Strategic Steph

On my mission to travel to all 50 USA States before 12/31/18, I recently went on a wild west road trip through 9 states with my college BFF Lacey! We traveled for 6 days, from Sunday 9/2 through Friday 9/8, covering over 2,000* miles. *All miles approximate because we didn't track the exact #s on our trip, and got lost a bunch. #badblogger :) This trip came together last minute in August, and I'm so grateful we pulled it off! Lacey is also on a mission to explore all 50 state

It’s official. I’m calling my next travel goal: Travel to all 50 USA States by 12/31/18. I have 36 states down, and 14 to go. That gives me about a year and a half ― I think I can get it done sooner, but I want to be open to other travel opportunities, and have more seasonal options, especially for Alaska. This has been a long term travel goal of mine, there's a long list and I like to pick them out and focus on them one by one as much as I can. I had my dream of traveling to

This April 2017 I drove across the USA with my childhood best friend Molly Dacey. (And by “I drove” I mean that Molly drove us all 3,000+ miles and I strived to be the best 'New Yorker that forgot how to drive' passenger possible.) She was moving from our hometown of Philadelphia across the country to Los Angeles, and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to drive across the country with her! I’ll get into the details of how we planned our route in another post ― but overall we

I’d love to hear what country you’re dreaming of driving across! Road trips are a great way to see the country you’re visiting and experience all different aspects of it. If you ever need help planning out a trip, give me a shout, I’d love to help! You never know what’s going to come at you in life, especially during road trip traveling. I just completed my second road trip in six months and wanted to share the tips and tricks I learned along the way so you can make your road

Photo Credit || 21c Museum Hotel Staying overnight in a museum has been a dream of mine since my first childhood visit to The American Museum of Natural History in New York City (I need to sleep under that big blue whale!). I have wondered throughout the years how I could accomplish this — hiding in an exhibit, sneaking around night security, watching the animals and art come alive... — luckily 21c Museum Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma offered me this experience without hav