Learnin’ Twitter

 Well hello hello adventurers!

Just a quick update on what’s going on with Where I Roam! While I am definitely not a social media guru, I’m trying my hand at twitter. Where I Roam’s twitter will be filled with updates of my adventures and reminders about what’s bumpin’ in Edmonton!

Where I Roam’s twitter is @Where_I_Roam, and our feed is looking a little bare! Only one tweet so far, bear with me for now though 🙂 feel free to follow and I’ll follow you back, I want to hear about all of your adventures!

You can find the Twitter widget on my sidebar!

In the pursuit of adventure.

“Adventure is out there!” I declare while filling up my new mug and settling in for an afternoon in my office, because adventure may be out there but it’s sure not showing its face in here.

I’ve been MIA for a while here, but now I’m back! I’ve been focusing on making some mad dolla dolla bills to help fund my adventures, and now I’m ready for some excitement. 

I spent Canada Day out and about in Edmonton, so I’ll have to make another post to fill you all in on that!

But for now, I need to geek out a little bit. 

While planning out our summer adventures, the boyfriend and I stumbled upon an Instagram post for Travel Jasper. Apparently, the Dark Sky Festival is coming up, and the post said that George Takei would be there. That got my boyfriend interested so I looked up all the details, and was initially pretty disappointed, because it isn’t happening until October.

Their website is lovely, hey?

While I was scrolling through the event page though, I found something even more exciting! Bill Nye the Science Guy will be headlining the festival on October 14th, my birthday!!!

So our newest planned adventure is to hit the road the morning of my birthday and head out to Jasper to see our favourite scientist! I’m beyond excited!

Bill Bill Bill Bill, Bill Nye the Science Guy!
Any of you guys planning on going to see the Dark Sky Festival? And more importantly, are any of you going to go see Bill Nye? Let me know!!

Health is wealth – take care of yourselves

It’s been a long week. And it’s only Tuesday. 

The second part of my Calgary adventure will be up soon, promise! It’s been a hard week – work hasn’t been great and I’ve been feeling overwhelmed with life. This is a pretty personal post, so if you’re looking for one of my adventures, maybe check out some of my past few posts! I’ll be back to posting like my old self in a few days, promise.

I usually don’t open up about my mental health much, but hey letting it all out feels good. This past year, I’ve suffered from what I guess you could call desperation. Things feel very bleak sometimes, and although I know things will be better in the future, it’s hard to see past the here and now. 

The worst thing about it all is that the littlest things set it off. I’ll be having a great day – hell, a great month – and then something small happens and all of a sudden my head and chest feel full of fog that just won’t clear.

That’s why it’s been so important to me lately to do things I love (like traveling and adventuring, or being in the mountains. Nothing beats mountain air) because the good things in life lift the fog and help me see clearer. Planning out my trips is a mood-lifter, so be prepared for a couple of planning posts!

Keeping everything bottled up is toxic. Remember to take care of yourself and your mental health. Do the things you love, do what you gotta do to take care of yourself. 

Since writing this post, I’m feeling a lot better. Just getting this stuff out of your head is wonderful. Here, have some pictures of the mountains, it always makes me feel a lot better. 

Health is wealth people, if you need me let me know. ❤️

Ridin solo part 1

Ok guys I’m posting a little late here from the weekend, but it’s been a crazy week!
So I drove myself down to Calgary to visit my sister last weekend. It was my first time driving there alone, and man was it lonely. The beginning of the trip wasn’t too bad, and the Edmonton radio stations still came through pretty strong. Once I hit Red Deer and decided to stop for a bathroom break (and milkshake from Peter’s Drive In, because if you skip that then you’re gonna be sad), my radio stations cut out and I got a huge wave of loneliness. Usually my boyfriend/copilot is with me to talk to (usually about conspiracy theories), so I definitely missed having him with me. The radio stations just weren’t familiar and mostly country, so I had to opt for my aux cord and phone.
I’m pretty proud of myself for making it to the Calgary University in once piece. Usually I’m awful at directions and end up completely and totally lost. But I made it! Once there, my sister and I grabbed dinner and decided to head to bed because we were going to hit up Banff on Saturday. 

I think I’ll save Saturday and Sunday as a separate post, since Saturday was more eventful and will make this post be massive!

Preview?

Moral of the story: riding solo sucks, someone come be my copilot.

Morning Musings

  
There are some thing in life that money can’t buy. Going on all of my adventures has more than proven this to me. 

But you know what’s proven this point to me even more? Nights like last night. Staying up until 6am with your friends. The venting, the life discussions, the calzones. Having your friends stay awake with you at your sorority house because you’re scared to go home because there is most definitely, most certainly a ghost that haunts the corner of your living room. Laughing so hard you cry. 

Ridiculous nights like last night are adventures of their own. As much as I wish these nights were more often, I know they’re few and far between. But that’s ok, because that’s what makes them so special. That’s what makes them feel like defining moments that I’ll carry with me well into the years. 

  
This year has been hard. It’s been work, stress, and unhappiness at times. But last night reminded me how good it felt to laugh and cry with friends. It was a pick-me-up that I definitely needed. When was the last time that I was up and moving at 6am, let alone seeing the sunset and the crisp spring air? Too long for me to remember, that’s for sure. I think this was the reminder I needed to get up earlier (granted I didn’t sleep last night so there was no getting up to do). 

Last night was was an adventure, and I didn’t have to roam far from home to find it. 

Moving Mountains

  

We’re all drawn to different places, and I’ve always been mountain girl. I think of them all day, and sometimes ask myself if it’s a little less dangerous and perhaps more sustainable to find absolute ecstatic bliss by falling madly in love with landscapes rather than people as it’s also immensely grounding in every sense of the word? I want to explore them, sleep inside the heat and cold of them, experience all their seasons, share their crooked, winding, wild paths, and grow with them alongside me. They’ve always felt like gorgeous, undeniable mystery and home all at once. The mountains. -Victoria Erickson

With my trip to Banff and Jasper in the works, I can’t stop thinking about the mountains. About 2 months ago, I finally got my first tattoo – a small mountain range on my foot. It’s drawn after the Banff mountain ranges.

I’ve always been drawn to the mountains. I remember camping as a child, always in the mountains, always on another adventure with my family & dog. I guess you could say I’m what Victoria Erickson would call a mountain girl. Whenever I’m in the mountains, I feel like I’ve come home again. Doesn’t matter what mountain, doesn’t matter what country; I’m home. 

There’s something about the vastness and permanence of the mountains that captivates me. They put life into perspective. There are always things that are bigger than I am. 

My upcoming trip will take my boyfriend and myself to Banff and Jasper. The trip is still in the planning stage, but we’re hoping to go from Calgary to Kananaskis, then to Banff, then a stop in at Jasper, and then home! I just need to power through my last few exams of the semester and I’m free. 

The countdown is on!