Category: Jess’ Journeys
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Eras Tour Weekend in NOLA
That’s right, after listening to Taylor Swift since 2008, your girl finally got to see her live. We originally had tickets to see the Eras Tour in Atlanta, but that fell through. So instead, we secured tickets to New Orleans N1, October 25, 2024. Now we can’t just go all…
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Sometimes plans change.
Sometimes no matter how solid you think your plan is, and no matter how much time you put into it, it may not always work out.
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Whirlwind Trip to Chicago
I think the best marketing campaign that Chicago, IL, has ever had was a man named John Hughes and his plethora of movies in the 1980’s based in the Chicago area. Most specifically of course, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Ferris Bueller was the first DVD that I ever owned, and…
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Cabazon Dinosaurs – Cabazon, CA
A little north of Palm Springs, CA, there’s a place called Cabazon, CA, that has a roadside attraction that I could never have even thought up, the Cabazon Dinosaurs. I visited the Cabazon Dinosaurs in April of 2024 when I was in Palm Springs, CA, for a conference. Now the…
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Andalusia Animal Adventures
In the small town of Andalusia, AL, there’s a small, indoor, animal encounter experience called Andalusia Animal Adventures. As soon as I heard about it, I knew I had to go! I decided as 2024 wound down, that for 2025 I wasn’t going to do any silly resolutions. No, I…
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Palm Springs, CA – In-N-Out, Joshua Tree NP, & Living Desert
In April of 2024, I was fortunate enough to be sent to a week-long communications-based conference in Palm Springs, California by my full-time job. The conference itself was amazing. Where I work, no one in my office has a similar position, which can be a little isolating at times. However,…
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Hunting for Shark Teeth in Wauchula, FL
I collect rocks. Let’s face it, if you’ve ever met me, you probably already knew that. Did you also know how badly I wanted a Megalodon tooth? Scale of 1-10, probably an 8.5. In March of 2024, I took things into my own hands and booked a shark tooth hunting…
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Nine Years? Nine Years.
How does time work? I’m not exactly sure, but I know that it seems to go by so much quicker than it used to. Last time we updated this page, it was 2016. Now suddenly, it’s 2025 and so much has happened both on a personal level and a global…
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July 28, 2008
Nine years ago today I was in the middle of what is literally one of the longest days of my life so far. July 27 was the last day for staff at the summer camp I was working at in Maine. We got up around 7, took care of all…
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I want to live under the live oaks
You know what my hometown is seriously lacking? Live oaks. We have two fairly famous ones though. I’m sure you’ve heard of the Toomers oaks. In the last few years, they’ve attracted a lot of attention, and not necessarily in the best way. The way I remember them though is…
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FDR’s Little White House – Warm Springs, Georgia
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio at the age of 39, one of the few things that helped ease the pain was immersion in warm water. As the popular thing to do at that point in time for the well-to-do was to visit Georgia on vacations, he visited…
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Laumeier Sculpture Park – St. Louis, Missouri
What, you’ve never seen a 12 ft. tall eyeball? You should probably fix that. Luckily, I know the perfect place to see one, Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, MO. Admittedly, I didn’t see the entire park. We just didn’t map off enough of my visit to St. Louis to…
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Let’s Talk About Stonehenge
Just in case you’ve been living under a rock for your whole life, Stonehenge is a really huge deal. It’s one of the “Seven Wonders of the Medieval World”, and it’s just outside of the town of Salisbury, England. No one is really 100% sure who built it, or why.…
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Hershey, Pennsylvania
How do you resist the lure of a town whose streetlights are shaped like Hershey’s kisses? The answer, of course, is that you don’t. I’ve driven through Hershey, PA four times, and I’ve managed not to stop exactly once. While the town of Hershey has a lot to offer in…
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A Day on Jekyll Island
Just off of the mainland on the coast of Georgia, there’s a little island that used to be a hunting club for the richest of the rich. Now it’s a beautiful little beach island called Jekyll Island. On my trip through the Georgia coast, I stopped onto this island to…
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Escape to Cumberland Island
Cumberland Island is perhaps one of the most naturally beautiful places that I’ve ever been. I can’t wait to go back. Let’s get some basic info. out of the way before I tell you why this place is so special. Spanish moss: Every tour you’ll take of southeast Georgia will…
Wanderstance 