So… This is my blog. It’s me, Maddy. I’m a 12 year-old girl, who enjoys filmmaking, skiing (skiing is life), lacrosse, reading, directing movies, exploring, traveling, hanging out, playing games, and organizing. I do argue with my sister sometimes, and I can be a little competitive, but overall I think I’m cool. 😉

My blog is just going to be whatever I’m thinking and what’s going on around me. Random thoughts of mine.

Going into this road trip I had no idea what to expect. I didn’t go on the April trip with the rest of my family, because I would have to miss school and lacrosse, both of which I love and didn’t want to miss. I know a lot of kids my age might disagree with me, I mean if you look at it this way- you get to skip school and go on a road trip across the east coast, so basically an extra vacation. But I love my school and I’m really enjoying my classes, so I didn’t want to miss out. Instead I stayed with my grandparents at home and built a ropes course, went to school, went to the beach, played lacrosse, etc. And when they came home they were happy and I was happy, no regrets, I still get to go on the summer trip.

The summer trip was hard for me to imagine, after a year of staying home in sweatpants all day, I was about to spend my entire summer away from home. Now there are 2 ways to look at this situation, and now, I wish I looked at it a different way, but this is how I saw it at the time– We spend the entire summer driving (I get carsick sometimes), going around looking at rocks for the entire summer, without friends, my own shower/bathroom/bed/privacy, and live the entire summer in a 31 foot can, with my family. And this is how my mom saw it… We get to spend the entire summer together traveling across the country seeing unique landscapes, in a huge car– Clearly we have pretty different thoughts. Also note, I was a grumpy moody 12 year old still in quarantine when we were planning the trip, so my thoughts were, well, moody. But now that I’m actually on the trip it’s a lot more fun.

What the trip actually is in 10 words: Fun, New, Exciting, Opportunity, Family, Travel, Games, Swimming, Driving, Exploration.

Yes, Emmy and I do have to share a mattress, but we each have own sleeping bag so we don’t bother each other. Yes, it’s sometimes a lot of driving, but it’s worth it, I’ve gotten to go so many new places. And even though I did sacrifice some privacy and alone-time for this trip its been completely worth it, I would definitely do this again. One new thing I learned during the trip, is that whenever I’ve traveled in the past I just think about when I get there, not how to get there. And this has really been an amazing opportunity to slow down and enjoy the ride. 🙂

More posts coming soon.

-Maddy