1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:20,520 Hello, hello, hello! 2 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,440 My name is Lily Monroe and you are listening to Escort Confessions. 3 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,120 Thank you so much for tuning in today. 4 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:32,640 So recently I went on a road trip through North and in my last episode I was talking 5 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:38,560 about going to Michigan and visiting Wisconsin. 6 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:43,240 And if you don't know where Wisconsin is, just Google it. 7 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:48,560 Also apparently that 70's show was set in Wisconsin and it's like one of my favorite 8 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:49,560 shows. 9 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:51,820 So there's that. 10 00:00:51,820 --> 00:00:57,680 So I went to Minnesota recently to the Mall of America and I did talk about that in my 11 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:58,880 last episode. 12 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:05,680 So I will skip to the part where I went to the Sioux Falls in South Dakota. 13 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:12,440 And because South Dakota is next to Wyoming where I used to live many, many years ago, 14 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:16,760 it reminded me so much of Wyoming and there was snow and I was so excited. 15 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:21,920 Like honestly one of the main reasons I went to the North was to see the snow. 16 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,120 I just have to have snow. 17 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,400 I need to make snow devils. 18 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:28,600 I need to play in the snow. 19 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,120 I need to taste the snow. 20 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,880 I need to pee my name in the snow. 21 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:38,560 I need to mark my territory in the snow. 22 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,200 I just want to do all kinds of things in the snow. 23 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,720 Wink, wink. 24 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,400 So I mean I love snow. 25 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:53,080 Because you know in Ukraine we don't have much snow and in Wyoming we got lots of snow 26 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,440 that I kind of got annoyed from it. 27 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,040 But then in the South we don't get any snow so it's like ah! 28 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,880 I gotta go somewhere where there's snow. 29 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,680 Like a few years ago I went to Denver, Colorado. 30 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:12,920 Then a year after that I did this whole road trip cross country to Moab and back and snow. 31 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:13,920 Gotta have snow. 32 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:18,920 I think snow is a term for cocaine. 33 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:21,360 It's like a slang for cocaine. 34 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,400 Either way both of these I do enjoy. 35 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,280 So there's that. 36 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,240 So I went to Seafall in South Dakota. 37 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:35,560 I decided to skip North Dakota because one of my really good friends who's like a family 38 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:41,920 to me, he ended up being deployed to South Dakota for his job and I'm like oh my god 39 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:43,360 we need to hang out. 40 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:49,400 And it's so weird because me and this friend, we used to date a long time ago. 41 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,520 And he travels for work, I travel for work. 42 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:52,800 He's single, I'm single. 43 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,380 So like we just hang out. 44 00:02:54,380 --> 00:02:55,380 And that's it. 45 00:02:55,380 --> 00:02:58,000 Like we only hang out, there's no sex stuff. 46 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,560 There's just hang out, catch up. 47 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:06,160 We just like we happened to be in Oregon one time. 48 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,460 Then the next one he was in Vegas, I was in Vegas. 49 00:03:09,460 --> 00:03:11,380 We hung out. 50 00:03:11,380 --> 00:03:15,080 Now it's South Dakota out of all the places. 51 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,880 And like he was gonna spend New Year's Day and Eve by himself and I'm like you know what 52 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:20,880 let's do it together. 53 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:22,240 Like let's spend it together. 54 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:23,240 It's more fun. 55 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,760 More fun with friends. 56 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:26,760 So we did that. 57 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:31,280 So yeah I went to Seafall, went to Rapid City. 58 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:36,040 Badlands National Park is a must see. 59 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:43,640 It's very small park so don't expect to spend more than 3 hours on it unless you wanna go 60 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,480 on trails which would take a lot of time. 61 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,580 I'm not a very travel, I mean trail person. 62 00:03:49,580 --> 00:03:52,000 I'm a very much travel person. 63 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,240 But trails I get bored. 64 00:03:54,240 --> 00:04:00,440 I'm like I'm such, I don't know people call me influencer and I'm like no no no I don't 65 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:01,440 like that word. 66 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:06,480 I influence people to travel more and to be better. 67 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:11,600 But I guess I am a bit of an influencer in the way that I just take pretty pictures, 68 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,560 selfies and then I keep going. 