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Local Love & Wanderlust

Local Love & Wanderlust

A Perfect Day in Joshua Tree National Park

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Local Love and Wanderlust is a blog for local explorers, adventure seekers, and World wanderers.
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Wanderlust

part local explorer. part world wanderer.

Hi, I’m Jen – photographer and storyteller behind Local Love and Wanderlust. My goal is to inspire you to seek adventures whether it’s in your hometown or across the country. 

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Where Am I Now?

Cleveland, Ohio

Next Stops

San Fransisco, California

Big Sur, California

wish List

Paris, France

Iceland

All of the US National Parks

On the blog

My Palm Springs City Guide – The Perfect Place for Relaxing & Enjoying Nature

An Otherworldly Rocky Oasis in the Desert – Hiking Palm Spring’s Indian Canyons

Visit one of the best places for cactus lovers in Palm Springs – An afternoon at Moorten Botanical Garden & Cactarium

Hotels We Love: The Kinney Venice Beach

A Perfect November Day in Joshua Tree National Park

Hot & New: Ohio City Galley in Cleveland, Ohio

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  • Have you stayed at a hotel with an amazing view lately? This past trip we stayed in a tiny hotel room that felt anything but. The bed was so comfortable! The view was amazing and there was a mood light you can adjust with an iPad that was so cool. I’ll be writing up this awesome hotel in NYC on the blog soon. . . . . #nyc #newyorkiloveyou #i♥️ny #thebowery #modularhotel #citizenmbowery #citizenm #thatviewtho #hotelsnob #newyorkcity #hotel
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  • #contest #southweststorytellers After a day of exploring mountains, rainforests and the coast of Olympic National Park we decided to skip eating at a lil Italian spot in Port Angles and make the two hour drive to the Northwestern most point of the contiguous US. Cape Flattery isn’t part of the Olympic NP so we had to pick up a pass to visit the Makah Tribal land. After picking up our pass we made our way through the sleepy town up to the trail. When we arrived it was getting close to dusk and we were one of the few cars in the lot. We make our way to the entrance and a lovely local decorated some walking sticks which we borrowed and were very helpful to navigate as the trail was a mix of flattened earth, treee root stairs, and wooden plank paths. The trail, covered by a canopy of trees was eerie. The quiet only echoed every step we made and each crunchy footstep we wondered “is that a predatory animal about to pounce?”... and after about 40 minutes of hiking we finally see a break of light in the trail ahead. We were soon gifted with the most incredible views of the Pacific. The hike back to the car was really spooky as it was getting dark and we were alone. We get back to the car with a little bit of daylight left and our drive back was a 2.5 hour drive through dark, forested roads and we had Wendy’s for dinner before heading back to the hotel. Stories like this are why I started my travel blog. I want to share my experiences through my photography and storytelling and helps me do that with their affordable flights to hundreds of destinations. From being able to choose my seat (window seat, forever!) and checking up to two bags at no extra cost @southwestair has been the airline for me for years now. I’d love the opportunity to be a Southwest Storyteller to empower others to explore and see the world. Thanks for reading :) . . . #southwest #southweststorytellers #windowseatforever #travel #travelphotography #travelblogger #olympicnationalpark #capeflattery #washingtonstate
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