by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce We got up early this morning and said a tearful goodbye to Pete, then headed across the Colorado border to Riverton, Utah. Riverton is a pretty little community at the base of the Bingham Canyon Mine with a gorgeous view of the...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce We didn’t have to drive today. No waking up to an alarm to make sure we had time to get the hotel room packed up and the car loaded and the maps we need to the next hotel. In fact, no staying in a hotel. Thanks to our friend Pete,...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Having survived Kansas and enjoyed our first night of reconnecting with our dear friend James, we once again loaded up the car and jumped back on the road. Rather than 8 or 12 hours of traveling, however, we only faced four. We...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce In 2005, Derek graduated from high school and headed to the Army and I graduated from college with a long-awaited bachelor’s degree in Economics. While I had been accepted to Cornell University with a $20,000 fellowship and we...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Travel
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Having already determined that flexibility is the key to a successful road trip, Dave and I have been modifying our expectations and our plans as we go. Today was a wonderful day, but a rough one too. Because we’d made it much...