things i learned on the road

• order the double double from in n out animal style, skip the fries

• read anything anthony bourdain, matt haig too. 

• sedona arizona absolutely deserves a song

• if you tell the old lady at the grand canyon that you like her knee high rainbow socks, you just might make her day 

• my vibe by mt joy can fix any bad mood 

• if that doesn’t work, chug a 12oz red bull. yerba mate works too 

• always be outside during golden hour

• the grand canyon is big. grand even. not overrated, not even a little bit

• arizona is beautiful, the pictures won’t do it justice, but try anyway 

• if the armpits of your shirt don’t smell yet, you’re probably good to wear it again 

• the tallest saguaro cactus ever recorded was 78 feet tall. it fell in 1986 due to a windstorm

• the homeless man on the corner of navajo and 16th is somebodies son. he’ll be grateful for a tener. 

• petrified forest national parks looks to be mid at first glance. a single mushroom changes everything 

• most people are good, don’t believe the news

• winging it tends to work out

• noah kahan makes you miss home, the lumineers make you wanna move to colorado, mt joy makes you wanna dance

• the couple you take pictures for at horseshoe bend will give you banter for wearing a red pats hat, all you gotta do is flip ‘em 6 fingers. 

• people will also do a double take when they see you wearing a red hat to make sure you’re not a loser. make red hats great again

• sure it’s been photographed a million times by a million different people, but never by you 

• there’s less rules than you think

• everything’s exactly where it needs to be 

• take a good look, it’ll never be this way again