I’m planning a trip. An epic trip. A trip that’s going to take me to some of the most beautiful locations in the western United States and Canada. The fact is that I’ve never done anything like this in my life. Over 3500 miles and two weeks worth of backpacking and exploring in areas so remote and so majestic, just reading about them and looking at pictures of them invoke feelings that I’ve only felt when flipping through a copy of National Geographic.
It’s difficult planning a trip like this. There are so many moving parts, so many things that I need to purchase, so many people that I need to contact and try to convince to work with me on making this journey a reality. Sometimes it’s overwhelming, and I wonder whether I have it in me, not only to take the trip, but to afford it, coordinate it, make sure it ends up being a journey that means something. But I push onward, because I know that for the rest of my life, this trip is going to represent my last summer in my 20’s. If that’s the sole thing it ends up representing, the trip will have been a success. But I know it’s going to mean so much more. This is where I’m going to find myself, and my own potential. This journey isn’t a swan song, but the inception to something much larger in my life.
Through this blog, you are going to share this epic journey with me. To that end, I hope that after reading this, you feel the spark of the romantic, know inspiration, and recognize your own potential to get out in this world and enjoy its wonders.
Cheers, and welcome to my travel blog.
Rob
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Niiiiiiice!!!!! It’s super overwhelming, I know the feeling. I will follow your every step via this blog. Maybe a few steps in real life.
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