Ian's Extraordinary Experiences

No Ordinary Family Vacation The first fifteen years of my life my family like clockwork would pack up the car and drive to Myrtle Beach. Until I got to college they would sprinkle in a few other beach vacations. I love the beach and enjoy nothing more than eating local seafood and soaking up the sun to get a nice tan (and I can get very tan thanks to my half Italian mother). My parents realized they were falling into the loop of having the same vacation year after year and wanted to spice things up. So they booked a flight to San Francisco, a hotel at Fisherman's Wharf, a hotel at Carmel and a lodge at Yosemite National Park. As soon as I heard they decided to book all of this and give us the full northern California experience I was ecstatic.  From East Coast to West Coast We landed late in the evening so we couldn't soak in the beauty of the morning that night. When we woke up and started to explore by golly what a magnificent city. The weather was perfect every day,

Not Another Beach Vacation My buddy and I Spencer didn't want to fall into the loop of driving down to Florida for Spring Break like a majority of college students do every. We wanted to be active and fully immerse ourselves in a city that had a lot to offer. Can you think of a more vibrant city than New York, New York? Neither could we so immediately went forward to the planning stages. We were able to book a flight for cheap through American Airlines and a cheap place to stay in East Village Through AirBNB. Knowing we were going to be overwhelmed by all that New York has to offer we tried our best to follow an itinerary each day. After researching restaurants, events, and attractions we had a fully planned out schedule for our time in the city and could not wait to take off.  New York is a Cold Place My cousin lives in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan so I wanted to make an effort too meet up with her during our stay. In order to meet up with her we had to walk 20 min west

Background This extraordinary experience all begins with one of my good buddies named Brian who I met while here at UGA. This man knows more about how our federal government operates than anyone I know. As long as I've known him he wanted to work on The Hill. Having interned in D.C. already when he graduated in May of 2016, he decided to move to the Capitol in search of a job. He had success pretty early on and landed a job as a staff assistant for Senator Flake from Arizona. We've kept in touch off and on since he left, he kept telling me I needed to visit since I had never been to Washington D.C. before. With it being a about a 10 hour drive and him busy with work most of the time we had to plan the trip on the perfect weekend. After a solid amount of planning, my roommate Chris and I chose a good date for a time to visit, got the approval from Brian and were set to go. Mission D.C. We benefitted from planning this trip far out because congress was on recess Brian

Essential Background Info Deep in the heart of Alabama, a spectacle of epic proportions take place. Dozens of cars reach supersonic speeds in an effort to wiz past their opponents and come out the champion. Talladega Speedway is known to have massive car wrecks where cars will lose tires, flip over, and sometimes go up in flames, these occurrences make up what is notably called "The Big One". Although the race is extremely exciting on its own, my buddies and I wanted to immerse ourselves in the full Talladega experience. We all purchased the college pass which included a ticket to the race on Sunday, ticket to the infield concert featuring Charlie Daniels Band on Saturday night, access to all Talladega activities, and access to the college camping ground all for the sweet price of $24. I do not own boots or any sort of country attire so I decided to make a trip to the closest thrift store for some much needed purchases. The event was taking place over Cinco De Mayo weeke