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  • Badlands National Park

    This is Part 3 of my North and South Dakota road trip. Read Part 1 and Part 2 here. After seeing the Black Hills, Felix and I stayed the night in Wall, SD, which is right outside of Badlands National… Continue reading

    Badlands National Park
  • The Black Hills of South Dakota

    This post is Part 2 of my North and South Dakota road trip. Read Part 1 here. Felix and I stayed overnight in a tiny town near the north edge of South Dakota. The next morning we drove south towards… Continue reading

    The Black Hills of South Dakota
  • Theodore Roosevelt National Park

    This summer I was pretty occupied with studying for the PE exam (an important thing for my engineering career) but now I’ve passed (hooray!) and am getting back to my National Parks journey. This time it’s bringing Felix and I… Continue reading

    Theodore Roosevelt National Park
  • Universal & Allstar Worlds 2026

    Felix and I, once again, flew down to Orlando in April for a cheerleading competition. This time, we were attending the Allstar World Championship. Notably, this is a different competition than the one I’ve gone to the past two years.… Continue reading

    Universal & Allstar Worlds 2026
  • Guadalupe Mountains & White Sands National Parks

    Continuing my post-Christmas Texas/New Mexico park extravaganza, Felix and I headed to Guadalupe Mountains National Park. This park is in Texas right on the border to New Mexico. Also, this park is in Mountain Time but it’s right on the… Continue reading

    Guadalupe Mountains & White Sands National Parks
  • Big Bend & Carlsbad Caverns National Parks

    The week of Christmas, I headed to California to spend the holidays with my family (as I typically do). Felix, my parents, and my brother spent some time in San Francisco prior to Christmas. I finally got taken for a… Continue reading

    Big Bend & Carlsbad Caverns National Parks
  • New River Gorge and Shenandoah National Park

    Felix and I decided that for our vacation this year, we’d visit some friends and some parks in the mid Atlantic area. We flew out late on a Friday night to Raleigh, North Carolina, stayed overnight, and rented a car.… Continue reading

    New River Gorge and Shenandoah National Park
  • Cuyahoga Valley National Park

    Continuing my goal of visiting all the US National Parks, Felix and I decided to fly to Cleveland for Labor Day weekend and see Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Cuyahoga NP is located between Cleveland and Akron so it’s easy to get… Continue reading

    Cuyahoga Valley National Park
  • US Virgin Islands

    After the Cheerleading Worlds, Felix and I boarded a flight to the US Virgin Islands to continue my national parks quest. We flew into Saint Thomas, and interestingly the plane did the thing where it almost touched down on the… Continue reading

    US Virgin Islands
  • The Cheerleading Worlds 2025

    This was my second year going to the Cheerleading Worlds (held in Disney World) but first year with Felix on the team. I wasn’t planning on blogging about it because I covered most of the experience in my post from… Continue reading

    The Cheerleading Worlds 2025

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