LOCATION: Colorado Springs, CO —> DESTINATION: Santa Fe, NM
DETAILS: Go Outside Tee || Leather Backpack || Cut-toff Shorts || Leather Bracelet || Tribal Sandals (old, similar) || Floral Duffle Bag || Rocksbox Jewelry (use code: oakandoatsxoxo to get one month for FREE!)
It feels like forever that the eight of us girls in our Bible Study have wanted to plan a Girl’s Weekend. We finally just did that this spring and set some plans in stone! With months in advance, we were able to ask off of work and get baby sitters (and wonderful husbands!) in place. Picking the place to go was the harder part – we wanted something fun, warm, relaxing, cultural, and affordable. We scratched off any place that needed flights (and saved them for a year where we can save, save, save our money for it!) and started looking to the south to chase the warm weather and pool days! Santa Fe came up in conversation and with some googling we realized just how perfect it would be for us. YAY!
So we took a road trip and headed 4.5 hours south to the Land of Enchantment to stay at the Lodge at Santa Fe for three nights. When packing for a road trip you have to think of space (we had four people in each car) and also comfortably. I love to look cute when I travel but I need to be comfortable! Ain’t nobody have time for tight, scratchy, terrible clothing when you are stuck in the car for hours, and hours! I love jean shorts & a tee shirt – perfect for gas station stops, hotel check-in, and dancing to Fight Song/ screaming it out the window with your girls in the car!
I also grabbed all the essentials – snacks, sunglasses, several outfits (some more fancy), extra swimsuits just in case, and my camera! That camera came home with 1000 photos for me to edit and sift through. Be ready for some photo dumping via my Instagram and this blog as the week goes on! I’m already re-living our trip through the pictures!
Have you been on a road trip this summer? What are some of your favorite bags to pack and go-to outfits to wear? Where did you or do you want to road trip to?
I love the color of your t-shirt on you! Comfort is an absolute must for me on road trips!
Thanks! I wear it all the time too because the fabric is magical! hahah
Shirts with magical fabric are the best! 🙂
Just went on a camping trip this weekend and made my first video! it was our sign off to summer, kinda sad about it. My favorite thing to wear on trips are comfy dresses, everyone looks at me funny, but I swear its the comfiest choice.
Oh man! That is so wonderful! I love that you made a video! You go girl!
How appropriate – my fiance and I will be going on a road trip HONEYMOON next week! 🙂 I swear I’m attracting posts about road trips these days 😛
Oh man!!!! I am so excited for you girl! You are going to have so much fun!!!!!!!!!!! What wonderful days are ahead!
Awesome pictures! Wow – sounds like fun! Can’t wait to see more!
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Thanks so much! IT was a blast!
that sounds like such a fun girls trip!! and i love the travel tips 🙂
Thanks so much!!! It was such a wonderful trip and I can’t believe we are already home!
That shirt is adorable! I’m all about road trips. I tend to pack lots of yoga pants! And I must have books and great music, too!
Yes! Great music is so key! I get super car sick if I try to read though 🙁
Oh man! I love that Go Outside tee! I think my brain just switched in to birthday shopping mode, ha! Even though my birthday isn’t for a few months, haha!
I know! I am so obsessed with it and it is the softest shirt in the world Sam!!!!
man i love a good road trip!
and uh that shirt = need!
It may be the most comfy in all the lands!