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Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip
September 8, 2010
in Road Trip, travel, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip

I prefer to live in this fantasy world

A recap of my Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip...

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Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip
September 7, 2010
in North Carolina, Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, travel, United States, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip

It aint over till it’s over.

Sunday we woke up early after the bluegrass festival and I made the executive decision to cut my trip a day short. I allotted two days to get back but looking over my map I kept thinking I'd probably only end up a few hours...

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RedBone Willy's Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival
September 6, 2010
in concert, Festival, North Carolina, Road Trip, travel, United States, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip

RedBone Willy’s Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival.

Saturday was RedBone Willy's Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival in Lawndale, North Carolina! Sadie and I left her place early for the drive to the festival. And on our way we stopped for some breakfast to give me my first taste of Bojangles (not to...

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Virginia/North Carolia Road Trip - Korner's Folly
September 3, 2010
in North Carolina, Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, travel, United States, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip

North Carolina Road Trip & The Second Best Water Ever.

Sadie had to work this morning but when she was done she raced back home to start our day's adventure! She got a nice slice of a day in the life of Silly America, and I got a nice slice of NC BBQ (quite literally!) Out...

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Top of a mountain in WInston-Salem, North Carolina - North Carolia Road Trip
September 3, 2010
in North Carolina, Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, travel, United States, Virginia, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip

Chicago needs more mountains.

Thursday. After a bagel with Will. After a quick stop at the rest area because Flopsy needed a bathroom break. After a detour to see a big pencil. I left Virginia and rolled my way into North Carolina. I headed out to Mt. Airy, North Carolina: AKA Mayberry. A town...

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Virginia/North Carolia Road Trip - Foamhenge in Natural Bridge, Virginia
September 2, 2010
in Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, travel, United States, Virginia, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip

I swear we were infinite.

It's weird how unweird things are sometimes. Like how you can spend a night hanging out with someone you met in a bar in a foreign country two years ago and hadn't seen since and how it's weird but not really that weird at the...

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Virginia/North Carolia Road Trip - Shenandoah Caverns
August 31, 2010
in Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, travel, United States, Virginia, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip, wine

And all the roads that lead you there were winding.

Sometimes a trip seems a day or two too long. It can happen when you need to get from point A to point B to point C and point B is only in town on a Wednesday and point C is going on on a...

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Hibachi in Virginia
August 29, 2010
in Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, travel, United States, Virginia, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip

Virginia Road Trip: I don’t do well with decisions.

I made the decision, this morning, on the second day of my Virginia road trip, to make a b-line for Alexandria. I had a few stops at roadside attractions scheduled but nothing really stood out and I figured I'd rather make it to Virginia early....

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Space Ship in Mars, Pennsylvania
August 28, 2010
in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, travel, United States, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip

You know you take the scenic route when…

Lesson of the day: while I try to be a good driver who follows the rules of the road there are times that I will break those rules. Like when there is a sign that says no passing for the next seven miles and I...

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Times Square New York
August 27, 2010
in Road Trip, travel, United States, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip

Hitting the Road!

OK. I am doing it. In the morning I am hopping in my car and taking the biggest longest road trip I've ever taken and driving by myself further than I've even driven by myself before to a couple of states I have never been...

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Hi, I’m Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the teal couch. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. I lived my life in limbo. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job and bought a one-way ticket to Europe. After 3 years on the road I’m back in Chicago, exploring the city, learning guitar, decorating my apartment in too much teal, cuddling my cats, and planning my next adventures.

            

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