nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Two months ago I was on the phone with one of my oldest best friends catching up about life. (Alix is one of those friends that you can not talk to for months and as soon as you're catching up it feels as though you never left. The best kind of friend.) She just started [...]
This will be my first time ever living through a season. As I walked through the changing Aspens in the Bear Lake area of RMNP last Friday, I felt like I was in a movie. A movie with SEASONS! I booked camping in the Rockies in July thinking I would probably be itching to go [...]
Hello! Welcome to the most recent installment of Paige Hoel moving somewhere super cool! This year's episode: Boulder Colorado After a conference last November, I was lucky enough to make a connection with two superb women scientists working at the National Center for Atmospheric Resarch. In March I reached out to them again, and in [...]
Monday myself and my best friend set out for what would be one of the wildest weeks of my 22 year life. April I accepted a job in Boulder and it seemed like my start date in August was a lifetime away. But here we were, car packed, ready to drive to Colorado in the [...]
Um, wow. I am not going to lie, I would prefer not to write anything for this post and let the pictures do the talking.... BUT I need to do this Island some justice and I need to share my story. My best friend had always talked about wanting to go to the Channel Islands [...]
The last vacation my family shared was a trip to Munich eight years ago. I was 15, my brother was 17, and although we had a great time most of what I can remember was the stress. After graduating from college and finding a new groove as a family, I don't know if there could [...]
You have probably seen this campground before in a 60-second video on Facebook. If you haven't seen it there, perhaps you've seen it on a travel blog or magazine or instagram. Havasupai is hyped up, no question. Is it worth it? Yes. Me and five of my best buds headed out to Arizona for spring [...]
If you have read Barbarian Days by William Finnegan you will have read about the neighborhood of Diamond Head, East of Waikiki, shaded by a small crater and a short distance, but it seems as if it is a lifetime away from the tacky shops and sweaty tourists. Diamond Head is where my best friend's family [...]
My 2018 started in the best way possible: camping. One of my best remaining hometown friends, Cailin, and I have an affinity for camping, talking, and good food. I mean what more do you need?? Here are some reflections on our time in Joshua Tree Don't go in the main entrance if you're trying to [...]
I am a college fanatic. I am also somehow a senior, and it feels like I am asked amidst every day if I have some general advice. To be honest, I could talk all day, but I do have some tips that I didn't really hear as a freshman. All of these things have been [...]
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