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Thanks for contacting me! I do read every e-mail and respond as quickly as life allows me. Need help with travel? You might want to start with my Ultimate Packing List for anyone considering driving across the country, or the 13 Things to Know When Driving Across the Country. Want to guest post? I love new travel tricks! If you have a quick tip you'd like to share, or would like to be a guest blogger, shoot me an e-mail and we can talk turkey. Subscribe and you might see yourself there one ...

One of the biggest problems for anyone considering driving across the country is what to bring. What are the things I'll want - and need - for all of those things that might arise as I'm traveling the (X amount of) miles it'll take to get there. So, after reading over 50 packing lists, over 100 stories from people who have made similar trips, and making a solo drive over 2,000 miles ...

March 2012, I drove over 2,000 miles across the country. On my own, I slept in my car and camped in the woods (no hotels), and along the way I discovered some very valuable advice for people who are embarking on journeys similar to this that I would like to share with you! Here I am teaching myself how to unlock the trunk from the inside. I highly recommend becoming familiar with ...

Here's a list of facts to help you get to know me. Enjoy!  Did I mention that I love surfing? People call me Annika, but secretly I want them to use my childhood nickname, Anninea I am technically homeless. I was born in 1992. In Colorado. I have worked with the YMCA as a camp counselor (though we prefer the term "facilitator") since 2008. When I'm bored, there's a ...

As some of you may know, I have a Bucket List. One of the items on my list was to design and sew an outfit, so for Halloween 2012 I decided to create my dream gypsy and/or belly dancer outfit. The finished product at a local Halloween carnival. I started by selecting a pattern, which would guide me through the process of fabric selections, accessories, and assembly. Simplicity ...

August 12th, 2013. I got to cross watching a sunrise at the Grand Canyon off my Bucket List. After spending three days and two nights in the bottom of the canyon to watch the Perseids Meteor Shower, my friends and I woke up nice and early to begin what would end up being a 14-hour hike back up the 10 mile path to the top. Hint: I'm the one making the most ridiculous faces. Food ...

What. A. Rush. On August 3rd, 2013, three hours before the scheduled jump, my boyfriend and I arrived at Skydive San Diego, thrilled to complete the paperwork and training I would need to finally cross skydiving off of my Bucket List. Afterwards, you spend at least an hour watching people fall from the sky in bright colors like yellow, orange, and green. Some people laugh, some ...

The Bucket List Did you know that studies show people are more likely to do the things that they write down? Two years ago, when I learned this, I started my own Bucket List. Make a ship in a bottle Release a CD Make an instrument Travel to all seven continents North America South America Europe Africa Antarctica Asia Australia Go skydiving And bungee jumping Take my sisters ...

"They say there are two types of people in the world: Thinkers and Doers. And I'd like to prove that you can be both." - Annika Truebenbach Here I am tandem skydiving with Skydive San Diego. (8.3.13) You, my dear readers, may be wondering what my life's motto means. "How can you be both a thinker AND a doer?" It's not easy. As an introverted person with extroverted fantasies, ...