A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
Month Ninety-Five started in Japan but was mostly spent back in the U.S. – bouncing around between multiple states before returning to the Gorge to work for the summer season on the last day of the month. I started the month in Takahara with a bit of a sake hangover after a big sake party […] Read more…
Want to know the best things to do in Memphis in one day? Then read on! Memphis, Tennessee. Rich with music history, delicious BBQ, Elvis’ Graceland, famous ducks… this city is home to all that and so much more. At various times in the past, I had heard that Memphis was dangerous and run down. […] Read more…
If you are planning a trip to New Zealand but don’t know where to start with your South Island New Zealand itinerary, check out these incredible places to visit – I’m a Kiwi that has traveled all over the South Island and these are the places I recommend. I just returned from a wonderful road […] Read more…
Month Ninety-One was all about road-tripping around New Zealand and I am amazed at how much I saw and did during my three weeks on the road. I started the month with a hike up Mauao in Mount Maunganui and running some errands before driving to Waihi Beach for five nights of Christmas celebrations with […] Read more…
If you have a few weeks and want to find out the best places to go on a Colorado Road Trip beyond the obvious tourist sites, then this Colorado Itinerary is for you! Read on for the most comprehensive Colorado Road Trip Itinerary to see the best of the state. Colorado is a land of […] Read more…
Month Eighty-Eight was a pretty great one. I spent half the month traveling and the other half between the Gorge and Denver. I started the month working Jack Johnson at the Gorge which was my favorite show of the year, and then in the four days between Jack Johnson and the last event of the […] Read more…
Month Eighty-Four was a mix of work and road trips, and although I was busy on both fronts, it was a fun month and much better than the month before when it felt like everything went wrong. The first few days of the month I was still roadtripping through Montana and Northern Idaho on the […] Read more…
Month Eighty-Two was a whirlwind month of Mexico travel including road trips, waterfalls, beautiful historic towns, and beach time. We started the month in gorgeous Queretaro, somewhere we probably wouldn’t have visited if we weren’t doing a waterfall road trip but a definite highlight of the month. From Queretaro, we hired a car and spent […] Read more…
Overall, 2021 was not a bad year for travel although I mostly traveled within the U.S. due to COVID, visiting 14 states over the year on numerous road trips. I also spent six blissful weeks of summer in New Zealand, six weeks living between different mountain towns in Colorado during winter, five weeks island-hopping solo […] Read more…
Month Seventy-Seven started with work and ended with road-tripping and visiting family in three states. I still had just over a week left of working Haunt O’Ween and it was a stressful time, where I had multiple call-outs to deal with, no days off, and the highest customer numbers yet. I was relieved when it […] Read more…