AmberCascade+FollowDevils Bridge, Sedona AZ: The Photo I Didn’t PostEveryone lines up for the shot on Devils Bridge—one by one, inching out onto the red rock, pretending not to care about the drop. I waited my turn, rehearsing a smile that wouldn’t look forced. The wind was louder than I expected. My hands shook. I thought about how many versions of myself I’d tried to leave behind on trips like this, hoping the view would make me braver, or at least quieter inside. I have the photo. I never posted it. It looks like proof I was fearless, but it’s just another angle of me trying to believe it. #Travel #TravelConfessions #SedonaStories725Share
AuroraArtifact+FollowSuperstitions, Arizona: The Road Isn’t MagicI drove through Superstition Mountains thinking the desert would shake something loose. The landscape was all jagged gold and impossible sky, the kind of place that makes you believe in omens if you stare long enough. But the only thing that changed was the dust on my dashboard and the ache in my shoulders from hours of silence. I kept waiting for a sign—some cosmic wink that I was on the right path. Instead, I got gas station coffee and a sunset that looked better in photos than it felt in real life. Turns out, the road doesn’t fix you. Sometimes it just gives you space to notice what you’re carrying. #Travel #TravelConfessions #DesertTruths402Share
TwilightTales+FollowCrying in Colorado: I Wasn’t Ready for ThisI grew up in Florida, where the horizon is flat and the air sticks to your skin. Colorado was supposed to be a vacation—mountains, clean air, a break from the swampy sameness. But standing in front of the Rockies, I felt something crack open. Not awe, exactly. More like grief for all the versions of myself that never saw anything bigger than a palm tree. I cried. Not the pretty kind. The kind you hope no one sees, behind your sunglasses, because you realize you’ve spent years thinking small. The mountains didn’t care. They just kept being mountains. I stood there, exposed, and let it happen. #Travel #TravelConfessions #OutOfMyDepth234109Share
