Hello New England! Admittedly, it’s been a minute since I posted on the blog. As a life update, Evan, the pups, and I, recently moved out to the Boston area in Massachusetts, and I started a new role as a Case Manager at Boston College! Thus far, I am enjoying and feeling seen in my new role, and I like that it combines aspects of my Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology, as well as higher education/student services work in Academic Advising.
I received my job offer in March/April 2025, flew out to Boston and found a cute apartment/townhome end of April, and then we made the move and I started my job end of May. We have flown back and forth from California this month of June, to attend three weddings in South Lake Tahoe (I love, love), so I’ll have a chance to settle into my new role and residence a bit more starting July.
I am most looking forward to beach days out in Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, Newport, Portsmouth, Bar Harbor, and The Hamptons, to name a few, this Summer. I can’t wait to collect seashells, eat lobster rolls and ice cream, take a sunset sail/ferry across the pond, stroll along coastal walkways, drive past New England homes flowering with hydrangeas, and splurge on market goods. Similarity, I am also really looking forward to spooky and leaf peeping season this Fall. Your girl will definitely be out in Salem getting witchy with her ghostly corgis, driving along the autumn foliage highways in New Hampshire and Vermont, and hitting up all the pumpkin patches and apple picking farms that I can find! Still, I am excited to experience all the seasons, including winter and spring, because that means skiing and ice skating, drinking warm cocoa, enjoying the holidays, watching movie marathons, and seeing new flowers bloom!
I will be better about blogging and will follow up with a summer edition of activities, eats, stays, etc. in New England. In the meantime, this post will be focused on the journey from Salt Lake City to Boston:
Salt Lake City UT to Boston MA
Since the drive is a total of 1 day and 10ish hours, and we drove our separate cars (with a dog in each car), we broke the journey into 5 days total. Keep in mind we would stop at parks for the pups and food/gas along the way, so by the time we arrived at our destination, it was later in the day and we weren’t up for much sight seeing. Still, it was cool to drive and see different parts of the country I’ve never seen/experienced, and we were able to visit Niagara Falls (it was rainy, but an amazing experience nonetheless) when we stayed in Buffalo (~25 minute drive).
Day One: Salt Lake City, Utah to Cheyenne, Wyoming (~6 hours).
Day Two: Cheyenne, Wyoming to Des Moines, Iowa (~8 hrs 30 minutes).
Day Three: Des Moines, Iowa to South Bend, Indiana (~5 hours 45 minutes).
Day Four: South Bend, Indiana to Buffalo, New York (~6 hours 30 minutes).
Day Five: Buffalo, New York to Boston, Massachusetts (~6 hours 30 minutes).
