Kentucky Road Trip

It was the summer after my first year of college.  I had spent the entire three months working for the American Red Cross in my small county in Ohio and…

Border Crossing

It was a weekday morning last beautiful June when we entered into Canada via a rural Alberta check point.  All three of us had showered the night before, an unfortunate…

Hiking Cracker Lake

After a nearly failed attempt at making oatmeal by campfire, we geared up for a 12-mile hike to visit Cracker Lake.  All we knew was that it came recommended by…

Modern Day Covered Wagon

When I told folks that a week after graduation my plans included a two-week cross-country road trip with my boyfriend and his younger brother, ‘they’ told me I was crazy; …