The Serendipitous Jen

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos wrap up their roadtrip visiting 4 National Parks along the way to their Durango Blues Train date night. Driving through Zion to get to Bryce Canyon, stumbling upon Mesa Verde and making a pit stop to see The Petrified Forest outside of Winslow, Arizona. All beautiful sites to see, feel and cherish.

The Serendipitous Jen accidentally got carried away and skipped Day 6 of the roadtrip and in her defense, Internet and WIFI is really spotty out of the van. Here we are on Day 7 of the road trip. Learn all about the adventures in Durango and then she is off to New Mexico to visit family & refuel on all the love and energy they have to offer.

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos are on day 5 of the roadtrip to visit National Parks and eventually end up at Durango, Colorado for another train ride! Today they travel from Moab to Cortez and make pitstops along the way, of course. Tomorrow they will finally land in Durango...stay tuned!

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos make their way to The Arches National Park from Bryce Canyon. They had a few pitstops along the way. Grateful for the experience and the safety they have had so far. Next stop...Four Corners Monument on the way to Durango, Colorado.

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos got started on the road a little later than anticipated today to embark on their journey from Zion to Bryce Canyon... so they did NOT record this until the end of the day when they were both exhausted. They learned about Bison, kind humans & the biggest Ace Hardware store that Jen has ever seen!! Enjoy and stay tuned for day 4 tomorrow.

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos spent too much time at a local casino in Nevada and Jen has another epiphany about life and the lessons that she has learned along the way. The sights are beautiful to see as they travel from Nevada through Arizona and land in Utah. Don't ask anyone in Utah about a location of a Chase bank! Learn all about that in this episode. Stay tuned.

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos are fleeing the state once again to discover new unmarked territories. The final stop will be Durango, Colorado for The Durango Blues Train ride. Today was filled with stops at Calico Ghost town, Speed Vegas for some drifting in a Dodge Charger Hellcat, then off to gamble in the casinos and just when they were making their way to Utah... Carlos got a whim to gamble...

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos talk about what they did to share 4 days together to celebrate the 4th of July extended weekend. Who knew that shooting pool was such a technical sport? What ever happened to the ending of the previous road trip they took on a whim to Yosemite? So much to get caught up on. Life is going way too fast. Jen has a new philosophy... we only have today, even better... we...

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos head out to Yosemite on a whim. Here's how it started...Carlos and Jen tried to get a spot at a local beach for the weekend to camp in the van, but all the spots filled up months ago. They start throwing out ideas of where they can go on short notice and get away for the weekend. There is so much to see and do in California and we have a lot of the most gorgeo...

The serendipitous Jen and Carlos embarked on a roadtrip to Yosemite on Friday night, to get away for the weekend. No reservations, just the two of them and the van. Find out where they stay and how the journey is going. Listen to find out their future plans for the rest of the weekend. Enjoy.

The Serendipitous Jen is happy to get caught up with Carlos regarding how they spent Valentine's weekend this year. They went to The Heated Room for a 45 minute relaxing sauna session on Saturday afternoon, then Carlos prepared dinner. They then woke up early on Sunday morning to head to Disneyland. They talk about the day, the rides, the fun and talking about it is like living the adventure...

The Serendipitous Jen is at it again, her ADD is in full force in this episode....She is driving home from Chumash Casino with Carlos and they share stories from their drive up to the casino, the free gift they got & they share the new game that Jen likes to play. The conversation turns into homeless stories, having each other's backs and they discuss when is ok to steal?

The Serendipitous Jen has a random chat with her sweet friend Melanie and Jen accidentally lets her ADHD show. You can hear it come out in many of the raw chats that she has with gal pals and guests on this podcast. She likes to switch things up often, accidentally interrupts and gets bored very easily. The Serendipitous Jen always means well with her big, open, loving heart and her light shines t...

The Serendipitous Jen invites Melanie over to her home for Christmas treats and for a chance to catch up about her most recent travels back to Paris. Melanie shares about her travel throughout France during Thanksgiving week and that she reconnected with the "Paris" guy again. The "Paris" guy slings all kinds of info her way, from sleeping with other women, to the appearance of...

The Serendipitous Jen & Carlos take off from Sedona and head up to Zion. Stops along the way include Horseshoe Bend and The Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona.  The sights they see are unbelievable and wow Jen with every bend on every highway. Jen knows how lucky she is to have acquired all this good fortune in this lifetime to be able to take off on some great adventures like this. Jen is humbl...

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos travel their way from Williams down to Sedona. Wow, Sedona is breathtaking for sure. They take a 3 hour round trip hike through Boynton Canyon in search of the healing properties of a vortex. They climb to the top of the ridge to find caves and hieroglyphics. The sights they see are spectacular and the people that they meet along the way are so much fun, too. 

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos hop on again to share a recap of their time spent in Sedona. They share about the hike and what it felt like to be in the presence of such a beautiful place. They have a new game that Carlos made up just for the time they spend driving in the van! 

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos are off to a great start on Day 2, (this is part 1) in the snow, driving from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon. They board the Grand Canyon Railway Train at 8:30 and have an epic day with lots of photo ops off cliffs and elk sightings and a very entertaining train ride. 

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos recap and chat a bit about their day spent on the train to The Grand Canyon and the day that they had together. It starting off kind of rocky, with Carlos being so mad that fog had rolled in and he wasn't able to see anything! The creator cleared up the fog for him and gave hime small glimpse of the majestic canyon. He could not believe his eyes! Hear it from...

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos hop in the new Sprinter van to hit the road for a seven day roadtrip to include The Grand Canyon, Sedona, Antelope Canyon, The Horseshoe, Zion, Bryce Canyon and Vegas. Day 1...leaving for the roadtrip is always fun! Jen is looking forward to showing these natural wonders to Carlos for his first time. Listen as the two just have a chat about what's coming ahead...

The Serendipitous Jen chats with friend Melanie for a walk to the bank and to get a smoothie. They catch up on "Paris guy" and Jen admits that ADD may be the culprit to why she doesn't last long on treadmills. She has this innate ability to get bored really quickly. She just wants to see things and be out & about in the neighborhood and her community. Jen is struggling right now...

The Serendipitous Jen asks her friend Jessica to join her on her morning walk throughout their new neighborhood that includes some great hills for building some great butts! During the last 20 minutes Jen asks her to join her for an impromptu podcast episode. Of course Jen has the best friends & Jessica agreed. Per usual, Jen bounces all over the place in their chat & talks about a typical...

The serendipitous Jen finally gets to chat with her friend Melanie about how her Paris escapade ended... or did it? Jen and Melanie join each other on a Saturday night for drinks and dinner, during their walk home, Jen decides to start recording...what a better time to get down to the nitty gritty of the whole Paris adventure that Melanie had.

The Serendipitous Jen had to leave Episode 46 in a hurry, but comes back with this episode. Melanie and Jen finish up their walk and talk and cannot wait to hang out again after Melanie goes away on another adventure coming up real soon. 

The serendipitous Jen gets reacquainted with her gal pal Melanie in this brutally honest chat. Melanie has just returned from a 6 month adventure of foreign travel and oh boy, the things she will reveal with straight up honesty. Jen has to stop the podcast midway through the adventure only because she's in the midst of a big move physically and even emotionally! Melanie has a lot to share and...