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Road-Tripping Nebraska & The Dakotas: Exploring America’s Great Plains

October 24, 2020 No Comments
Windmill on our Nebraska road trip

You may or may not know that this blog was started when yours truly was pursuing her 40×40 (40 countries by age 40, which I smashed by the way). And, to be honest, I’ve yet to establish another travel goal for myself. But the #AdventurePartnerForLife hasโ€”to visit all fifty states. And who am I to […]

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๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜? There are legit dead people in those crumbling, wooden houses. ๐Ÿ‘ป Yep, the Eklutna Cemetery is just north of Anchorage, Alaska. The cemetery itself is Athabascan (and those are traditional Athabascan "spirit houses"), but the Saint Nicholas Church behind it is actually Russian Orthodox. โ›ช So, it's an interesting cultural mix.โฃ
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When family members pass, blankets are placed over their graves to warm and comfort the soul. Forty days later, families will return to place a spirit box over the site and to leave parting gifts. ๐ŸŽ The houses are then left to weather and decay, honoring the Athabascan belief that, โ€œ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป.โ€ ๐ŸŒโฃ
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I'm admittedly a kind of "fan" of cemeteries. Of #darktourism in general, actually. Which will make my upcoming trip to Savannah and Charleston extra cool. ๐Ÿค— I think it's the history and the mystery. ๐—”๐—ป๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? ๐—ก๐—ผ? ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ? โฃ
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#travelalaska #alaskatravel #alaska #alaskanps #thealaskalife #alaskanadventures #anchorage #alaskalife #explorealaska #ak #worldtraveler #wanderer #traveldiaries #seetheworld #writetotravel #travelstroke #ilovetravel #exploretocreate #wandering #travelogue #unlimitedparadise #planetdiscovery #keepexploring #travelgirl #adventuretime #travelcouple #travelinspo #thebestdestinations #wonderfulplaces
Happy Friday, yโ€™all! Whatโ€™s been the highlight Happy Friday, yโ€™all! Whatโ€™s been the highlight of your week? ๐ŸŒŸ This week has been a good one for me! I landed my first travel speaking gig ๐ŸŽ™(A big one! Details TBD.) and am getting a fun gift box from an amazing tourism board. ๐ŸŽ Andโ€”GET THISโ€”Iโ€™m going to Puerto Rico ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท to bring PUPPIES ๐Ÿถ back to an area animal shelter!!! Iโ€™m BEYOND excited about this and, when I go, youโ€™ll be the first to hear all the deets!
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Like that time in Yellowstone the #AdventurePartnerForLife and I FINALLY broke the bear drought. ๐Ÿป Weโ€™d been denied bear sightings in Denali, Kenai, AND Banff, ๐ŸŒฒ if you can believe it. But somewhere around Norris Geyser Basin and the Paint Pots, we finally spotted one! Just one. (But thatโ€™s all we needed, right?)
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Tell me the best thing that happened for you this week! ๐Ÿฅณ Or, tell me all about one of your favorite travel highlights! ๐Ÿคฉ Letโ€™s get this weekend started right!
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#yellowstonenps #yellowstone #yellowstonenationalpark #yellowstonepledge #findyourpark #nationalpark #nationalparks #nationalparkservice #optoutside #outdoorwomen #choosemountains #getoutstayout #theoutbound #campvibes #thegreatoutdoors #adventureisoutthere #adventureculture #goparks #greettheoutdoors #liveyouradventure #anythingispossible #powerofpositivity #alifeofintention #searchwandercollect #makemoments #staywild #wanderfolk #wildernessbabes #campingcollective
Wowza. Talk about an unforgettable day! ๐Ÿคฉ After Wowza. Talk about an unforgettable day! ๐Ÿคฉ After spending a few days in the Atacama, we headed south to Santiago, Chile ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ and did a day trip to Cajรณn del Maipo. โฃ
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Not only did we see THISโ€”which is spectacular enough in and of itself, amiright?โ€”we got to see Andean Condors, which were once on the Endangered Species List. ๐Ÿฆ…โฃ
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We met loads of fun, fellow travelers that day and had A LOT of laughs. All while drinking Chilean wine ๐Ÿท and eating cheese, ๐Ÿง€ olives, and charcuterie goodness. With THAT viewโ€”Embalse El Yeso. ๐Ÿ”โฃ
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๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป! ๐Ÿฅ‚ ๐—”๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜€... ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ #๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†!โฃ
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#WhereTheImpossibleIsPossible #IDreamOfChile #chilegram #chileinsta #chilegramers #chiletravel #santiago #instachile #instasantiago #embalseelyeso #cajondelmaipo #NoAltoMaipo #QueremosParque #daytrip #daytrippers #allthewine #chile #prettylittletrips #mytinyatlas #postcardsfromtheworld #worldcaptures #wonderfulplaces #choosemountains #adventurevibes #worldexplorer  #sheexplores #planetdiscovery #wildernessbabes #expandyourplayground
