Confession: when trying a new restaurant or when on a working lunch or dinner, I will often become overwhelmed with the food options and ignore the menu. Inevitably, the wait person will arrive to take my order after I ask for a "couple minutes" and I panic HARD. Like knees-weak-palms-sweaty-mom-spaghetti panic, ya know? I often …
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Photo Friday on Saturday
Hi friends! I have so many recent photos to share, but this is my favorite. Atticus and I went on a solo hike to Rampart Reservoir last weekend. It's such a beautiful place, and I'd highly recommend it. To get to the reservoir proper, you have to pay $6. It's totally worth it if you …
Travel Tips: Packing Lightly
My favorite way to travel is the cheapest. If you've been reading my blog for a while, you know that I will sacrifice comfort for the cheapest price every time. This makes Spirit Airlines perfect for me. They get you from A to B without charging you for all the extra stuff you don't need. …
Where the Locals Go: Hillside Gardens, Colorado Springs
The summer concert series at Hillside Gardens is one of Colorado Springs's best kept secrets. Tourists just do not know about this spot. It's about 90% locals. But I'm going to share this with you. No extra charge 🙂 Every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30 PM, you can pay $5 (cash only) to enter this place that …
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Where the Locals Go: Colorado Springs Breakfast Edition
Colorado Springs gets a good amount of tourist traffic, especially in the summer. The Colorado Springs area is home to several tourist draws like Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs downtown, The Incline, and Pikes Peak. I recommend visiting all of those places if you're in town, but I suggest that for food, drinks, and …
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Salida, Colorado
After a long stretch of little to no solo travel, I decided that I would make the three-hour trip to Salida Colorado to explore. It's a beautiful little mountain town with lots of shops with local artists' work, a gin distillery that makes a mean cocktail, and beautiful views. It rained for most of my …
Road Trip Rest Stops
I have been talking, thinking, and dreaming about road trips a lot lately, if you haven't noticed (here, here, and here) in preparation for my road trip to the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Now that I'm back, I have even more to say about road trips! This was a particularly challenging adventure because the …
Road Trip Playlists
I don't know about you guys, but I always compile playlists before I travel, whether it's for a short plane ride or a long road trip. I will be roadtripping with my significant other and one of our friends in May for a music festival, so I'm currently rounding up solid road trip playlists for …
Mae Goes West 