Road trip to Sioux Falls, SD and Lake McConaughy, NE ~ May 2023

I decided to go on a road tip by myself instead of flying and do some camping along the way. Drove to Sioux Falls, SD for my great-nieces graduation and stayed for 3 days and then drove to Lake McConaughy, NE and camped for 3 days.

All packed up and ready for my first solo road trip

Left on a Thursday and drove about 5 hours to Bridgeport, NE and stayed in a hotel that night

My interesting attraction stop in Alliance, NE was Carhenge

Friday I drove about 8 hours to Sioux Falls, SD and saw some very pretty countryside

Stayed at a KOA and nearly froze the first night as it was down in the 30's but the following two nights it was down in the 40's and it was much more comfortable! Things I would suggest as a solo woman traveler.....a porta potty for the tent. It was a lifesaver for me so I didn't have to venture out in the dark!

Campfires and afternoon naps

Drove 2 hours roundtrip on Sunday morning to buy a cup for my Starbucks coffee cup collection and now I can say I've been to Minnesota!

Left Monday morning for Lake McConaughy. This was an 8 hour drive and was a beautiful campsite but no one else was camping yet this season. A little remote for a single woman but I felt safe.

This was a favorite thing for me. I bought a hammock for the first time and found two perfect trees to hang from and enjoyed time relaxing, reading and listening to nature.

7 day road trip with the 1st night in a hotel and 5 nights tent camping. 25 hours driving and 1550 miles.

Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska and back to the 303!.

Belize ~ Feb 2023

 Went to Belize for Roman Sr. and Beatriz's wedding and had a bachelorette party the night before.

                    Daisy and Beatriz                                                                Lizandro and Roman

        Catherine!

Andrew, Catherine and I brought lots of gifts for the kids. Cooking the pork in the ground.

Beautiful wedding day! Beatriz and Elliette

Bride and groom

My boys I've been mentoring since 2020

Baby turtle

Andrew and Catherine taking a nap (the hammocks are the living room furniture)

Andrew and Catherine went up to the top of Xunatunich Mayan ruins

No caption needed. LOL

We spent a couple days in San Ignacio

            Andrew loves all the critters

Catherine caught this fish and the cook at the resort we stayed at in Belize City cooked it up for us!

Note to self....do not put your chair on top of an ant hill. This was so painful!

Wonderfront Festival ~ San Diego, November 2022

Flew to San Diego for music!

Coronado Bay Bridge

Beautiful sunsets

Festival in downtown San Diego at Seaport Village

Andrew and Catherine flew across the country - Florida to California to attend the festival

We had such a great time! Great music, food and weather