The Cowgirl Diaries

The Cowgirl Diaries: Ranch No.1: A Cowgirl learns reining (and Rocky Mountain trail riding)

After a week of indulging my travel bug it’s time to settle down to one of the main purposes of this trip: Learning some cowgirl skills! I’ve been riding horses almost all my life, but growing up in England I obviously learnt to ride English rather than Western. When I did my first two Workaway… Continue reading The Cowgirl Diaries: Ranch No.1: A Cowgirl learns reining (and Rocky Mountain trail riding)

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Portland, Oregon in just ONE day!

When travelling on a budget I often find myself restricted by the cheapest travel days and times. On my recent American West Coast Tour I found myself restricted to two nights and just one full day in Portland, OR. “You can’t see a whole city in a day!” I here you say, and okay I… Continue reading Portland, Oregon in just ONE day!

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A Weekend In: Chicago, Illinois

Spending a year in Indianapolis, less than a three hour drive from ‘America’s 3rd city’, there was no way I was going to pass by an opportunity to visit Chicago! It actually took me almost the entire year to find a suitable weekend but it worked out really well in the end as I went… Continue reading A Weekend In: Chicago, Illinois

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Sacramento, California. USA

Part number 2 of my USA series goes out to one of my hidden gems, the Californian capital of Sacramento. When I first booked my West Coast summer trip I included Sacramento purely because I didn’t want to spend too much time in any one place and I knew it was a state Capitol. However,… Continue reading Sacramento, California. USA

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Indianapolis, Indiana. USA

So my USA travels have finally come to an end after one of the best years I could have imagined. So many of my wonderful experiences were thanks to the generosity of the city of Indianapolis and its universities. It is because of this that I really wanted the first post in my ‘USA Series’… Continue reading Indianapolis, Indiana. USA