Tag: road trip

  • Rereading the map

    Rereading the map

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    Chandler
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    I finished this map before the airwaves were inundated with red and blue election maps—and today it’s a good reminder that America is more than its electoral divisions. That there is good in every state, and that there is so much to love and celebrate in every nook and cranny of our nation. This is…

  • Centennial stamper

    Centennial stamper

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    Chandler
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    I don’t know about you, but on this, the National Park Service centennial, this millennial is paging through her big fat stack of stamped pages, proof of a lifetime of national parks love. Apparently I like to cram that ink into every nook and cranny of my passport—but that’s good, because I’m trying to leave…

  • The road goes ever on and on

    The road goes ever on and on

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    Chandler
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    I just got back from over a month of traveling—first by way of a road trip to the bottom of California and back, and immediately afterward, a one-way Florida-to-Washington drive with a friend. In 33 days I logged well over 8,000 miles, and crossed several vastly different regions of the country. So even with the…

  • Milestone

    Milestone

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    Chandler
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    I have no idea where the time has gone, but today marks the first anniversary of my illustrated travel blog, Drawn the Road Again! In the past year, I’ve jumped around in both time and place to share as many different travel sketches as I could. But what I might just love the most is…

  • Gorge-ous

    Gorge-ous

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    Chandler
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    We’ve had a string of unseasonably sunny days lately—so rather than stay cooped up inside the studio, I headed down to Portland to do a little drawing. Just east of town is the stunning Historic Columbia River Highway, which serves up vista after vista of the Columbia River Gorge. All I had to do was…

  • Home (work).

    Home (work).

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    Chandler
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    We got home from our holiday road trip last night—and the number on the trip odometer feels like an accomplishment. What was waiting for me, however— —feels a bit like a Sisyphean task.

  • Let’s get this snow on the road

    Let’s get this snow on the road

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    Chandler
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    The Tailor and I are off on a winter road trip to spend the holidays with family and friends. I chose this picture out of pure wishful thinking, in hopes that the mountains in our path will be bare of snow… …though I have a feeling they’re going to look a lot more like this.…

  • Maritime meandering

    Maritime meandering

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    Chandler
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    I just got back from a glorious trip to the Canadian Maritimes with my best friend. We got to spend lots of time catching up, live our childhood Anne of Green Gables fantasies, eat our weight in lobster (and sport the latest bib fashions), contemplate hilarious souvenirs (I don’t think the polar bears are for…

  • Island cure

    Island cure

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    Chandler
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    If you’re like me, and you need a break from the studio every once in a while, I’d recommend hopping on a ferry and heading for the San Juan Islands. Spend a few days soaking up the sights, and maybe bring along your paintbox. I guarantee, you’ll leave refreshed and good as new.

  • Let’s go!

    Let’s go!

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    Chandler
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    If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you already know that I keep a sketchbook with me wherever I go. And I go a lot of places. Over the years, this has translated to literally hundreds of drawings. Basically, I had a whole, huge body of work that nobody had ever…