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#travelgirl back to the 9-5 after 500 days on the road
Living in WI, working in Cali
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"The source of all light is in the eye... YOU evoke light out of the universe, in the same way you, by nature of having soft skin, evoke hardness out of wood. Wood is only hard in relation to a soft skin. It's your eardrum that evokes noise out of the air. You, by being this organism, call into being this whole universe of light and color and hardness and heaviness and everything." - Alan Watts
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If you do nothing more today, your eyes have already created all the light you see, your ears all the sound you hear. Let that sink in for a bit.
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We take it for granted because it's such a fundamental part of our existence, but our bodies were built to take this world in. We are meant to see, hear, touch, smell, and experience as much of this world as we can, in any way that we can. It's our very perception of the world that turns light waves and sound waves and matter into meaningful things that we can understand. Without us, it's just a jumble of data. With us, it becomes a story.
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I want to know all the stories the world has to tell. This is why I travel. .
📍 Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
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#Wisconsin #visitusa #gltlove #iamtb #thetraveltag #adventuregirl #travelWI #visitmke #visitmilwaukee #femaletravelbloggers #backpackersintheworld #passionpassport #mytinyatlas #welivetoexplore #womenwhoexplore #beautifuldestinations #sheisnotlost #dametraveler #darlingescapes #artmuseum

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"Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now" - Hamilton
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Tim and I have been making special date nights to the @overturecenter theater for years now to see their lineup of Broadway shows. I've been grateful to see Wicked, The Sound of Music, Kinky Boots, Phantom of the Opera, and others at this theater. Last weekend, after years of waiting for it to come to Madison, Wisconsin (and for tickets to not be $400/each 😱), we got to go see Hamilton!
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It was an awesome show, and we were both so excited to visit the Overture Center for the first time this year.
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We took this photo before the show while enjoying wine (Tim) and hot chocolate (me). Swipe to see the beautiful theater and Hamilton set after the show!
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Do you like going to see plays and musicals?
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#Wisconsin #visitmadison #madisonwi #travelWI #coupleswhoexplore #hamiltonmusical #marriedtravelers #journeysofcouples #wisconsinblogger #madisonwisconsin #visitusa #usatravel #exploreusa #travelduo #usatrip

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ONE YEAR AGO- where were you? .
It's hard to believe it was already a year ago that Tim and I were traversing Africa. At this time last November we were in Namibia, exploring some of the most surreal and spectacular landscapes I've ever seen.
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After an epic sunrise, we visited the ethereal Sossusvlei and Deadvlei salt and clay pans, which sit beside "Big Daddy", one of the tallest sand dune in the world at 325 meters. The landscape here looks like something you’d find on Mars. The ground is cracked and white, and petrified trees stand bare and dark against the bright orange backdrop of the surrounding dunes. It is one of the great sites of Namibia.
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Taking the time to just appreciate the unique geology behind this place is essential to enjoying it. Thankfully, Tim and I love learning and had done a little research beforehand to help us appreciate the science behind what we were seeing. The entire desert region is about 80 million years old - the oldest in the world. Sossusvlei itself was created by the Tsauchab River. Over time, the Tsauchab River was blocked off by the sand dunes. It no longer flowed to what is now Sossusvlei. The ground dried up, leaving behind the cracked clay and salt surface.
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Today, a year later, I'm in Virginia visiting family and cuddling with my new cat 🐱
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Where were you a year ago, and where are you today?
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#namibia #namibia🇳🇦 #namibiatourism #namibiatravel #namibiaroadtrip #sossusvlei #iamtb #gltlove #sheisnotlost #dametraveler #girlslovetravel #travelgirlsgo #africansafari #deadvlei #backpackersintheworld

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Feeling EXTRA GRATEFUL this year.
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Last night I landed in Virginia, where my mom has been taking care of a kitten for me. On Monday, this kitten will be flying back to Wisconsin with me ❤️
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I met her in early September, on my last trip to Virginia, while I was on a marathon training run. She was all alone, and I think she had been dumped. My mom agreed to keep her while I tried to convince Tim that this was fate and we should get a cat. Despite being allergic, Tim agreed, and he's even getting 9 months of weekly cat allergy shots.

