by justbeingbing | Aug 12, 2018 | Americana, Florida Keys Road Trip 2018, Freedom, Journey, Solo female travel, women
As I write, I’m discovering some of the less sensational parts of my journey have turned out to be much more compelling and interesting once I stopped long enough to reflect and write about them. Experiencing these weeks through the windshield and on foot have...
by justbeingbing | Aug 9, 2018 | Americana, Florida Keys Road Trip 2018, Freedom, Journey, Solo female travel, women
My long, slow, sweet journey from Virginia to the Florida Keys was made better for the miles I drove through Georgia. I was on the hunt for simple, and in the mid-summer heat and heart of Georgia, I found it. I’m still not sure I can accurately express the...
by justbeingbing | Aug 7, 2018 | Americana, Florida Keys Road Trip 2018, Journey, Solo female travel, women
I’ve had a bit of a love affair with South Carolina my entire adult life. The roots of this fascination can be found in the most unlikely rite of passage – the college spring break. Most kids trekked en masse to Florida for the storied beaches of the...
by justbeingbing | Aug 4, 2018 | Americana, Florida Keys Road Trip 2018, Freedom, Journey, Solo female travel, women
The first 12 years of my life were spent in the misnamed corner of central Pennsylvania known as Mosquito Valley. It consisted of a narrow neighborhood of 20-25 houses nestled in between lush green mountains. One way in, one way out. A creek ran the...
by justbeingbing | Aug 2, 2018 | Camping, Florida Keys Road Trip 2018, Freedom, Hiking, Journey, Solo female travel, women
When I first began day dreaming through this adventure, it took a while to unearth exactly where I felt compelled to explore. I had a decent handle on the path I would take – mountains through Virginia, North Carolina and northern Georgia and then south...
by justbeingbing | Aug 1, 2018 | Florida Keys Road Trip 2018, Freedom, Hiking, Journey, Solo female travel, women
I’m pretty sure I was smiling before I even woke up. Mountain air drifted into my cocooned hideaway, bringing with it the promise of a new day to explore. And blessedly, sunshine streaked through the treetops overhead, calling me out of my cloistered...
