About shelly

Hi, I'm Shelly! A traveler, hiker and an outdoor enthusiast. My dream my whole life was to travel, so I stopped dreaming and started doing. I quit my job and I am currently doing whatever it takes to keep going. I'll pick up jobs along the way and do what it takes to keep being a full-time traveler! I can prove that you don't need to come from money or anywhere special to live your dream. You just have to have the power of your own life to finally say YES!

Driving through Colorado. The sites you get to see are magnificent.

I highlighted everywhere I drove in blue, the places I hiked in pink and the places I slept at in orange. My plan was to go all over Colorado but I picked the wrong time to do it. Southern Colorado is excellent in the beginning of June, but Central and Northern Colorado, not so much, [...]

By |2017-12-31T17:45:00-04:00June 8th, 2016|All Blog Entries, Colorado|2 Comments

Aspen Hiking and more helpful information before you visit.

I have always wanted to see Aspen. Now don’t make fun, but it happened after I watched dumb and dumber about 10 years ago. It just looked beautiful on the film and I always wanted to see it in person. Now I have, and it is just as beautiful as I hoped it would be. [...]

By |2017-08-01T00:37:48-04:00June 8th, 2016|All Blog Entries, Colorado, National Forests|0 Comments

A town in Colorado that made me feel that I was in the Swiss Alps!!!

Telluride Colorado, is a small, kinda hippy town with huge mountains surrounding it. These mountains are so serene, and ginormous!!! I never heard of this town until I was searching “best hiking in Colorado.” Of coarse the regulars pop up such as Rocky Mountain National Park, and Mesa Verde National Park, but Telluride stood out [...]

By |2016-06-07T01:58:03-04:00June 7th, 2016|All Blog Entries, Colorado|3 Comments

Hiking Mesa Verde National Park

Before entering Mesa Verde National park, I was under the assumption that the park was just about the artifacts and seeing the cliff dwellings where the Pueblo people lived out of. Which is interesting, but I didn’t know there was so much more the park offered. […]

By |2016-09-17T10:54:00-04:00June 4th, 2016|All Blog Entries, Colorado, National Parks|0 Comments

Hiking the Great Sand Dunes National Park

The Great Sand Dunes National Park gets its attention overridden because of all the the other majestic National Parks out there. When places like Yosemite and Yellowstone exists, no one seems to think about the Great Sand Dunes. […]

By |2016-06-13T20:34:29-04:00June 3rd, 2016|All Blog Entries, Colorado, National Parks|0 Comments

How I drove across country only spending 6 dollars, minus gas money

Have you ever wanted to drive across country but felt that you couldn’t because it costs too much? There are ways in saving money and only spending money on necessities when driving across country. […]

Backpacking and hiking meals. Also healthy eating.

It’s a weird concept, bringing food to sustain yourself on the trail for a period of time with out refrigeration. There are only so many foods you can take with you on your journey that doesn’t spoil and is light to carry. This is the kind of thinking I had when I first began backpacking about [...]

Zion National Park Hiking

It wasn’t until two years ago, 2014, when I went to go check out the famous Zion National Park and the hype was completely intuitive. The landscape was just incredibly beautiful, and the trails varied so much that the park is pretty much perfect for any type of person. There are easier trails if you [...]

By |2017-10-13T02:53:03-04:00April 6th, 2016|All Blog Entries, National Parks, Utah|2 Comments