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Category Archives: Travel

A Week in Cabo for My Love’s Milestone Birthday

November 4, 2025by rachelannc Leave a comment

What’s a week in Cabo like? It’s nice to look back at these memories. Time flies and moments pass before we really get a moment to take it all in. […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog

A Trip to Sedona and Third Half Marathon

June 10, 2025by rachelannc 1 Comment

A trip to the desert to start off 2025 conquering a half marathon with zero training? Hell yeah. “It feels like a weird time to be doing this amidst all […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

Feeling the Chappell Roan-ia at Outside Lands 2024

September 28, 2024by rachelannc Leave a comment

From her stellar, strong and powerful vocals that fluctuate from soft whispers to direct chants to the crowd to country-laden yodels and powerhouse vocals from the head to the chest, […]

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Concerts, Music, Reflection, Response, Travel

This is 31 and a Weekend in Utah

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“No regrets, baby, I just think that maybeIt’s natural when things lose their shineSo other things can glowI’ve gotten older now, I knowHow to take care of myselfI found a […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

Texas Sun, a Half Marathon and My Cowboy in LA

December 17, 2023by rachelannc Leave a comment

Texas, you were a dream. Country dance halls and saloons, my first time riding a horse, Tex-Mex eats, the Spurs and the open road… There’s such a charm about Texas […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

A Week in NYC and my First US Open

October 13, 2023by rachelannc Leave a comment

This past August into September, I made a trip with Alex to New York since my Mom wanted to watch the US Open in New York. We matched up our […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

Quirky in Albuquerque: A Solo Trip to the Desert with Incubus

October 11, 2023by rachelannc 1 Comment

Sometimes being in a place on your own attracts like souls like you — and I’m so grateful. I made a quick 3-day trip out to Albuquerque, New Mexico this […]

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Celebrities, Concerts, Music, Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

A Day in Joshua Tree and the Perseid Meteor Shower

October 9, 2023by rachelannc 3 Comments

It’s mid-August and the heat of summer. My love has spent the first half of the year in hardcore study mode and just passed the first half of his exams. […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

Yosemite and my First Half Marathon

June 10, 2023by rachelannc 1 Comment

I once heard that the greatest gift you could ever give the world is a healthy you. When I first set foot on the pavement and ran my first couple […]

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Food/Health, Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

A Winter 2022 Vlog

December 31, 2022by rachelannc 1 Comment

I’m sitting at this health food spot two days before Christmas. I’m a few miles away from the ocean and I’m just sitting in the sun. Basking. Breathing. In stillness. […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

A Summer Slow-up

December 29, 2022by rachelannc 2 Comments

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it,” as cult-favorite Ferris Bueller wisely once said. It’s time for a […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

Five Days in the Pacific Northwest

June 24, 2022by rachelannc Leave a comment

When Seattle is just a three hour drive from Portland and less rain away, you make a road trip out of it. Sometimes I don’t even know how I fell […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

Spring Healing

May 6, 2022by rachelannc 2 Comments

For all my life I’ve searched for this feeling of being grounded and free at the same time. It’s a beautiful and delicate balance. And for the first time, I […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

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I am a Music lover, Guitar player, Retired Music Journalist, Dreamer, Lover of the outdoors and Old soul in a young body.

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