Road trip

If you want to get out of Berkeley for a day, San Luis Obispo, or SLO,  is a great place to escape to. According to Oprah, it’s America’s happiest city!

Do I go to the pool? Hit the gym? Stay in front of my AC unit until school starts? Take this quiz to find out what you should do this summer!

Every city has its charm, but no city is perfect. Regardless of the ups and downs, this sisters trip to Southern California is one that I will always remember.

I felt frozen in time. The only one left standing while the world went on around me. I would always be the one on the outskirts, the one on the outside looking in.

When I was in quarantine in my hometown, all I wanted to do was leave. However, four months into living on my own, I found myself yearning for home.

Over the weekend, I drove from my Central Valley town to sunny southern California. I knew it was going to be an experience because I was going to be alone and it was my first time driving there. Did everything go according to plan? No. Was it a turbulent time? Yes. I want to impart some wisdom from my 300-mile, five-hourlong drive to anyone planning to make a cross-state trip.

As a Southern Californian, I didn’t realize how much work goes into preparing my car to drive in a place where it regularly snows during the winter.

We at the Clog have made a playlist of our favorite songs about all types of love and we encourage you to take a study break and give this playlist a listen.

I remember driving through the winding roads of the Washington mountains and Oregon hills, the smell of oak and cedar trees filling my senses and a giddiness in my stomach, a relief. A relief only brought by the freedom of the open road.

Just because the start of the school year is going to be more different than anything we’ve ever experienced, we can still enjoy these last weeks of summer!