Finding a good campground can sometimes feel like a gamble. You can look at photos online, read through the campground description, and hope that the site you reserve looks anything like the pictures when you arrive. Sometimes you end up pleasantly surprised, and other times you spend the entire trip wishing you had booked somewhere else. Our stay at Alpine North Loop Campground near Alpine, Wyoming, ended up being somewhere in between. We had a beautiful campsite surrounded

Fall has always been my favorite season. Maybe it's the cooler mornings, the leaves finally starting to change, or the excuse to make another cup of coffee, but everything just feels a little calmer this time of year. I find myself spending less time rushing from one thing to the next and more time enjoying the little moments that make autumn feel like, well... autumn. This is my cozy fall routine, filled with warm coffee, homemade baking, and weekends spent wandering apple o

Welcome to Part 2 of my Chengdu, China blog! If you haven't read Part 1 yet, you can read it here! In Part 1, I talked about my first impressions of Chengdu, the incredible Sichuan food, and the biggest culture shocks I experienced when I first arrived in China. While the food was one of my favorite parts of my time abroad, there was so much more to discover. Living in Chengdu gave me the opportunity to see everyday life in China, explore places I never could have seen on a s

Traveling to China is an experience I'll never forget. While I was in college, I had the opportunity to spend the summer living in Chengdu, China, through a study abroad program where I studied International Business and Coding. Before arriving, I intentionally wanted to travel somewhere completely different from what I was used to. I wanted to experience a culture where I knew very little about the customs, daily life, or even the language. Looking back, I couldn't have pick