Yep, my sweet husband is allergic to cats and letting me get one anyway because HE IS THE BEST.

Getting to bring Mara cat (a nod to "marathon") home with me is the best gift. I am so GRATEFUL.
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ABOUT THIS PHOTO:
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This is a shot from this past Saturday at @easttownkitchenandbar on Milwaukee, where we ate like it was Thanksgiving all day long 😂. Did you know Milwaukee is nicknamed Brew City because of the abundance of breweries that made the city their headquarters over the course of its history.

Check out the wall behind us for some famous Milwaukee names and let me know if you've tried any of them or have a favorite 🍻😋New Glarus is one of mine, but sorry out of state friends, it's only available in Wisconsin!

#Wisconsin #wisconsinblogger #madisonwisconsin #visitusa #wisconsingirl #visitmilwaukee #visitmke #milwaukee #midwestgirl #Thanksgiving2019 #Thankful #besthusbandever #iamtb #thetraveltag #breweries #milwaukeebeer #backpackersintheworld #coupleswhoexplore #coupleslovetravel #CoupleGoals #globecouples #travelcouple #journeysofcouples #marriedtravelers #marriottbonvoy #marriottrewards #gltlove #girlslovetravel #worldnomads #brewcity

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SPACE SHIP OR ART MUSEUM? .
This building is the Milwaukee Art Museum, but it doesn't always look like this. You see, this building actually has wings that expand most days and automatically close when winds reach 23 mph or greater. It's called the Burke Brise Soleil and it's the first of its kind in American architecture. Imagine a whale tail or a bird in flight and you'll get an idea of the shape of the building when it's expanded. 🐳🦅
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This was my first time seeing it closed, and I was struck by how the building seems to disappear into the sky. ⛅ It reminds me of the futuristic buildings in Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences, or even the unique post-Soviet structures of Central Asian countries like Kazakhstan (Google it if you don't know, seriously!). .
What's the most interesting architecture you've seen, either at home or traveling? .
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#Wisconsin #wisconsinblogger #madisonwisconsin #visitusa #wisconsingirl #visitmilwaukee #visitmke #milwaukee #midwestgirl #gltlove #iamtb #femaletravelbloggers #backpackersintheworld #wisconsinlove #wisconsinphotographer #wisconsinlife #wisconsinstate_photos #Wisconsingoodness #girlswhotravel #darlingescapes #sheisnotlost #wearetravelgirls #ladiesgoneglobal #traveldreamseekers #travelblogger #travelgram #instatravel #wanderlust #womenwhoexplore #milwaukeewi

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MEMORABLE MORNINGS 💕 that almost didn't happen 😯
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Tim and I almost missed out on the opportunity to witness sunrise over the Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia earlier this year. .
We were on a 3 day jeep tour from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile to Uyuni, Bolivia. It's standard to take a tour in this region because of how remote the locations are. There is no cell reception, internet, and scarcely roads.
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Anyway, the night before the grand finale of the trip - visiting the world's largest salt flats - over half of the people in our group said they wanted to skip sunrise in favor of sleeping 😱According to our guides, this meant that NONE of us could go. .
Having done my research about this place and the opportunity to see sunrise, I knew this was something I didn't want me and Tim to miss out on. To be honest, I was flabbergasted that most of the people in this group would not only prefer to skip sunrise, but that they would make that choice knowing it was robbing the rest of the group a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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Along with the others who adamantly wanted to see sunrise, we were able to convince our guides to rearrange our group so that those who wanted to go, could, and those who wanted to sleep in could do that too.
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I can't believe one of the most stunning mornings of my life almost didn't happen.
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Standing up to everyone was definitely uncomfortable. But in the end, it was worth it.
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What would you have done? Would you have stood up to the group or just accepted it? .
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#boliviatravel #visitbolivia #desertlife #boliviasaltflats #Bolivia #southamerica #visitsouthamerica #travelsouthamerica #uyuni #uyunisaltflats #sunrise_pics #iamtb #backpackersintheworld #bolivia🇧🇴 #explorebolivia #coupleswhoexplore #creativetravelcouples #travelustcouples #marriedtravelers #globecouples #journeysofcouples #gltlove #travelduo #travelsandchill #romancetravel #travelduo #travelbloggerlife #travelbloggers #CoupleGoals #adventuretogether

