This week, I shall finally roll out videos
on travels from the past..
yessh..
two years.
There has definitely been an uptick
in travel related content
targeted both at young millennials
and Black folks at large.
It looks cute, you're experiencing new cultures and food,
your Instagram pics will be so lit,
I mean it is lit to travel abroad.
But as much there are ways to travel on a budget abroad,
it's still not universally
accessible to every and anybody.
Truth be told some of us just aren't up for the struggle it takes to travel on a budget.
We're not backpackers and we're not trying to stay at the Ritz either.
But a certain level of comforts on vacation,
you are totally allowed to expect.
So while you save up the coin to make sure
those comforts are being met.
While you're warming up to the idea of 10+ hour flights.
Or you're waiting to get your passport
or waiting on friends to level up financially
or vacation time wise
I have a great idea to get you on the road to traveling!
Travel domestically.
Girl, the United States of America in all it's 48 contingent states is one of the
most geographically diverse countries.
If you live in Europe, you can do this within the European Union.
But back to the US of A, there are a multitude of landscapes
and cultures for you to enjoy
on really good budget
and it's much easier to corral your friends along.
Ain't nothing wrong with traveling solo, I do it all the time,
but many of us are appreciative
the value of shared experiences and creating memories with friends.
Doing domestic group trips can be budget friendly, super fun and a great way to learn how to
travel, how you LIKE to travel
and how to work out whatever various kinks
could, would, maybe might now arise
when traveling as a group,
without the pitfalls that come
when you trying to learn all this
10,000 miles away, where English is not the national language and changing your flight
isn't as simple as a $50 change fee.
Boop!
This past Martin Luther King Day weekend, I went with friends to Breckenridge, Colorado
for a ski trip.
I didn't actually plan this trip, it was the doing of my friend Naheem and his girlfriend
Erica, but I am so happy I went.
It was just a good chill time and I really learned the value of traveling with friends
to places I wouldn't usually think of.
First off Colorado is beautiful.
Though the altitude might have you loopy.
I was loopy before I even got to Colorado cause I booked my flight for the WRONG weekend.
In order to save on rebooking, I came out a day earlier
But I got to chill with MahoganyCurls and the fam.
Totally worked out great.
I have to give a shout out to Mitsubishi and the Drive Shop
for lending me the 2017 Mitsubishi
Outlander.
I live in the land of front wheel drive Texas, so I wasn't aware of the importance
of All Wheel Drive in snowy mountainous places like Colorado.
All wheel drive saves lives no really, it does once I realized to turn it on!
I thought it was automatic but in the Outlander there's a button you press to activate AWD.
I drove to the airport to pick up the crew.
There were 12 of us, so duties were split.
Three of us had to take of renting the cars,
another crew budgeted out the food per person,
the liquor per person
games + house activities and ski resort activities,
It's very important
even if you are the main organizer to get everyone involved in the vacation and having
a responsibility to encourage respecting others time and money.
I picked up my crew of three and we took a beautiful drive through the mountains of Colorado.
Is that the rockies?
Even from Jess's house the view of the mountains is just breathtaking.
Driving through the mountains I was like an 8 year old, oh wow look over there...look
at that….how puuuuurrrrty.
I was also a grandma looking up in awe at the mountain thinking of the potential avalanches
and driving very very carefully.
Fortunately the adrenaline junkies weren't in my car, so no one was bothered by how slow
I was going on the icy roads.
We then went to pick up the beverages, adult beverage selection
since that was the guy's role.
Thank god for the Outlander, we fit everything...several cases of beer, wine, soda and suitcases into
the trunk no problem.
Then we were the first to get to the house and check out the very nice digs.
This wasn't even our first choice, we confirmed the house a bit late in the game.
I never knew that Black Ski weekend was a thing...but erry'body was up in the Rockies
that weekend.
We was for really up in the mountain side but the house was so nice and comfortable
with a jacuzzi, that I did not bring a bathing suit for but I improvised because while in
the mountains you or at least I must
be the best white womanz I can
and dip in that jacuzzi with my glass of wine
surrounded by the snow.
Get that gun Betsy we might see grizzlies.
We went snowmobiling, which was ahhh..
I was a scaredy cat, but it was fun.
they went skiing that's not my ministry cause my knees and wallet
was like nope and they went snow tubing.
Ate some great food.
We drank some great dranks.
And I kicked some butt in spades
because I might be a proper white womanz
but you know, you know
don't let this lack of melanin fool you!
So yes, take advantage of living in America,
do a trip where the flights are under $200 roundtrip,
no visas or passport are required,
the flight is under 5 hours and it can be
done during a three day weekend,
or where only one day of vacation time
needs to be taken.
There are the rockies in Colorado,
all the natural reserves throughout the Midwest,
Bomb food especially the
seafood and beautiful nature in Seattle and Washington state.
The Grand Canyon and plenty of other canyons in Arizona,
you can be like Solange with your
homegirls out in the white sands of New Mexico.
San Diego California with the beach and scenic drives.
Black folks and BBQ and rice dishes that harken back to our ancestors in West Africa all up
and down the East Coast, especially with the Geechie in South Carolina.
Charter a boat on any of the lakes from Texas to Georgia and turn up, responsibly.
New Orleans can never be slept on.
There are so many options beyond Las Vegas, Miami and NYC or LA, so take your pic.
Don't let anyone shame you into thinking it's not a great way to travel.
Deuces!
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