Today, I am leaving for my first ever solo trip. Many have asked me why I decided to do this, and the short answer is: I’ve always wanted to solo travel and something in me is just telling me to go.
I hit my 7 year business anniversary in early October, all my client meetings have gone virtual, and I thought, What other time would I be able to do this? I know there is a pandemic and I am going to be very careful. Most of my activities on this trip will revolve around outdoor activities.
Another part of me going on this trip is to face fears. When I look back at all the scary things I’ve done or challenged myself to do, I always feel incredibly proud when I braved the unknown and went for it. I always want to live my life challenging myself and trying new things. Curiosity is in my blood.
Prep for the trip
There was an incredible amount of planning for this trip that I am winging. This has been our dining room table for the last month or so.
Where am I going?
That’s a great question. I know I am heading to Utah. I had originally wanted to make my furthest destination Colorado, but some folks at REI persuaded me to go to Utah as they spoke about how incredible it is. I somehow was fortunate enough to get a one night reservation in Zion Park, which I’m super stoked about.
Oh and I am going to be camping in my car. This is the part that scares me the most because I have to make on-the-fly decisions about where I will safely be staying over night.
Special thanks
I want to give a special thanks to my wonderful, amazing clients who have been supportive and excited for me for this trip. One of my clients even shared with me that she has always wanted to solo car camp across the country! I plan to work some while on this trip, but I am incredibly fortunate and grateful to have clients that tell me, “You go brave girl!”
Another special thanks to REI. I don’t know what I would have done without them. Of course there is Google, but there is so much information out there that it’s overwhelming. Walking in to REI to tell them what I wanted to do only had full support, and I found out many people, including women, who work at REI do this car camping thing frequently! They are an amazing resource for any sort of outdoor traveling.
A special thanks to an amazing women’s solo travel group on Facebook. My friend Georgi recently car camped and traveled and gave me some amazing wisdom along with introducing me to an amazingly supportive group of women on Facebook who have only been cheerleaders for me.
And of course my husband. When I told my husband I wanted to do this, he was like, “Hell yeah, wife! Let’s get you prepared!” He took numerous trips with me to REI, helped calm me down when I was frazzled, helped me build my car out, was a listening ear when I just needed to spew out all my ideas, and always kept the faith. He’s a rockstar.
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