#dirty30

i just got back from a trip that was three years in the making. it was a warm spring day and my friend pete was visiting from indiana so the two of us and my friend terra grabbed some sandwiches and headed down to picnic down by the mighty mississippi. it was at some point during that lunch we decided that once we were all 30 (i was the last of the three of us, woot woot) we were going to go on a cruise together. we were 27 and three years seemed like such a long time.

those three years seemingly passed in the blink of an eye and as we were coming up on our cruise a little bit of life got in the way and we had to switch from a cruise to some quality time in southern california. it was hard to be sad about it since i'm pretty much in love with san diego.

there is nothing like celebrating a new decade and years of friendship than hangs on the beach, hiking in the desert, consuming coffee like it won't exist tomorrow, and mingling with other travelers doing the hostel life. my 2016 has been a pretty rough year so far (and we're only a month in, help me Lord) so escaping real life for a couple days was exactly what i needed.

i brought my camera but only snagged a few pictures because i'm terrible at remembering to be a photographer...i just get caught up in the moment and forget to take pictures. both myself and my friend, terra, did #dirty30 all of our trip pics on instagram so you can find a more complete picture synopsis there...lame, i know.

 yoga on the beach

 more yoga

only one of us actually does yoga...

spoiler alert: it's not me

 pete is hesitant about being 30

 terra is living into being 30

 i'm only going along with 30 b/c i have to

 just a fan of this shot is all 

 when in cali...

 because all their sunsets look this gorgeous 

 this isn't posed at all 

 desert views

 pete is a good mediator

 terra taking no bull from that horned sheep

 mountains and sunshine

kisses from a raptor

those are pictures from 2 days of a 6 day trip...so yeah, my photography skillz are horribly lacking. seriously, go to instagram and see more pictures of coffee and donuts and seals and hiking the hollywood hill and everything else i missed. 

in spite of not remembering to take a lot of pictures it was the trip of a lifetime and i'm stoked i got to spend it with some of the best. i would be one lucky girl if the rest of 30 was this fantastic.

xo