2015 has come and gone, and it was a full, busy, and wonderful year! Last year around this time, I was combing through old blog posts and my photo archives to try to remember each and every place I traveled to throughout 2014. So, for 2015, I vowed from the very beginning of the year to keep a running record of all of my travels and trips. It made it infinitely easier to remember all of the wonderful locations I’ve been able to visit and the people I’ve been able to see. I kept a list on the Notes section of my phone (my longtime go-to place for quick lists and reminders, like travels, books, shoot ideas, restaurant recs, gift ideas, etc).

I traveled a ton in 2014, and my goal for 2015 was not to travel more, even though I ended up doing so — I really wanted to travel to new places this year! In the list below, the new places I traveled to are denoted with an asterisk (New Hampshire, Harrisonburg, VA, Elizabethtown, NC, Bethany Beach, DE, Catlett, VA, Pittsburgh, Harpers Ferry, WV, and Bald Head Island.  Throughout the past twelve months, I was able to travel to 40 places… most of them weekend trips (or longer). Needless to say, I spent much of the last year traversing the Eastern seaboard, for the most part! And what a blast it was!!

JANUARY
Asheboro
Charlottesville
Charlotte

MARCH
Boston
New Hampshire*

APRIL
Charlotte
Asheboro
Greensboro
Charlottesville
Harrisonburg*
Charlotte
Charlottesville

MAY
Charlottesville
Charlottesville
White Lake & Elizabethtown*
Bethany Beach*

JUNE
Catlett, VA*
Raleigh
Chapel Hill
Charlotte
Nashville

JULY
Columbus
Pittsburgh*
Charlottesville
Raleigh
Harper’s Ferry, WV*

AUGUST
Charleston
Raleigh
Charlottesville

I moved from DC to Raleigh in mid-August!

SEPTEMBER
NYC

OCTOBER
Winston Salem
Charlotte
Bald Head Island*
Ohio

NOVEMBER
DC
Charleston
Chicago
NYC

DECEMBER
Winston Salem
Charlotte

Whew!! It was a total blast, for sure… I definitely remember April and November doing me in, in terms of travel and being so, so on-the-go. But I really do love visiting friends, seeing family, attending weddings, planning weddings, traveling to styled shoots, and seeing this beautiful country. It’ll be interesting to see how 2016 shapes up, in terms of travel. I have a few exciting trips planned, and I can’t wait to add more destinations to my calendar!

I’d love to hear… where all did you travel to this year?! What was your favorite place you went, and what’s at the top of your 2016 travel bucket list?