Have you ever asked yourself, how would I go about getting from Falls Church, Virginia to Santa Barbara, California? As a young woman experiencing her assent into adulthood, I too was faced with this age old question. To save you the trouble, I will share what I learned on this quest.
From Virginia to Minnesota, I can’t offer much more than this
This drive is all to familiar to me, so I offer only this.
CORN PALACE
As a Midwesterner at heart, and a long time admirer of the butter sculpture at the Minnesota State Fair, this palace of corn appealed to me greatly.
MOUNT RUSHMORE
It’s quite peculiar. You think that there might some big monumental moment (pun intended), but there’s not. It really is just 4 heads carved into this rock! However, it is very beautiful. Maybe just a bit smaller than anticipated.
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
It’s hard to describe the elation I felt running around on these red rocks after so many days in the car. I felt like I was nearly bouncing.
GRAND CANYON
It truly is grand. As we were approaching, we saw a lot of canyons. We kept asking ourselves… is that it? Are we sure we’re going to know when we’re there? We certainly did. It’s quite unmissable.
We made it
Boy oh boy was I nervous to see this sign. I’m not sure that those nerves subsided for a couple of days. But look at us now :)
Citation
BibTeX citation:
@online{peterson2024,
author = {Peterson, Liz},
title = {How to Get from {Falls} {Church,} {VA} to {Santa} {Barbara,}
{CA}},
date = {2024-10-18},
url = {https://egp4aq.github.io/posts/2024-10-18-my-first-post},
langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Peterson L. How to get from Falls Church, VA to
Santa Barbara, CA. 18 Oct 2024. Available: https://egp4aq.github.io/posts/2024-10-18-my-first-post