5/31/2022: “Summer’s Quick Entry”
All of a sudden, half the year is gone and I’m putting together all the details behind another big, climactic summer road trip.
About The Blog
You don’t have to spend thousands or go overseas to get a good vacation! This blog is about my personal excursions across the Midwest states of the USA, and hopefully trips even further from my home as time goes on. My hope is that some of my ideas can pass on to you so that you don’t have to constantly daydream about going somewhere like I used to! For now, I’m traveling solo so I will also talk about what things look like for any solo traveler out there. After every trip, I will discuss logistics: finances, time, environmental knowledge, and the overall difficulty of putting the trip together. There are well-known and lesser known destinations out there, and I intend to grow and develop a life collage of them.
Recently…
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Missouri – A Peaceful Retreat To Arcadia Valley and the Ozarks
Notice that the names of the places I’ve visited recently sound like locations overseas? A couple of weeks ago it was Holland (Michigan), and at the half year mark, it’s Arcadia Valley (Missouri). Arcadia is a region in Greece and Greek mythology that denotes a peaceful, serene place, and that’s what this similarly named countryside… Read more
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Holland (Michigan) – Tulip Time Brings Color Time
Spring gets the short end of the stick in terms of how one can truly enjoy the season. It always seems to become summer too soon or drag winter on for too long. I’ve long thought of doing road tours of wildflowers, but compared to fall foliage seasons, flowers somehow tend to be even more… Read more
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New York – Ithaca, Watkins, and Letchworth Are Gorge-ous and Finger Lakin’ Good
With the snow melting into spring rains and creeks, and the birds waking me up every morning, it’s time once again for another of my road tripping seasons! This winter barely phased me, and I’ll happily ring in the new travel year with the natural forces that benefit most from thawing snow and ice: waterfalls.… Read more
About Me
My name is Ran Chen, a.k.a “rccircuit”, and I’m — oh wait, that’s a picture of an actual RC circuit.
This is me. I’m the quiet person in the group that is constantly solving problems, contemplating ideas, and processing information from my surrounding friends and environment everywhere I am. I only recently discovered my growing interest in solo traveling and the excitement in moving around my homebody self. Though I’ve little need to speak words, I’ve always had a talent for writing, analyzing, and reporting. Thus a once far-fetched idea of starting my own blog was born. My other interests all revolve around moving my mind as much as my body; I’m a fervent gamer, and chess is a long time favorite of mine (you can find me on the USCF website too).
Hit the Ground Running 