Posts tagged A Peek Inside My Weird Brain
From the Darkest Skies to City Lights: Salt Lake City
From the Darkest Skies to City Lights: Salt Lake City

Follow your instincts, be spontaneous, discover things you never knew were there to be discovered.

And that’s how I discovered vanlife.

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On The Road 2020Carson CostaVanlife, Salt Lake City, Temple Square, City, COVID-19, Aquarium, Planetarium, Downtown, Exploring, Park City, Friends, Friendship, Flowers, Birds, Tracy Aviary, Getting Started, Origin Story, A Peek Inside My Weird Brain, America, Travel, United States, Visits, Movies, Finding Dory, Capitols, CapitalsComment
The World From 13,000 Feet
The World From 13,000 Feet

It’s hard not to feel invincible standing at the end of the crest, the mountain dropping straight down on nearly every side, the world unfolding before you like a butterfly spreading its wings.

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On The Road 2020Carson CostaAdventure, A Peek Inside My Weird Brain, Great Basin National Park, Nevada, Travel, Vanlife, Hiking, Hiker, Hikes, Park, National Parks, Wheeler Peak, 13000 Feet, Friendship, New Friends, Nomad, Rocks, Altitude, Mountain, Aspen, Juniper, Inspiration, Challenges, Exhaustion, Experience, Self, kismet, Nature, Nice Drive, Overcoming problems, Overachieving, United States, Views, Wild, Excitement, Amazing People Comments
Everything's Turning Up Roses
Everything's Turning Up Roses

Arriving at Dave and Nancy’s house presented a slightly-terrifying challenge. And by “slightly-terrifying,” I mean I was fairly sure it was going to put a swift end to the trip.

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Trial RunCarson CostaPortland, Oregon, Flowers, Roses, Lots of Pictures, Planning, Overcoming problems, Overplanning, Overachieving, Ocean, City, Books, Powell's City of Books, Awesome Book Stores, Book Stores, Public Parks, Gardens, Jasper National Park, Banff National Park, Return Trip, Route Planning, Bed, Van Build, Reading, Fairbanks, Sumas, Border Crossing, 3-Day Novel Contest, National Parks, Labor Day, Mt. Rainier National Park, Coast, Dave and Nancy, Zach, Scenic Drives, Steep, Terrifying Drives, International Rose Test Garden, Beauty, Blogging, Driving, Thanks to, I'm Not Late for Once, Inner Thoughts, A Peek Inside My Weird Brain, Library, Nice Drive, Travel, Trial Run, United States, Vanlife, Amazing People Comment
The Problem with Jumping in the Deep End
The Problem with Jumping in the Deep End

I’m not writing this post to complain. I realized that this — everything being a total mess — is part of the whole experience.

I’m not failing at it, I’m doing it.

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Trial RunCarson CostaSelf-doubt, Self, Self Improvement, Reflections, Problems, Mess, Mishaps, Advice, Crater Lake National Park, Overcoming problems, Solutions, Corvettes, Driving, Nice Drive, Smoke, Seward, Alaska, Learning, Library, Gordon, New Friends, Friends, Fairbanks, State Fair, United States, Experience, Changes, Ways of Doing Things, Writing, Catching Up, Rogue River Gorge, Casey State Recreation Site, Ocean, Travel, A Peek Inside My Weird Brain, Blogging, Cooking, Dirty, Exhaustion, Excitement, Goals, Giving Up in the Best Way, intervention, I'm late again, Inner Thoughts, Sink, Late, Losing my mind, National Parks, Oregon, Panic, Snow, Stress, Trial Run, Time Crunch, Tiny Living, Vanlife, Adventure, Zach, Amazing People, Blockbuster, Dream Come True, Dreams Comments
The First Day: Lassen Volcanic National Park
The First Day: Lassen Volcanic National Park

Zach looked back and said that everything looked ok, except there seemed to be something shiny — something that looked like water — on the floor.

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Trial RunCarson CostaTravel, Danica, Snow, Zach, RYE, Rotary Youth Exchange, California, Donner Party, Donner Summit, Oil, Lassen Volcanic National Park, National Parks, America, Adventure, A Peek Inside My Weird Brain, Blogging, Driving, long drive, Mess, Mishaps, Losing my mind, Panic, Challenges, Dirty, Exhaustion, Excitement, Heat, Frustration, Inner Thoughts, Late Night Musings, Tiny Living, Vanlife Comments
I've Named the Van, and I'm Nearly Set to Go
I've Named the Van, and I'm Nearly Set to Go

The last week before I left was just as insane, because all of that was still going on, but I also had a lot of goodbyes to get through.

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Pre-TripCarson CostaLosing my mind, Stress, Frustration, Friends, Family, Van Build, Vanlife, Visits, A Peek Inside My Weird Brain, Blogging, Comedy of Errors, Challenges, Curtains, Cabinets, DIY, Exhaustion, Self, I'm late again, Inner Thoughts, Planning, long drive, Mishaps, Neighbors, Wood, Panic, RYE, Rotary Youth Exchange, Travel, Self-doubt, Trial Run, Time Crunch, Worried, Wood WorkingComment
A Few Thoughts on Americanism
A Few Thoughts on Americanism

Forth of July was the one day every year that I always felt unstoppable. It made me feel empowered, one person supported and held up by millions of people, like every dream I’d every dared to entertain was as close as those fireworks, falling down upon me from the stars.

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Pre-TripCarson CostaPolitics, Americanism, United States, America, Reflections, Rotary Youth Exchange, RYE, Germany, Venezuela, Inner Thoughts, Pride, Nationality, A Peek Inside My Weird Brain, Blogging, Self, Why?, Learning, Self-doubt, TravelComment
I Destroyed Part of My Build
I Destroyed Part of My Build

I was dead set on pretending I had no van, and that I’d never been crazy enough to start this insane project, for the rest of the day.

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Pre-TripCarson CostaVan Build, Vanlife, Ceiling, Tongue-and-groove, nemesis, Exhaustion, Self, Self-doubt, Panic, Challenges, Problems, Difficult, DIY, A Peek Inside My Weird Brain, Comedy of Errors, Frustration, Learning, Cursing, Anger, Breaking Things, Things Breaking, Worried, This Happened to Me, Inner Thoughts, Planning, Mishaps, Boards, Wainscotting, Stress Comments