Hi guys! My name is Carson Lilley and I am from Indianapolis, IN. Right now I am planning on majoring in Journalism and Spanish and I really hope to study abroad sometime soon!

One of my favorite trips my family has taken was our road trip out west. We flew to Los Angeles and then rented a Jeep for two weeks. During that time we drove from LA to San Diego to Phoenix to the Grand Canyon and then to Las Vegas. Before the trip, I had never seen a desert before, so driving through one for two weeks was exciting. It was so strange to me to be driving along a road for hours on end and see nothing but red dirt and a blue sky. I vividly remember seeing a cow skull on the side of the road just like in western movies and even seeing tumbleweed blow by. We even got to drive on some of the iconic Route 66 roads, and it inspired me to one day drive the entirety of Route 66.