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I stayed in a tent for two weeks toward the end of May and early June, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1572463255802-RHRK3RO8HM8B8O5OVHFZ/mcnay.JPG Home - 12 Lessons I Learned Driving My Late Grandpa's Car On A Solo Cross-Country Road Trip Exploring the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas on my solo cross-country road trip over the summer in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1572463791889-UK9A2HI9ZZTOAIW426FW/menil.JPG Home - 12 Lessons I Learned Driving My Late Grandpa's Car On A Solo Cross-Country Road Trip The interior of the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas in June 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1572463218220-NFB2PJEGYI4IDR3Z196R/Solo+NOLA+Donut.JPG Home - 12 Lessons I Learned Driving My Late Grandpa's Car On A Solo Cross-Country Road Trip Dining alone is always a part of the solo travel process and sometimes, I meet people and sometimes I don’t. However, it’s always an invitation to treat yourself in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo taken in May 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1572463387017-VXD5LYHEMC9P6ZV527P4/IMG_0464.JPG Home - 12 Lessons I Learned Driving My Late Grandpa's Car On A Solo Cross-Country Road Trip An absolutely stunning drive through the southern portion of Texas in June 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1572463192441-ZPK38YVX4B2TSR0S7NX3/96B94659-AA54-47FC-B814-438A3AA9FA92.jpg Home - 12 Lessons I Learned Driving My Late Grandpa's Car On A Solo Cross-Country Road Trip A tribute to the 1956 film “Giant” starring James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor on the side of the road outside of Marfa, Texas. Taken over the summer in 2019. Yes, I did stop my car to take a picture and yes, there was live music as well. https://www.madelinehwahl.com/home/2019/10/16/grief-is-an-ever-evolving-non-linear-processnbsp monthly 0.5 2019-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1571282483188-XQFWA6ITIOVI5COJZGYM/IMG_2064.JPG Home - Grief Is An Ever-Evolving, Non-Linear Process  Relaxing on a glacier at Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon during my solo trip to Iceland in December 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1571271345618-O81SNS2OTK0OR4XJPY9L/IMG_0443.JPG Home - Grief Is An Ever-Evolving, Non-Linear Process  Taken on my summer cross-country road trip over the summer while driving along the desert and mountains in Texas in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1571271279644-S3CMPLK73J289Q2VS7DJ/40B05102-8155-4C5B-88E2-BCE35CA1904A.jpg Home - Grief Is An Ever-Evolving, Non-Linear Process  Posing with my late grandpa’s car right after I drove across state borders from New Mexico to Colorado on the Raton Pass (at an elevation of 7,834 feet!) in mid-June. I pulled over at a designated area, took photos and then asked someone to take my picture. https://www.madelinehwahl.com/home/2019/10/11/what-its-actually-like-to-give-away-most-of-your-belongings monthly 0.5 2019-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1570829037365-FYHJJPS98E7ORM0ITWSN/IMG_2883.JPG Home - What It's Actually Like To Get Rid Of Most Of Your Belongings All that remained from my apartment: journals, books, purses, clothes.. The folded yoga mat I schlepped all the way from Marfa, Texas to Denver, Colorado and then flew back to New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1570828814311-FIBPCSPJV5EONZUW9IZU/IMG_2886.JPG Home - What It's Actually Like To Get Rid Of Most Of Your Belongings All of the empty boxes of things I had sent from New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1570828903634-YFFO5GWPJ1WV7NXJVTLN/IMG_1480.JPG Home - What It's Actually Like To Get Rid Of Most Of Your Belongings A view of the London flat I stayed in after I left New York City. https://www.madelinehwahl.com/home/2019/10/10/where-do-you-go-when-you-dont-know-where-to-go monthly 0.5 2019-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1570730628119-3ARSI8T1BIOQEPCCI2B3/IMG_0352.jpg Home - Where Do You Go When You Don’t Know Where To Go? At the beginning of the walk up Enchanted Rock just outside of Austin, Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1570730727051-I2MZGEBHPIUIRTMSZOAU/IMG_5301.JPG Home - Where Do You Go When You Don’t Know Where To Go? A view of Mexico City on a cloudy day on my Day of the Dead trip in November, 2018. https://www.madelinehwahl.com/home/2019/7/24/how-attending-a-death-cafe-helped-me-heal-after-my-grandmothers-passing monthly 0.5 2019-07-24 https://www.madelinehwahl.com/home/2019/4/15/why-i-give-flight-attendants-a-small-gift-before-each-flight monthly 0.5 2019-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1555363380133-MRZICXF2088MUNQGGGVO/Headspace.JPG Home - Why I Give Flight Attendants A Small Gift Before Each Flight On one of my flights I discovered the magic of listening to a Headspace meditation. 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Also, a similar story with a guy in my room who was in London for job training. https://www.madelinehwahl.com/home/2019/1/14/why-i-continue-traveling-alone-years-after-my-first-solo-trip monthly 0.5 2019-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1548207576133-D9LNZ2R0XCSV5QARY3S3/11201918_1469568794410_228240448401424090_n.jpg Home - Why I Continue Traveling Alone Years After My First Solo Trip Relaxing at my happy place, Jökulsárlón. Iceland was only the beginning of the adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3a39dd2487fd33b5c7431b/1548208314393-EWLG85JPIH5PF1QR3LAO/48403361_1664166779238_1162282570512072704_n.jpg Home - Why I Continue Traveling Alone Years After My First Solo Trip I spent a few days in Paris to experience the holidays. Did not disappoint! 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