69 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,560 Like I don't actually go on those trails. 70 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,520 I mean if it's a short trail yes I would go. 71 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,080 But it's like well what's the point. 72 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:26,400 Like I get it, it's not the destination that matters, it's the journey. 73 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,760 But I'm like well destination is kind of my thing so it's like I'm gonna take pictures, 74 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,200 I'm gonna edit them and it's gonna be pretty pictures. 75 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,680 I still get to experience all the things. 76 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:40,640 So yeah Badlands National Park absolutely have to see. 77 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:47,120 I mean you might be missing out something really cool but it's just because it's snowed 78 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:51,760 in South Dakota the park looks way more beautiful with the snow. 79 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:58,760 And it's like you're driving and it's like wow wow wow. 80 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,920 Every corner it's just gorgeous, gorgeous park. 81 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:08,680 And it's called Badlands National Park near Rapid City in South Dakota. 82 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:15,760 One of those national parks in the United States that you have to see. 83 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:20,040 So I did that then I hung out with my friend for the next two days. 84 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:25,440 We spent New Year together, we drove around to rich neighborhoods to see the Christmas 85 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:31,160 lights then we played Mario Kart because I love Mario Kart. 86 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,320 I actually bought a Nintendo Switch. 87 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:40,880 I used to have Nintendo before but then I didn't. 88 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:48,880 So yeah I just got a new Nintendo Switch Lite so I'm gonna play Mario Kart on that. 89 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,520 So if I don't answer some of your emails that's what I'm doing. 90 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:52,880 I'm playing Mario Kart. 91 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:53,880 I'm sorry. 92 00:05:53,880 --> 00:06:01,280 Yeah so I spent New Year's there and it was a really good New Year. 93 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:06,240 It was definitely better than last year and it was definitely better than before that. 94 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,360 I think it's gonna be a good one for quite a few years. 95 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:16,560 I mean hopefully next year I will also go somewhere for New Year's and spend it there 96 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,640 and it's gonna be awesome. 97 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:29,000 So after that, after Rapid City I went to Lincoln, Nebraska. 98 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:34,160 Two hundred fifty thousand people live in that town and there's nothing to do. 99 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:38,320 It's like I saw people but it's like when I went there and I went there during daytime 100 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,000 nobody was around. 101 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,320 Very very few people so I'm like am I in a ghost town? 102 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:45,320 What is going on? 103 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:46,720 Where is everybody? 104 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:54,080 It was maybe first or second so probably people were at home even though it was gorgeous weather. 105 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:59,880 But I remember this moment when I was walking downtown I was just taking pretty pictures 106 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:05,760 like I always do and this one guy he comes to me he's like hi excuse me I noticed you 107 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,040 took a picture of that building. 108 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:09,040 May I ask what's the reason? 109 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,560 I'm like I'm a photographer and he's like oh okay. 110 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:17,680 So I'm like I don't know if he thought maybe I was dumb or something but apparently it 111 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:24,560 was one of those buildings where you go for V-Apps so maybe he thought I was talking to 112 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:25,560 somebody. 113 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:29,160 But anyways it was a really cute building so. 114 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:33,640 Yeah, stayed in Lincoln. 115 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:38,920 The next day I drove to Des Moines in Iowa. 116 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:46,320 There was something there but I forgot what it was because it's like I would wake up every 117 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,160 day and I'm like where am I? 118 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:56,400 Because I had to complete this trip in 8 days which was not enough so. 119 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,920 But yeah Des Moines was cool from what I remember. 120 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:00,840 I just don't remember where I went to. 121 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,360 I think I saw some trails. 122 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,520 Trails parks. 123 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,200 Oh the church. 124 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,360 Went to this really cool church. 125 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:21,880 When I went there literally a minute right after me a I keep forgetting the American 126 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:22,880 words. 127 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:23,920 The English American words. 