I’ve done a fair amount of traveling in my life, but for my final blog post, I would like to talk about the next destinations I want to travel to. The first one is…
#1: Yosemite National Park
Although I’ve been to some pretty amazing places across oceans, I think that the United States has a LOT to offer in terms of beautiful sites and attractions. As someone who has lived on the East cost her entire life, I’ve had very few opportunities to explore the Western side of the United States, which has some of the most beautiful landscapes and nature scenes on Earth.
I’ve always loved the outdoors, and I think it’d be ridiculously fun to go backpacking through Yosemite with friends, or even by myself. I feel like it must be a cathartic experience to just be in nature for a while, with extremely limited connection to the outside world. Especially after wrapping up this semester (minus finals – yikes), it’d be refreshing to just be lost in the wilderness and recover some of my lost sanity for a few days (or years).
Because, seriously, what beats that view?
Next on my list of destinations is:
#2: Death Valley National Park
I don’t know what my current fixation with national parks in California is all about, but regardless, Death Valley is definitely on my list of places to go next. Despite being a geological marvel, Death Valley also has some of the clearest skies in the United States. As a current Astrophysics major, I love space more than is probably healthy, and could easily spend hours – if not days – staring up at such a clear view of the Milky Way. Also, there’s boulders that just move on their own and nobody knows why??? Crazy stuff, man.
#3: Reykjavik, Iceland
It may be freezing cold, but seeing the Northern lights has been on my bucket list for as long as I can remember. Apparently it’s only a several-minute-long experience, but everyone I know who has seen the Northern light says it is absolutely worth it. Outside of the Northern lights, Reykjavik has blue lagoons, volcanoes, and beautiful natural landscapes to explore. Also, I’ve heard that people from Iceland are super nice, so that’s always a plus.
This list can be infinitely long, since in all honestly, there really isn’t anywhere that I don’t want to go to. I think you can learn something from every single place you visit, and the world is full of amazing and interesting things to learn about. Every single place that I have gone to, I’ve learned something new about the world, about life in general, and about myself. Traveling has been one of my passions for as long as I can remember, and I don’t see that fact changing any time soon. If I had it my way, I would just travel every day for the rest of my life, but responsibilities and limited financial resources are unfortunately blocking that goal. Despite that letdown of having to be an adult, I still hope to venture out into the world whenever given the opportunity. Hopefully, by the time I remember this blog exists ten years down the line and decide to check it out, I’ll have been to a bunch more cool places.
Until next time!