I was on a mini-roadtrip to Ventura. I made the driver pull over so I could sit and write beside this abandoned shack. I can still feel the bliss when I look at this photo!
I love roadtrips. They invigorate me. Especially the spontaneous moments I am perpetually open to building into each adventure.
I love solo roadtrips.
I love mini-mob roadtrips.
I love far away roadtrips.
I love right around the corner roadtrips.
Last week, I took a mini-adventure to a nature Preserve about an hour from my home. I love road trips so much it took me two-and-a-half hours to get there. I fell in love with the little towns and the farms and orchards and blades of grass along the way.
I simply had to stop and take photos.
I snapped this last week, someplace around Lindsay and Exeter. Not exactly sure where I was, I just knew I was enjoying the heck out of the road trip
I did. I managed my time wisely.
I got to the preserve and spent about an hour and a half wandering around taking more photos, writing and intermittently praying and crying.
I love roadtrips.
I love solo roadtrips.
I love mini personal retreat road trips.
I came home. That was a week ago and I’m still blissed out.
I went on a second road trip.
I went on a small group road trip.
I learned a lot this time, about how road tripping with people who aren’t related to me is similar and different to when I road trip with myself and my kidlets.
I love small group roadtrips.
What's not to love about climbing into a car with friends for 5 + hours on a Sunday?
I love when I can disagree and bicker and still love these moments with my friends.
(This is actually huger than it might seem.)
I’m still blissed out. I can't help but write about it, obviously.
And planning my next roadtrip. Which will probably fuel more photos and even more creativity.
I love roadtrips.
What do you love the most about roadtrips?
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Julie Jordan Scott is a writer, creative life coach, speaker, performance poet, Mommy and mixed-media artist. She is currently at work on "The Bold Writer". Check out the links below to follow her on a bunch of different social media channels, especially if you find the idea of a Word-Love Party bus particularly enticing.
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