I met Cat and Adam during their visit to Washington DC. In the smallest world ever, Cat is my friend Katie’s future sister-in-law! She and Adam flew out to surprise her brother Jake for his birthday this year and we showed her a good old east coast night out. We bar hopped in Adam’s Morgan and even ended with some Korean Karaoke. When I found out that I would be flying out to Las Vegas, where these two adorable humans live, I knew that we would have to get together for an afternoon!

Sitting down to write this blog post was quite the endeavor. The trip I am about to describe has been DECADES in the making. I have always wanted to explore more of the American West by car (and live on the road) but I just didn’t really know how. I first thought about buying a van and renovating it to be a sleeper camper. Although I found heaps of helpful websites, not being handy and having never been camping, I felt extremely at a disadvantage. I looked into renting a van from various companies but I found them to be nearly as expensive per day as a hotel room! I put it out of my mind until fate stepped in.