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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By hanhuyen | Views [127] | Scholarship Entry
Driving out of Grand Canyon South Rim, I followed the sign for desert view expecting to see sand dunes after sand dunes. Yes, my definition of a desert somehow was mixed up with the description of the largest desert in the world. I didn’t know that not ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By peisteacht | Views [115] | Scholarship Entry
Thelma and Louise, the ultimate role models? – hell yeah! Of course we hope for a different ending but don’t we all dream of driving through the desert until we’re drinking margaritas by the sea mamacita? We chose Las Vegas as our destination and, whilst ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By suigeneris | Views [121] | Scholarship Entry
Just outside of New Orleans lies River Road, home to around 400 plantations but what distinguishes The Whitney Plantation is a searing sense of honesty. Nestled in amongst the lush landscape of Wallace, Louisiana lies what once was Habitiation Haydel.... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By mariahpc333 | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry
For years, I spent summers traveling across our country’s highways and byways in my family’s trusted Toyota, captive to my dad’s obsession to “cruise the roadways of America.” As a young adult, I eschewed this type of free-spirited wandering, and opted ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By smckenna | Views [153] | Scholarship Entry
It was our last day in Portland, and after a weekend of indulging on trendy cocktails and food-trucks, I yearned for a change. I craved quality vegan food in a distinctly Portland space. Having delegated the decision-making to Urban Spoon, I turned ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By suzannedelle | Views [251] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Texas has a reputation for bar-b-que, Stetson hats, and football, but most folks probably don’t equate that state with Shakespeare. But y’all should. Down in the eastern part of the state, there is a performing gem known as the Texas Shakespeare Festival.... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By kiwi-with-a-camera | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
As my small RV chugs into the sleepy Californian town of Yountville, my heart quickens. Tonight I am ditching my shoestring travelling ways. Digital moths are to be set free from my bank account. The word “budget” pushed deep into a dark corner of my ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By placesthatwere | Views [239] | Scholarship Entry
Along Desert Center’s main road a long-abandoned Texaco station stood amid an unpaved corner lot, Its rusty awning hanging crookedly over a row of dented gas pumps. A sign jutted out over the roof, proclaiming in faded block lettering, "24 Hour Service", ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By drgbykgirl | Views [108] | Scholarship Entry
Many people spend their lives dreaming of the places in this world they would love to see, and they allow themselves to be halted from such opportunities for a myriad of reasons. I was once that person, with my greatest excuse being a lack of time. I’ve ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By fatimakhalid | Views [112] | Scholarship Entry
I am a mostly broke adult and used to be a mostly lonely child. This inevitably led to an idea of the world that was mostly informed by books and TV. Thus, when I as an exchange student at the University of Arkansas was asked what I had expected southern ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By idaaurora | Views [120] | Scholarship Entry
It’s summer. It’s 11 am. The temperature is somewhere in the 90’s. We’re in Topanga Canyon, California. We’re standing under hanging leaves, looking straight ahead at the dusty road dividing into two paths, both of them entirely devoid of shade as far ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By yaps617 | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
For the first time, I was on my own in a new city, Seattle. Actually my husband was attended a conference which gave me chunks of time to explore solo. The large grid streets and high rises of downtown Seattle seem massive like the mountains. Not ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By mihtea | Views [78] | Scholarship Entry
It’s not that often that you’re in New York on the same day Nick Cave is having a concert, but when that happens; the other Nick Cave is having an exhibition as well. Two Nick Caves, one New York, and me there on exactly those days? The universe just ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By paddington | Views [214] | Scholarship Entry
I remember the first time I hung out with my buddy Mike. As I made my way through the thickly forested woods, leaves crunched under my shoes and a kaleidoscope of shapes played across the ground from the sun shining through the leaves. There he was, sitting ... Read more >
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