Highway Maps & Hiking Boots

"There's a beautiful view of the end of the world from the pier..." || #flashbackfriday to @mizwriterlady and I exploring Blackpool || #kennychesney #travelphotography #blackpool #unitedkingdom #lancashire #centralpier #seascape #sunset #flashbackfriday #ferriswheel #irishsea #englishseaside #coastaltown #beachtown #travelporn #travelblogger #solofemaletraveler #travelwriter #adventure #wanderlust #england #europe #seeblueabroad #studyabroad (at Blackpool Central Pier)

This unseasonably warm weather has me itching to take a road trip. Who's with me? || #roadtrip #travelblogger #americathebeautiful #americanwest #utah #rt12 #roadscape #wanderlust #adventure #roadwarriors #travels #travelwriter #redrocks #escalante #canon (at Escalante, Utah)

Bayeux is quite possible my favorite town in Europe. Time works differently here, as if past and present exist in the same moment. || #travelblogger #backpacking #solofemaletraveler #travelwriter #travels #wanderlust #adventure #seeblueabroad #wildcatsabroad #millwheel #waterwheel #canals #bayeux #france #normandy #medieval #europe #studyabroad #studentnomad #wwii (at Bayeux, Basse-Normandie, France)

Exactly one year ago I bid a fond arrivederci to Mount Vesuvius and my bella Napoli. || #naples #italy #napoli #travels #wanderlust #adventure #backpacking #springbreak2016 #tbt #italia #miabella #europe #letsgoeurope #studentnomad #traveler #boats #fishermen #solofemaletraveler #mtvesuvius #gulfofnaples #mediterranean #seascape #seaside #ocean #studyabroad #seeblueabroad #seeblue #uky #wildcatsabroad (at Naples, Italy)

"Ever the faith endures, England, my England...Death is death; but we shall die to the song on your bugles blown." ||Today I pray and weep for my beloved England. #prayforlondon #london #westminsterbridge #england #unitedkingdom #palaceofwestminster #studyabroad #europe #riverthames #sunset #cityscape #skyline #bigben #watercolorsky #poetry #englandmyengland #williamernesthenley #terroristattacks (at Westminster Bridge)

Last week in Toronto I tried my hand at a topographic cityscape à la Vermeer. The ferry ride was brutally cold and windy but I managed to get some nice shots. || #Toronto #wardsisland #cityscape #wanderlust #travels #canada #ontario #ferry #lakeontario #greatlakes #landscape #vermeer #cntower #torontoisland #springbreak2017 #adventure #urbanexploration #urbandecay (at Wards Island Ferry)

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh! || Today I'll be listening to Celtic Thunder and wishing I was back in Dublin drinking Guinness and admiring the cityscape. #ireland #dublin #guinness #stpatricksday #stjamesgate #guinnessstorehouse #éire #cityscape #travels #europe #studyabroad #wanderlust #urbandecay #urbanexploration #irishbeer #beerstagram #todaywereallirish #irish #eringobragh (at Guinness, St. James's Gate, Dublin)

Since a panorama is really the only way to capture Mesa Arch in all its glory, I'm super pumped about the Instagram update! #nationalparks #canyonlands #mesaarch #utah #southwest #findyourpark #goparks #hiking #adventure #wanderlust #travels #roadwarriors #nationalparks #canyonlandsnationalpark #buttes #arches #redrock #panorama #landscape #canyon #camping #americathebeautiful #americanicon #acrossamerica #roadtrip (at Canyonlands National Park)

Take me back to the woods and the waterfalls... #rickettsglen #wanderlust #pennsylvania #hiking #woodenbridge #waterfall #adventure #camping #forest #statepark #goparks #nature #trails #travels #wanderthewoods #fbf (at Ricketts Glen State Park)

"The works of man are short-lived. Monuments decay, buildings crumble and wealth vanishes, but Katahdin in its massive grandeur will forever remain the mountain of the people of Maine." - Percival P. Baxter || Today seems as good a time as any to reflect on #americathebeautiful . #katahdin #maine #adventure #wanderlust #mountains #sandystreampond #appalachiantrail #theat #at #nature #baxter #newengland #baxterstatepark #endofthetrail #hiking #camping #travels #goparks #findyourpark #seekadventure #reflection #roadtrip #mtkatahdin #pinetrees #peace (at Mount Katahdin)

"God brings you here and you are his warrior. He put your foot on this path. He guides you." -Ronie Kendig, Conspiracy of Silence. || I'm thinking a lot about my path today as I begin my last semester of college. #grandtetons #nationalparks #goparks #wildamerica #grandtetonnationalpark #wyoming #findyourpark #travels #adventure #wanderlust #trails #hiking #camping #roadtrip #roadwarriors #mountains #nps #findyourpath #wilderness #nature #wildflowers (at Grand Teton National Park)

Today I'm longing to return to my beautiful Firenze. A good friend of mine is there this week & I'm wishing I was with her! #florence #duomo #italy #firenze #europe #europe2k16 #italia #solofemaletravel #travels #adventure #wanderlust #cityscape #santamariadefiore #florencecathedral #cathedrals #architecture #italianadventures #urbanography #worldtraveler #tourist #wayfaringamerican #canont5i #studentnomad #studyabroad #wildcatsabroad #seeblueabroad #uky #ukyabroad (at Cathedral of Santa Maria Del Fiore)

Today's damp weather has me thinking about the foggy depths of Kings Canyon, where we traveled a winding road that clung to the blue cliffs. . #kingscanyon #nps100 #nationalpark #roadscape #tbt #travels #adventure #roadtrip #california #americanwest #americanroads #roadwarriors #wanderlust #canon #kingscanyonnationalpark #hiking #camping #seekadventure #aesthetic #nature #canyon #road #landscape #fog #rain #sequoiakingscanyon #sequoia #nps #findyourpark (at Kings Canyon National Park)

#Tbt to last summer and the incredible beauty of Zion National Park. We found this view at the end of the Canyon Overlook Trail. . . #zionnationalpark #nps100 #nationalpark #findyourpark #canyon #hiking #wanderlust #adventure #zionnp #westbound #americanwest #camping #mountains #utah #nature #shotoniphone #travels #nomadlife #cliffs #roadtrip #roadwarriors (at Zion National Park)

"Oh Shenandoah I long to see you..." . I'm finally getting through the backlog of images I have from this summer's adventures, and I'm finding some real treasures. This one's from Little Stony Man Cliffs in Shenandoah. #ohshenandoah #nps100 #nps #nationalpark #findyourpark #hiking #skylanddrive #bigmeadows #virginia #wanderlust #travels #camping #nature #mountains #blueridgemountains #blueridgeparkway #roadtrip #wildamerica #cliffs #canon (at Shenandoah National Park)

"Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road." I'm currently designing some concept covers for Kerouac's seminal novel on the Beat Generation, and it's taking me back to some of my own moments from "On The Road." This one is from Valley of Fire in Nevada, June 2015. . #roadscape #nevada #valleyoffire #redrocks #ontheroad #kerouac #nature #travels #roadwarrior #roadtrip #adventure #wanderlust #nikon #americanroads #americanwest #westbound (at Valley Of Fire Nevada)

Sunset from the Cliffs of Moher. Today I'm longing for the Isle of Inisfree after a brilliant show last night by @celticthundermusic #ireland #travels #castle #cliffsofmoher #sunset #irishmusic #isleofinnisfree #studyabroad #wanderlust #adventure #celticthunder #emmetcahill #seascape #atlanticsea #shoreline #studentnomad #🍀 #🇮🇪 (at Cliffs of Moher, Ireland)