Weekend after weekend, my Instagram feed was filled with photos of beautiful trips to the northern shore of Minnesota. The leaves were turning, the sun was shining, the colors were vibrant. So naturally, once Austin finished his first round of med school midterms, we booked a getaway to Duluth, MN to see what the hype was all about. Turns out we accidentally purchased the winter edition of what everyone else got… We made the…

Earlier this summer, my boyfriend Austin and I took a two-week road trip through South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota. The first week of our trip was spent camping at various places and the second week was split between time with my family in Montana and Austin’s family in North Dakota. While time spent lodging with our families was free of charge (thank you, you guys are the best), the first week of…