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Let it GLOW 🌞
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Winter has very much arrived here in Wisconsin and it's going to be my first real winter in a few years since we were traveling in warmer places for most of the last few winters 😱
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I don't mind the cold TOO much but my skin definitely isn't a fan of dry, windy air. It ends up looking dull, splotchy, and sooooo dry. I've always used lotions and oils to combat this, and this year I'm trying a CBD face oil. So far I LOVE IT.
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Aside from the mega hit of moisture it gives me, CBD oil for skin care is also great for reducing signs of aging. You read that right. It assists with diminishing the appearance of wrinkles by counteracting free-radical damage.
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I'm currently trying out the Cloud luminous oil which I got from @livwave, but their store offers several other CBD-boosted skincare products. And don't forget, with code SarahP15 you get 15% off your entire order 😍😍😍
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#LivWave #LivYourTrueSelf #cbdoil #cbd #livclean #California #cali #visitcalifornia #socal #westcoast #californialove #visitusa #palmsprings #palmdesert #palmspringslife #iamtb #thetraveltag #Californiagirl #dryskin #cbdskincare #Sponsored #gltlove #femaletravelbloggers #darlingescapes #sheisnotlost #wearetravelgirls #ladiesgoneglobal #traveldreamseekers #travelblogger #womenwhoexplore

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Tim: "Look Sarah, everything the light touches is our kingdom."
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Me: Promptly subscribes to Disney+ the moment it becomes available.
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Not even going to try to deny it, we watched quite a bit of Disney over the weekend. Tim had NEVER seen Alice in Wonderland and this seemed absurd to me. For the record, he loved it, and if you haven't watched this movie as an adult, you really should. There's a lot of weird stuff in there.
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Anyway, this shot is from a much more active weekend from a few weeks back when we hiked at Devil's Lake State Park and caught some perfect fall colors. .
Less than 2 weeks later we had snow on the ground and a nighttime low of 10 degrees ❄️⛄all the better for cozying up with a good movie though! .
Did you get on the Disney+ train or nah? If so, any gems on there you're excited about? .
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#Wisconsin #wisconsinblogger #madisonwisconsin #visitusa #wisconsingirl #visitmadison #gltlove #iamtb #thetraveltag #adventuregirl #wisconsinlove #wisconsinoutdoors #devilslake #fallcolors #fallinwisconsin #CoupleGoals #globecouples #earthcouples #adventurecouple #adventuretogether #travelsandchill #romancetravel #travelduo #travelustcouples #marriedtravelers #optoutside #coupleswhohike #hiker #coupleswhoexplore #backpackersintheworld

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Welcome to the Hotel California ✌️
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OK this lifelong Eagles fan definitely couldn't pass up a photo op with this Palm Springs, California hotel. .
I stayed across the street at a different hotel (it was tiki themed and that was a whole vibe) so I can't attest to whether Hotel California is a nice place to stay, but if the cactus garden and southwest design are any indication, I would be thrilled to stay here on my next visit. For what it's worth, it's rated 4.8/5 on Google. .
Have you ever traveled somewhere in honor of a favorite song or artist? Like Abbey Road for the Beatles, Stone Town for Freddie Mercury, Joshua Tree for U2...What else have people done?
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📍 Palm Springs, California. August 2019
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