Hey there, friends! Dylan and I just got back from a week long trip to Flagstaff, AZ. If I don't travel at least once a year, I go crazy! It was definitely time for another trip. Our last one was a short one last May to bring home my babies from Columbia, TN - it's a fantastic place to visit and my friend Holly has the coolest business in town - the Columbia Arts Building (CAB).

Anyway, we stayed at a cute little apartment above Jim and Jackie's garage - you can find them on Airbnb. They were fantastic hosts and we had an awesome trip thanks to Jim's tips and the tour we booked with him!

I'm currently working through my last photo shoot. It's a lot of PortraitPro to begin with, which is just time consuming because of all of the loading. I'm looking at upgrading my laptop soon (yeah, that's going to have to happen before I start considering a camera upgrade, sadly!). Once I'm upgraded, editing might go a bit faster!

I wanted to share a couple of shots with you from my trip - the first is of a wild mustang in the Painted Desert. This is one of the coolest photo opportunities I've ever had! The second is of a melanistic jaguar at Bearizona in Williams, AZ. He was gorgeous, and his enclosure was amazing. If you want a quality animal experience, Bearizona works to take the absolute best care of its animals and is always investing more in its park and habitats!

Have you been on any interesting trips lately? Maybe it was just a new place you found a few miles down the road! If so, I'd love to hear about it! :)

- Chari