Happy New Year everybody! Robin here, and I just wanted to upload an article to share my general plans for this year’s travels. I thought it would be a smart idea to upload a little introductory article every year so that new readers could get to know me and original readers could get an update.
To begin, I’ll just go over the adventures I went on in 2025. Nothing in January or February, but at the end of March, I went to England! I haven’t been out of the country since I was a freshman in high school, and I’m a Michigander, so you already know that my international travels were only to Canada. But England was AMAZING, and I have one article uploaded about Ambleside in the Lakes District, with more to come soon.
There were no other adventures until the end of June, when some friends and I went to Columbus, Ohio. You might think that I’m not usually the type to think of a big city in Ohio as much adventure, and you’d typically be correct, but not when that city has a bookstore that’s an entire block large and comes with a map so you don’t get lost! I’ll be uploading the article for that toward the end of May, as I think it’s an area best visited in the summer months, especially as there was a little hiking as well.
At the end of October, I went to a Dylan Gossett concert in Grand Rapids. Just a little one night event, but I’ll still be writing about the experience, as it’s only the second concert I’ve been to, and Gossett’s music is what actually inspired my original road trip, and that road trip is what unlocked my love of travel. I plan to have that up this month. It’ll be a shorter article, but I have a busy month ahead of me, so I think that a shorter article will be perfect to round out the month.
My last adventure of the year was, of course, the third annual Winter Wonderland Weekend, the first weekend of December. My friend and I went to Cedarville in the Upper Peninsula, and there were a LOT of amazing sights and experiences! That article will be up in a few days and I can’t wait to see the responses to it.
I had planned for a road trip in the fall, but I had a very bad accident at work that left me with a lot of doctors appointments and I don’t think anyone wanted to let me drive across the country when my condition was still a little concerning. Nothing ended up worsening, but if it had, it wouldn’t have been ideal if I had been three or more states away.
Before I get into my travel plans for 2026, I want to just talk about who I am for a moment. I’m Robin, and I go on a LOT of adventures. My definition of adventure isn’t usually so much planned out as it is “start driving and see where I end up.” But what do I do outside of adventure? I’m glad you asked! When I’m not adventuring, I’m… well, I’m actually quite boring. I love to watch tv shows (I could write an article all its own about all the shows I watch) and crochet. I specialize in easy things, like scarves and blankets, but I’m currently testing myself with a tank top. It’s going… very slowly. If I’m not crocheting while watching a show though, you can typically find me on my treadmill while watching, trying to stay in shape through the cold season, when I refuse to be walking around outside. I love plants, but apparently hate keeping them alive, though I did get three lilac saplings this summer that have survived so far, though can they survive the cold of a Michigan winter? Guess we’ll find out in the spring! I love to read, so always feel free to drop book recommendations in the comments! I enjoy doing crafty things, like my crocheting, though I haven’t done anything other than crochet in a while. I think that’ll be one of my goals this year, doing more crafts. At the year’s end, I’ll post an article that’s just all the crafts I completed in the year!
Now, onto this year’s plans! The first thing I have planned in 2026 is eco-friendly, unnaturally green, and aquatic. That’s right, I plan to go to Chicago for the St. Patrick’s Day dying of the river! I already have a hotel picked out, along with a couple potential places to eat. I don’t know if it’ll be a two or three day trip yet, but we’ll just have to see what the adventure brings.
I am vaguely hoping to go on a road trip this spring, though I’m unsure if it will be the one I had planned to go on in the fall or if it’ll be a different one. I think it may be a different one entirely, but we shall see… I don’t want to give too many spoilers on what I’m planning for it, as my road trips are truly the pinnacle of my travels.
This summer, I plan to go on a three day trip up to Copper Harbor, the northernmost point of the Upper Peninsula, on its thumb. I don’t have any details of that trip planned out yet, but as it gets closer, I’ll certainly have locked in the requirements for a trip. Hotel, where to eat, things like that. I also hope for a little day trip to Canada, but I don’t have a single thing planned for that, just going to Canada for the sake of going to Canada, so we’ll see if that actually turns into a real idea or not.
This fall, I very much hope to go on a New England road trip. I want to see all those gorgeous fall colors, as I’ve heard they’re ESPECIALLY gorgeous in New England. However, I’d also like to return to the real England, and gas and plane tickets are two fairly costly things, so I suppose I’ll know when the time comes if I have to pick or if I can have my cake and eat it too.
Then of course, in winter, there will be the fourth Winter Wonderland Weekend. No idea where it will be, but I’m sure it’ll be great! My friend and I have a list of potential places to go that we think we’ll just write down and draw from a hat.
Anyways, that’s all for my summary of last year’s adventures and my hopes for this year! Stay tuned for my final articles from prior trips, and then look forward to my recounting of my adventures from this year as they happen! I’m hoping to get articles up for each trip within a week after each one, though longer trips, such as a road trip or an England trip, would have multiple articles worth of adventure, so they’ll take longer to update on. And at year’s end, look forward to seeing a lot of blankets and maybe a tank top or two as I share the projects I complete in 2026!
Once again, happy new year to you all, and I can’t wait to hear throughout the year what travels you all go on and what you all think of mine!
This is great! I just discovered this blog and I can’t wait to read all about the adventures you go on this year. I’m especially interested in the Chicago trip, as I’ve always loved that city.