128 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,840 It's the car that carries dead people. 129 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,400 And so the church was locked. 130 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,320 I'm sorry it was cathedral. 131 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:34,720 Cathedral was locked and they asked me is it locked? 132 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,120 I'm like yeah. 133 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,480 And the guy said wow I'm gonna call and it won't be closed anymore. 134 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,480 I'm like haha. 135 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:43,480 Okay. 136 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:48,480 And I'm like I saw that you know he carried one of them. 137 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:49,480 Yeah. 138 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:50,840 Like his relative passed away. 139 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:52,120 I'm like I'm sorry for your loss. 140 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,080 And he's like thank you thank you. 141 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:55,080 She was a great woman. 142 00:08:55,080 --> 00:09:02,080 So when you know he opened the cathedral around those guys. 143 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,040 And I took some pictures. 144 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,200 I never saw an open casket. 145 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,000 I'm sorry I did see an open casket. 146 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Because there was a funeral. 147 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,600 They were preparing for the funeral and you know only three guys showed up and there was 148 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,040 me like a stranger. 149 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:23,280 So I have not seen an open casket since I was maybe 11 or 12 years old where when my 150 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,360 grandfather was buried. 151 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,400 So when my grandfather died. 152 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,880 So it was like it was just weird. 153 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:33,520 I don't know it was such a casual thing seeing an open casket with a person you don't know. 154 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:38,640 But even if it was somebody you knew it's like huh okay they're just kind of laying 155 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:39,640 there sleeping. 156 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,200 It was I don't know it was such a casual thing. 157 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,200 But I wasn't scared or anything. 158 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:45,680 It was just I don't know. 159 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:47,200 It was interesting. 160 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:48,200 Interesting. 161 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,200 Open casket. 162 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:50,200 You know. 163 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:51,400 Stuff you don't usually see every day. 164 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:56,200 But yeah so after that. 165 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:01,240 Back to the cathedral I drove back to Chicago. 166 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,800 And then back to Grand Rapids. 167 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,720 And honestly the weather was so bad in Grand Rapids. 168 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:11,160 I'm just like I'm just gonna see all those trails really really quick. 169 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,480 And because everything. 170 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,040 The snow was not there. 171 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:16,040 It disappeared. 172 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:17,120 It melted. 173 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,480 So I'm like the trees are bare. 174 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,720 The clouds are cloudy in the sky. 175 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,120 There's no sun whatsoever. 176 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,000 I'm just like I'm done. 177 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,200 I'm just gonna hang out in my hotel room. 178 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:32,200 And I watched Friends because you know Matthew Perry and whatnot. 179 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:36,280 And he's like I don't know. 180 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,200 Yeah so I watched Friends. 181 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:39,920 I quite enjoyed that. 182 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,080 Yeah and it was a good trip. 183 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:43,080 It was a good trip. 184 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:44,080 I really enjoyed it. 185 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,360 I think eight days is more than enough for a vacation. 186 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,040 Which is what it was. 187 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:50,040 You know. 188 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,880 But I think next time it will be five days. 189 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,160 Because I think five days is enough. 190 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:57,720 But then again depends where you go. 191 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,960 So yeah if you have not visited those states you should. 192 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,200 Especially the Badlands National Park in South Dakota. 193 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,360 Because that was my favorite part. 194 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:08,360 And Chicago. 195 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:09,360 I've heard Chicago is good. 196 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,120 So I have to go there next time. 197 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:16,200 But yeah thank you so much for tuning in today. 198 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,400 My name is Lily Emanuele. 199 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:24,440 And I will talk to you guys next time.