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ "๐—”๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€" ๐—ผ๐—ฟ "๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€." Askers will ask anything and don't mind a NO. ๐Ÿ‘Ž Guessers will only ask if they know the answer will be a resounding YES. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚?โฃ
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I am HANDS DOWN an Asker. (Which some people consider rude sometimes.) ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ Many, many years ago, I adopted the motto, "๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ." And I [generally] try to muster up the courage to reach out and ASK for opportunities without being TOO imposing. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ But this photo is the perfect reason why.โฃ
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I've had a couple of unique, once-in-a-lifetime experiences and THIS was one of them. ๐Ÿคฉ Out of over 4,000 applicants, ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ. For a WHOLE summer. (Basically, junior park rangers.) ๐Ÿ˜Žโฃ
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If I hadn't gone ahead and put my name in the hat DESPITE the overwhelming likelihood I WOULDN'T be selected... I'd've never experienced it. You really never know. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐——๐—˜๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ! โค โฃ
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P.S. I've got a whole travel journal of my road trip back to Yellowstone a few years ago on my blog. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ 1 ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://globaldebauchery.com/2016/05/22/flashpacking-yellowstone-welcome-west-yellowstone/โฃ
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#yellowstonenps #yellowstone #yellowstonepledge #findyourpark #nationalparkservice #nps #nationalpark #nationalparks #optoutside #outdoorwomen #choosemountains #getoutstayout #theoutbound #campvibes #goatworthy #thegreatoutdoors #adventureculture #nps100 #goparks #liveyouradventure #greettheoutdoors #searchwandercollect #solovelysofree #makemoments #flashesofdelight #alifeofintention #travelinspo #wildernessbabes #staywild #campingcollective
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ'๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป? ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฒ๐—ต? It's the sort of view that conveys... POSSIBILITIES. All the possibilities. Endless possibilities.โฃ
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2020 was such a letdown in so many ways, so I've really enjoyed attending some 2021 goal-setting workshops with my fav girl group @sheswanderful. ๐Ÿ“ โฃ
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Imagine yourself 12 months from now, having some Starbies with a friend. โ˜• ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ? ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ?โฃ
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You'd better start planning. And DOING. Because there's no time like the present! This is our year, ya'll! ๐Ÿพโฃ
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P.S. ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ 2020, ๐——๐—  ๐—บ๐—ฒ and I'll tell you all about Wanderful. Such an incredible group of women and I couldn't be prouder to be a part of it! ๐Ÿ’–โฃ
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Awe. This was when yours truly and the #AdventureP Awe. This was when yours truly and the #AdventurePartnerForLife were newly cuffed up ๐Ÿ’• and exploring the world on a WAY tighter budget than we have now. ๐Ÿ’ธ We used to do (and actually still do) day trips to area national parks and monuments. Get our parks passports stamps. ๐Ÿ“– They're mostly free sights and only an hour or two drive from home.โฃ
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So, welcome to Chatham Manor. Which was kind of an Insta-dream in a lot of ways. ๐Ÿ“ธ It's part of the current day Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, and is a former plantation from the Civil War era. โฃ
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Because of its glorified "status" at the time, it housed a lot of different famous folks, including Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Walt Whitman, โœ and Clara Barton. ๐Ÿ’‰ It also housed Robert E. Lee. ๐Ÿ‘Žโฃ
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The manor was completely destroyed during the Civil War, but was eventually restored and donated to the National Park Service. It's now known as being one of the finest homes in the state of Virginia. ๐Ÿก And its garden is simply gorgeous. ๐ŸŒณ โฃ
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๐—”๐—ป๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ? There are a lot of them! You might be surprised. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโฃ
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