wanderlust

my twenty-fifth birthday is just over a week away and i'm making it special this year: i'm taking a road trip sometime next month. it's coming up quickly and plans are starting to fall into place and it's looking even better than i thought it would. 

i'm super worried about getting excited now because nothing is finalized, it just looks really, really good.

i'm going to see things i've only read about in books;

i'm heading west.

Painted Rocks, MI - Photo by Dan Johnson, NPS

Badlands - Photo by Rikk Flohr

the Ozarks

Ha Ha Tonka State Park, MO

and there's a slight, slight chance we could make it all the way here:

i've done enough jigsaw puzzles of the grand canyon.... i need to see it.

sigh.

i know what i'll be dreaming about tonight...

yours truly, nico