Y'all, let me be real for a second: travel absolutely lights up my soul. Whether I'm visiting a new location, or returning to an old favorite, there is so much to be said for having a change of scenery and expanding beyond my home range. But where does it all begin?

My parents instilled a desire to travel into the core of my very being at a young age. Some of my earliest memories are of the three of us packing up our station wagon and heading west.