIlovethemIlovethem and I got kind of distracted.
Read moreWhen I was in the 8th grade, I drank a fifth of Canadian whiskey*. I drank it like it was iced tea, from a big plastic cup, over the course of a few hours, at a party in a friend’s basement. Twenty-one years later, I can still picture being the bathroom that night, my vision rolling like an old television with poor reception. And twenty-one years later, I still remember how very, very, unbelievably sick I got that night (and the next day. And the next day.)
Read moreI’ve said it before and I’ll say it again and again, in bold and italics: I love The Suitcase Scholar. It may be the single thing which has most shaped my life and my personality. That’s a bold statement, but it’s also pretty damn accurate.
Read moreI write a lot about solo travel for two very good reasons. First, due to the circumstances of my life, the majority of my travel is solo travel. And second, solo travel is awesome.
Read moreIn the past couple of years, the blinding light of media attention has turned on the cruise industry, taking joy in exposing every mishap on the high seas. And why not? Legitimate tragedies aside, a story about Carnival passengers being forced to poop in a bag? Yeah. People click on that. I know I follow those stories with sick fascination. Admit it. You do, too.
Read moreToday we travel from Cambria to south of San Francisco and enjoy one of the best stretches of roads in America, Route 1 through Big Sur.
Read moreAll of the online advice offered that yes, you can complete a drive up the central coast in two days and not spend a fortune. But should you?
You decide.
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