day 08.
Ahhhhhh, yes (read: I’m also v bummed) departure day. I woke up early. This was the only time I watched tv the whole trip. I binged the available episodes of #AndJustLikeThat, which eventually led me back to sleep. Once I woke up for real, I located a Starbucks, parked and began to tackle re-packing my bags, after I had gotten a whole week’s worth of cozy in the van, and with the couple little pick-ups I had gotten. Bound to make my already “heavy” checked back even heavier. On top of all the groceries, mainly beverages, I didn’t get to finish and wasn’t going to waste. With the entertainment of music, and phone time with friends, I finished packing, and cleaning up the van to my liking.
I pondered the perfect way to pass time/end my trip, and what better than a housewife spotting?? Unfortunately, the ones from #RHSLC that I cared about were out of town so I searched TikTok long and hard, for a cute, trendy restaurant for lunch. Nothing was moving me, and I happily settled for Jinya Ramen Bar. A favorite of mine in Atlanta. It wasn’t as good as back home, but the service was solid, and my server recommended a cookie place next door for something sweet after my salty ramen, called Crmbl. It was yummy.
Crmbl
My server at Jinya recommended this place and it didnt let me down. Came hot like it’s supposed to!
By now its like 230 pm, and Connor had text that he was running a little behind because he was getting his booster. =)
I had seen this old looking building with a holiday festival vibe inside when I first arrived, and figured this was my opportunity to go by.
I went in and it felt a bit strange, a little like, these people aren’t used to seeing a black person like me (whatever that means) before. It worked out though, cause it allowed me to kill some time until Connor was back home and I grabbed some knick-knacks from a souvenir store that I really like.
From there, I drove a short 5-minutes up the road to drop off my #MightyVan. I was kinda sad to let it go. Connor arrived shortly after me. We did out post trip check, chopped it up for a few about my journey, and I called my uber and headed to the airport.
Leaving my #MightyVan
This wasn’t my exact set up, but legit as I was leaving I realized I hadn’t taken any pictures of it!
It was basically this, but I brought my own sheets, and a little more lived in (ie. my shit everywhere lol).
It was time, and I was ready to go back home.
All in all, this was a trip of a lifetime for me. As I’m typing right now, I can almost not even believe I did all this. It was so worth it, so amazing, so life-changing for me. I highly recommend, and would absolutely do it all again.
If you’re reading this and wanna talk any and all things Utah or camper van please reach out to me! I am happy to chat about this all day long. Even though I could’ve easily done this with (a) friend(s), I loved that I did this alone. I had time with and reminded myself of things that I wouldn’t change for anything. Grateful to my God for safe travels to and from Atlanta. Looking forward to more blogs, about more trips! =P
Til the next adventure…
