‘Tis the season to reflect, while also looking forward to 2024. Below are my five favorite destinations of 2023, plus five highlight experiences and a collection of photos from each trip I’ve taken. Cheers to 2023, and Happy New Year! 5 Highlight Experiences of 2023 January St. Thomas Alyeska Nordic Spa February Calisto Canyon Cabin …
I’m of the mindset that a visit to a national park is always a good idea, so when a friend of mine was presenting at a conference in Seattle during the fall of 2022 and she and her husband had decided to extend their trip, we started tossing around ideas of where we should go …
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Spring of 2023 gave me my first opportunity to visit Texas: the National Art Education Association conference was happening in San Antonio! While spring in Alaska can be beautiful, it is also frequently met with impatience on my part. It’s a great time to enjoy the snow in the sunshine, but while most other areas …
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“Your daughter must sell drugs. With all these trips she goes on? No way is she doing all that on a teacher salary.” As my mother relayed this sentiment to me from one of her coworkers, all I could do was laugh. Of course I’m not doing all this traveling on just a teacher’s salary! …
It occurred to me last week that 2019 marks a full decade since my first international trip! In 2009, I was one of four high school juniors who accompanied our biology teacher to Costa Rica. With EF Educational Tours as our guide, we explored the lush landscape, went zip lining, planted trees, visited a school …
Welcome! I’m Megan, and I love to travel. I’m quite addicted, honestly. While spending time with family over the holidays, my mother asked (somewhat accusingly), “Do you literally have to travel EVERY time you have a day off?” Yes. Resoundingly, yes. While I have a full-time job in my home-base of Anchorage, Alaska, I adventure …