French Marie Claire Magazine Feature

I was honored to receive an email from a photographer researching women who travel the "American open road." He found me online and read my story and thought French women would be interested in an American who quits her job to wander around the country. That pretty much sums up my life for the past few years. At first, I thought it was a joke. I researched the photographer to see if he was the real deal and then wondered why he would be looking for me instead of a writer? I pushed the doubts aside and kept an open mind. He asked me if I knew of other women doing similar things and I immediately thought of my friend, Kristiana Spaulding! She designs beautiful jewelry and knows a thing or two about Airstream trailers. In fact, she towed her trailer up this steep hill in Big Sur for this photo!

I don't know what the article says since it's in French, but I am sure it has something to do with women taking it upon themselves to travel solo. For that, I am happy to participate to hopefully inspire other women to do the same! The photographer and writer kept referring to Kristiana and I as "Thelma and Louise" so we started fighting on who was Thelma and who was Louise. I suppose you can call us that without the breaking the law and suicide part. I know... spoiler alert! Because I love camping so much, I started a facebook camping page a while ago just for women who enjoy camping. You can participate in the conversation HERE.

Kristiana and I met in Big Sur to camp three days before the actual photo shoot to give us time to hang out and relax. Well, little did we know that there wouldn't be a shower in sight. One night we drove for miles to find one with no luck. So what you see here is the real deal... three days of camping with no shower. Not the best way to get ready for a photo shoot but that's how we camping girls do it!

If you are in France or by a fancy news stand that carries the French version of Marie Claire, it's out now...the August edition. The image here is a screen shot of the website. There's a preview online but will not show the entire article and I have yet to figure out how to translate it. You can see it HERE

I am honored to be featured in this article and it makes it even sweeter that I get to share it with my good friend, Kristiana! She makes beautiful jewelry that you can buy on her website www.SilverTrailer.com

More photos I took during our Big Sur adventure can be found on my Big Sur blog post.

I hope you take the time to get out and explore, ladies!