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Favorites, Memories, Travel

Things I Miss About Arizona

  1. Constant sunshine
  2. 75 degree winters
  3. Mountains
  4. Oranges and orange groves
  5. Palm trees
  6. Cacti
  7. The wildness of the desert
  8. The Mogollon Rim
  9. The lack of snow
  10. Oleanders
The back yard of the house I grew up in
The neighbors' oleander bushes
Favorites, Memories, Travel

Awesome Places I’ve Been

  1. The rainforest of Juneau, Alaska
  2. Sugar Beach, Maui, Hawaii
  3. Sunbeam Lake campsite, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
  4. Mogollon Rim, Payson, Arizona
  5. Twin Falls, Maui, Hawaii
  6. Manhattan Beach Pier, Manhattan Beach, California
  7. Mendenhall Glacier & waterfall, Juneau, Alaska
  8. “Canadian Adventure” camp, north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
  9. Blackwater Trail, Superstition Mountains, east of Mesa, Arizona
  10. Empire State Building, New York, New York
  11. Sears Building, Chicago, Illinois
  12. Cape Cod, Chatham, Massachusetts
  13. Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska
  14. Eagle River, Alaska
  15. Scarface mountain, Apache Junction, Arizona
  16. Pearl Harbor Memorial, Oahu, Hawaii
  17. Grand Marais, Minnesota
  18. Boundary Waters, Ely, Minnesota
  19. Neil Simon Broadway Theater, New York, New York
  20. Fox Theater, St. Louis, Missouri
  21. Top of the St. Louis Arch, St. Louis, Missouri
  22. Ozark mountains, Mountain Home, Arkansas
  23. The rolling hills of Kentucky
  24. Top of Haleakala volcano, Maui, Hawaii
  25. Secluded cabin on the Kenai Peninsula, outside Soldotna, Alaska
  26. Estes Park, Colorado
  27. Casa Grande Ruins, Coolidge, Arizona
  28. Boston Commons, Boston, Massachusetts
  29. Top of the Taku Glacier, Juneau, Alaska
Lesley & Caleb, Twin Falls, Maui

Honorable Mention (Not quite as awe-inspiring to me, but still deserving mention)

  1. North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Payson, Arizona
  2. Times Square, New York, New York
  3. Hollywood Hills, Hollywood, California
  4. Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
  5. Norfork Dam, Mountain Home, Arkansas
  6. Hoover Dam, Mohave County, Arizona
  7. Tortilla Flat, Arizona
  8. Salty Dawg Saloon, Homer, Alaska
Top of the Taku Glacier

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Things That Are Vastly Underrated

  1. Naps
  2. Oranges
  3. Lifeguards
  4. Sweet potato fries
  5. Handwritten notes
  6. Sunsets
  7. Windchimes
  8. Teenagers
  9. Hammocks
  10. Porches
  11. Michael Franti & Spearhead
  12. Sunday afternoons
  13. The color brown
  14. Turtles
  15. Live jazz music in a coffee bar
  16. Being by yourself
  17. Homeschooling
  18. Middle management
  19. Trees
  20. Service animals
Maui, Hawaii - KamIII Beachpark - My friend's son holding up the sun