by justbeingbing | Jul 17, 2019 | Americana, British Cream Golden Retrievers, Colorado Road trip 2019, Freedom, Journey, Road trip with your dog, White golden retrievers
I have memories from my adolescence of marathon drives through Nebraska, certain that part of the journey from Pennsylvania to the Tetons on 80 West would never end. Looking back, I wonder how many Nancy Drew books I consumed just during that drive across that one...
by justbeingbing | Jul 14, 2019 | Americana, Camping, Colorado Road trip 2019, hipcamp, Journey, Road trip with your dog, Solo female travel, White golden retrievers, women
For six days at the beginning of July, Lexi the Golden and I traveled westward from Virginia to Colorado. We were past the half-way mark now, and after a lovely day exploring eastern and central Missouri, we were more than ready to call it a day as we approached the...
by justbeingbing | Jul 11, 2019 | Americana, British Cream Golden Retrievers, Colorado Road trip 2019, Freedom, Road trip with your dog, White golden retrievers, women
Missouri lay on the map as a giant question mark. The St. Louis Arch, Kansas City barbecue & the mighty Mississippi were all I knew. For this East Coast girl (PA for the first half of my life, and VA up until now), the “Show Me” state was a relative...
by justbeingbing | Jul 8, 2019 | Americana, British Cream Golden Retrievers, Colorado Road trip 2019, Journey, Quilt barns, Solo female travel, women
Our short sample of Southern Kentucky proved to be both sweet and simple. Nothing at all like my preconceived ideas of thoroughbreds, basketball, bourbon and bluegrass. Those are the images of my uninitiated mind when I think about Kentucky, but my...
by justbeingbing | Jul 6, 2019 | Americana, British Cream Golden Retrievers, Colorado Road trip 2019, Freedom, Hiking
I’m learning that on every trip, there will be moments that throw me out of my comfort zone and cause me to scramble a bit, pray harder, and just meet the anxiety head on and deal with it. To be sure, I’ve already had a few of those this week, and...
by justbeingbing | Jul 4, 2019 | Americana, Colorado Road trip 2019, Freedom, Hiking, Road trip with your dog, Solo female travel, White golden retrievers, women
Girl power. Yup, it’s a real thing, though I’m technically past what most may consider my “girl” years. It may only be night #2 of “Bing and Lexi’s Wild West Adventure”, but I’m feeling pretty accomplished at the...