THE NOT SO BLONDE TRAVEL

Joshua Tree has always been on my list and by always, I mean since last August when I moved to Cali and started mapping out mini adventures in my new home state. So I guess always might be an exaggeration, but I get a little anxious and impatient when it comes to traveling and exploring.  So after cancelling Joshua Tree in November because of an ear infection, and December being crazy busy, I was super hopeful for January. But my hopes were shattered, and Joshua Tree started to become more and more like a dream that would never come true.  Perhaps another person would have thought it wasn’t meant to be - but like i said before, when it comes to traveling, I am pretty tenacious. So finally on the last day of February, with much juggling of my work schedule and some crazy luck, I made it to Joshua Tree and woke up to this beautiful sunrise on the 1st day of March.  The perfect way to start the month, don’t you think?  We entered the park t...

I am not a fan of -20 degrees. Nobody really is, and everyone said I was crazy to go to Alaska in the winter. "It's going to be dark all day" is what I heard over and over again.  But since Alaska meant dog sledding with beautiful huskies and a high probability of catching the northern lights, I didn't care. I packed my snowboarding pants and jacket, 15 pair of socks, 10 sweaters, multiple leggings and I bought shoes that I thought would protect me from the extreme temperatures of Fairbanks.  They did not. Yet I have no regrets at all. Alaska was even more beautiful and more wild then I thought it would be. And it was sunny. See I am not lying about the sun  First stop was Sitka, which according to the locals, is the most beautiful island. I won't lie. It was beautiful! Really beautiful. We even got to see bears and spot a reindeer. However the locals forgot to mention how expensive their little island was. I am not saying don't stop th...