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Get the inside scoop on travel: hiking, cities, beaches, forests, deserts, hidden gems, and national parks. Be here for original photography, song recommendations, story telling, and for all things outside and adventure
Welcome to my blog, and a digital scrapbook of my life!
the birth of amidst the wildflowers BLOg
I was on a hike in Yosemite (alone as I do, but don’t worry by choice not in a depressing way) and I was thinking about beautiful the world is, and it is so unfortunate that not many people get to see it. I do so much hiking and adventuring, way more than a normal person my age.
More people would travel if they could, had time, had money, knew how to, or it was something they were comfortable with. I have hacked the system of LIFE, and I have figured out how to travel and places that are worth traveling TO. So, how was I going to share the beauty of the world with others? Well, I have a Youtube channel, that I have posted a total of 2 videos to in 4 years. Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter I eventually all grew out of. Tik Tok I just use to watch other people’s videos so…. Blog it was!
This blog is also hugely for myself, I wanted a digital concise scrapbook of my adventures, and what better way to do it……. BOOM amidst the wildflowers was born. *Side note: I wanted it to be AMONG the wildflowers (shoutout Tom Petty song) but amongthewildflowers.com was already taken by another bozo.
and me….cici
professional black sheep of the family
You can call me CiCi, no that is not my government name however it’s short, sweet, to the point and no one can get it wrong dammit.
I will start with the basics and introduce myself to the class, I am a 26 year old woman. I was born in Canada but moved to the east coast of the United States when I was very young , then moved to the Midwest for high school and college. I have two…count em…. TWO degrees from college (am I using either of them? No.) One of them is in Graphic Design and the other is Marketing.
Another reason I started this blog was because I did not want to get rusty on my content creation skills, and I could hear my dad asking me *when are you going to do something that uses your degree?!?!?!* well, this blog is my start… sorry dad.
I remember always wanting to travel since I was little. My grandpa was a geography professor, and he always got me a subscription to National Geographic every year. I vividly remember reading them as a kid, and listening to my mom’s stories about her travels to India, my grandpa’s stories about different cultures, and my dad’s stories about his travels to Iran. I also have always been a bit of an oddball, the black sheep of the family if you will, so when I graduated college and what did I decide to do? I moved across the country because of a Tik Tok. But we’ll get into that later 😉
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