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About Nadya
Hi there! I am so glad you found me! My mission is to empower you to #TakeYourTimeOff and explore the world. I started this blog as a way to keep family and friends in the loop when I went on a 3-week trip to Asia in 2011. Although I’ve always enjoyed traveling, it wasn’t until a trip to Peru in 2012 that I started to think about ways to make travel a… Read More
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[Pagosa Springs / Cortez, CO, Sep 4, 2023] And just like that, the wedding weekend was over and it was time to continue on. For today, our only task was to make the 7.5-hr drive from Nederland to Mesa Verde National Park. I was so excited to finally visit this park! I had tried to tack it on to previous trips, but somehow I could not squeeze it in. Olivia and I… Read More
[Rocky Mountain NP, Sep 3, 2023] The morning started out back at the newlyweds’ cabin for a wedding brunch. It was nice to see everyone in a more casual setting and with no sign of the rain from the night before. In the afternoon, I couldn’t resist returning to Rocky Mountain National Park, which I had just visited the year before. There were afternoon thunderstorms again in the forecast – quite common… Read More
[Nederland CO, Sep 1-2, 2023] Getting to Colorado from Mississippi took us pretty much all day. We drove to New Orleans, where we caught a direct flight to Denver. From there, it was another hour or so to Nederland, CO, an old mining town near Boulder. I remembered passing through this tiny little town in the Colorado Rockies when Olivia and I drove to Rocky Mountain National Park from Vail last year…. Read More
[Biloxi, MS, Aug 30 – Sep 1, 2023] This 2 week trip was born when my friend Jeff decided to get married at his family’s cabin near Estes Park, Colorado. I had 2 more national parks in Colorado to see, so I added in almost a week to travel to Mesa Verde and Great Sand Dunes. My boyfriend’s brother’s birthday was right before the wedding, so we added in Biloxi, Mississippi on… Read More
With Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Dead Horse Point State Park in the vicinity, Moab is a place where you can get a lot of bang for your buck. You can easily spend more days here, especially if you want to visit the most remote sections of Canyonlands. But 3 days will be plenty to explore, especially if you’re comfortable with 5 to 10 miles of hiking per day. You can… Read More