Growing up, Renee Martin was always California dreaming.
Constantly planning her get away from the bitter winters in her hometown of Honesdale, Pa., located 44 miles northeast of Scranton and how amazing it would be to live in warm, sunny California.
While Martin was a senior at Honesdale High School, she really wanted to go to college somewhere in California. She explained that she knew “California is beautiful and wanted to be as far away from Honesdale as possible.”
The only thing that held Martin back in Pennsylvania was her closeness with her family. From her mother’s perspective, letting her only daughter go across country right out of high school was not something she was willing to let happen. Not wanting to upset her mother, Martin settled for staying in Pennsylvania to be close to her family and attended college at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Martin finally got her chance to go to California to visit her best friend Tim O’Neill at the beginning of this year. She described it as “absolutely gorgeous.” Martin dreaded coming back to Pennsylvania, and upon her return immediately decided she had to move to California immediately.
She plans to move to California in June after she graduates college with a major in Journalism and minor in Spanish
She has already considered that she is going to have to leave her family and is going to miss them, but, being that she is 22, she feels ready.
Martin is “ready for change and to start her life,” as she described it. Her family has their lives, and she is ready to start hers. She has not told her mom yet, although she plans on letting know soon.
Martin decided she wants to have a few “live life” years, as she described it “I don’t want to be on my feet, I just want to live by the seat of pants.”
Martin explained she is not willing to leave her 1993 Honda Accord, behind in Pennsylvania, so she feels she has no choice other than to drive it across the country.
She is extremely excited and looking forward to this road trip, which she will take with O’Neill who will be flying from Ocean Beach, Calif. to Pittsburgh to accompany her.
Martin has estimated she will be driving about 3000 miles. She plans to camp, visit friends and enjoy the sights as she makes her way from Pennsylvania to California. With a budget of $1000, and approximating gas will cost around $400, she knows this is going to be an adventure to remember.
With no concrete route in place, Martin plans to start around Pittsburgh; go on to Ohio to stay with friends and definitely wants to visit Tennessee, other than that she has an open road ahead of her.
“If Will Smith took a taxi all the way from Philadelphia to Bel Air, and survived I should be able to drive from Pittsburgh to San Diego,” she explained. Referring to the NBC television sitcom “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
Once arriving in California, Martin wants to conclude her road trip by going to see the redwoods, which are thousands of year old trees said to be the tallest in the world. Martin will be living in Ocean Beach, Calif., located on the California coast, five miles from San Diego.
For income right away, Martin is going to look for a job as a waitress, “nothing that’s a serious commitment,” she explained, “so it’s not a big deal if I take time off to travel.” She plans to get “into public relations in coming years for stability, and money.” She has also considered working in Real Estate “flipping houses” as another income idea for the future. She has not started “planning out for the long haul,” as she worded it while describing that she knows these upcoming years will be an “excitingly crazy.”
“Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.” Although Martin did not get to move to California right out of high school, she got a college education and all the experiences that comes with it and now gets to move to California.
Martin has no fears about the future and looks at what’s to come optimistically, bringing truth to the quote “the way you look at your life, determines the outcome of your life.”
Constantly planning her get away from the bitter winters in her hometown of Honesdale, Pa., located 44 miles northeast of Scranton and how amazing it would be to live in warm, sunny California.
While Martin was a senior at Honesdale High School, she really wanted to go to college somewhere in California. She explained that she knew “California is beautiful and wanted to be as far away from Honesdale as possible.”
The only thing that held Martin back in Pennsylvania was her closeness with her family. From her mother’s perspective, letting her only daughter go across country right out of high school was not something she was willing to let happen. Not wanting to upset her mother, Martin settled for staying in Pennsylvania to be close to her family and attended college at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Martin finally got her chance to go to California to visit her best friend Tim O’Neill at the beginning of this year. She described it as “absolutely gorgeous.” Martin dreaded coming back to Pennsylvania, and upon her return immediately decided she had to move to California immediately.
She plans to move to California in June after she graduates college with a major in Journalism and minor in Spanish
She has already considered that she is going to have to leave her family and is going to miss them, but, being that she is 22, she feels ready.
Martin is “ready for change and to start her life,” as she described it. Her family has their lives, and she is ready to start hers. She has not told her mom yet, although she plans on letting know soon.
Martin decided she wants to have a few “live life” years, as she described it “I don’t want to be on my feet, I just want to live by the seat of pants.”
Martin explained she is not willing to leave her 1993 Honda Accord, behind in Pennsylvania, so she feels she has no choice other than to drive it across the country.
She is extremely excited and looking forward to this road trip, which she will take with O’Neill who will be flying from Ocean Beach, Calif. to Pittsburgh to accompany her.
Martin has estimated she will be driving about 3000 miles. She plans to camp, visit friends and enjoy the sights as she makes her way from Pennsylvania to California. With a budget of $1000, and approximating gas will cost around $400, she knows this is going to be an adventure to remember.
With no concrete route in place, Martin plans to start around Pittsburgh; go on to Ohio to stay with friends and definitely wants to visit Tennessee, other than that she has an open road ahead of her.
“If Will Smith took a taxi all the way from Philadelphia to Bel Air, and survived I should be able to drive from Pittsburgh to San Diego,” she explained. Referring to the NBC television sitcom “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
Once arriving in California, Martin wants to conclude her road trip by going to see the redwoods, which are thousands of year old trees said to be the tallest in the world. Martin will be living in Ocean Beach, Calif., located on the California coast, five miles from San Diego.
For income right away, Martin is going to look for a job as a waitress, “nothing that’s a serious commitment,” she explained, “so it’s not a big deal if I take time off to travel.” She plans to get “into public relations in coming years for stability, and money.” She has also considered working in Real Estate “flipping houses” as another income idea for the future. She has not started “planning out for the long haul,” as she worded it while describing that she knows these upcoming years will be an “excitingly crazy.”
“Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.” Although Martin did not get to move to California right out of high school, she got a college education and all the experiences that comes with it and now gets to move to California.
Martin has no fears about the future and looks at what’s to come optimistically, bringing truth to the quote “the way you look at your life, determines the outcome of your life.”
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