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Driving through Joshua Tree was an indescribable experience. The roads are pretty damn open, and each time you go over a hill, there's a new landscape in front of you, similar but uniquely beautiful. I drove from 5am to 5pm driving from Arizona to California. I saw the desert, I saw a snow capped mountain, I saw rolling green hills and then encountered true LA traffic. I saw so many different varieties of cactus, took about a thousand photos and videos and felt care free until the sun set that day. 

A couple of weeks ago, I took a trip out to the west coast. I wanted to travel, to see lots of places I haven't been before and see people I haven't seen in a while and a little one I was anxious to meet for the first time. But, if I'm being completely honest with myself, I wanted to get away for a bit. I wanted to escape my usual routine which has been getting the best of me lately and I wanted to explore and gain inspiration from a different part of the world where things were all shiny and new for me. I wanted to check LA off my list. I wanted to hit the open road by myself and take time to take in the beauty. I wanted to drive down the coast and feel the Pacific Ocean on my toes. I wanted to run through the desert. I wanted to catch up with friends I hadn't seen in a blue moon.

I did all this and then some.

Some things I planned on, and others I let happen on their own. I tried to keep to some schedule when traveling, but I let my awesome hosts show me around their lives for an unplanned couple of days. I had two days that were completely mine though, when I was on the road. I love driving. In fact, it's one of my favorite things to do and the thing I miss the most when living in Brooklyn. I usually take long drives to find clarity in my life, I dwell on the past and I plan for the future. I think that I thought I had a lot to think about when I embarked on this journey. Follow that? What I learned was though that I really have more figured out than I realized.

What I did though, was embark on a journey solo. I made a decision to go and I picked up and left. I made a promise to myself on this blog over a year ago that I would take a trip down the Cali coast, whatever it took. I didn't do it in the year goal I gave myself and I haven't traveled the entire west coast (yet). But... I did what I had to do to make it happen the best I could. I think the most important lessons I learned this trip was to make the best you can out of every situation, to cherish every moment with family and friends and to live the moments to the fullest. All pretty cliché I know, but it's what's working for me.

Travel. Live. Discover.