Georgia Travels

Up until the age of about 19 I was always far too anxious to have any desire to travel the world, until one day it was like a light switched on in my head and I came down with the most intense feeling of wanderlust. I suddenly wanted to explore the whole world and it kicked off with me one day deciding I was going to New York and then a week later I had the flights booked. My love affair with NYC is well-documented, but I don't think I've ever mentioned about my need to also see every other big city in the world. I'm a busy city kinda gal.

So one day I mentioned to a friend how much I wanted to travel the USA. Turns out, so did she, and here we are months later planning our once in a lifetime road trip round America. I think we've got the basic backbone of our trip planned out so far, but our visa will allow three months and that's a lot of the USA to see. I'm not entirely sure where this blog post is going or what the purpose is, but I suppose it'll be something to look back on in future, comparing the early planning stages to the reality. I'm scared and excited and nervous and every single emotion you could imagine all rolled up into one little ball and I can't wait to spread my wings.

So, June 30th 2016, here is a list of what I'm thinking so far. Me and Simone need to sit down and form some sort of plan, but for the moment, this is my fantasy:

• We want to head off in the last couple of weeks of April 2017 because...
• ...DRAGCON! RuPaul's annual DragCon is taking place at the Staples Centre in LA on the last weekend in April and I'll be damned if I'm not going to be there to get my drag on.
• There's a book convention in Chicago in May and we love books, so we'll be there. Also, I can't go to Chicago and not go to what is rumoured to be one of the best drag bars in the USA, Roscoes, so that's where you'll find me.
• Hedwig & The Angry Inch - my favourite musical EVER is touring whilst I'm out there and I'm so bloody excited about it!
• Viva Las Vegas. I kinda want to go on the rollercoaster that's on the top of one of the hotels but my lift phobia may put a stopper in that one.
• Camping at Yellowstone/Yosemite/any of the national parks - has to be done.
• I was raised on Elvis, so it's always been a dream of mine to visit Graceland in Memphis
• The French Quarter in New Orleans - probably not for all the cultural reasons that other people would want to visit, I just want to see the place where The Originals is set! 
• As a creepy serial killer 'fan' (is that the right word?), it would be wrong for me not to visit Alcatraz and soak up the history.
• Orlando. One of my favourite places in the world, I can't wait to visit Harry Potter World again and cry (again).
• NEW YORK PRIDE. I was devastated when I couldn't go this year, so it's #1 on my list for next year. I can't wait to celebrate pride in the place the whole pride movement started and my favourite place in the whole world.
• Vidcon. Hopefully it's not going to coincide with NY Pride again like it has done this year but I would love to go to Vidcon and surround myself with all my favourite creators/stalk Hannah Hart.

That's pretty much everything on my list so far and I think in three months I'll be able to tick them all off. Let me know if you have any recommendations for us to visit!