Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!

Today's episode is part 1 of a conversation with friend, artist, and world traveler Chloe Carnegey. Chloe and I went to high school together, and then went on to take gap years and traveled to New Zealand for four months from October 2018 to January 2019. Chloe went on to keep living this wild life of spontaneity and travel and adventure, and has hardly stopped moving since our time in New Zealand! She now has a Bachelor's degree in Botany and Plant Pathology with two minors in Spanish and Chemistry, and is currently looking into becoming a doula and working with mothers in that capacity.

In this first half of our conversation, Chloe and I talk about how we met in the awesome outdoor class we were both a part of in high school. Chloe tells the story of how I inspired her to take a gap year, an interaction I ironically have no memory of but marked the beginning of what became a life-changing adventure we took on together.

We then talk about some of our memories in New Zealand - the highs and lows of being 18 years old and learning how to travel and live on our own 7,000 miles from home. We talk about WWOOFing (Willing Workers On Organic Farms) and our first host farm, and then about how - after a month traveling solo - we met up again for a harrowing and exhilarating handful of days during the week of Christmas 2018 on another host property on the rugged west coast of the South Island.

Both Chloe and I share some journal entries from our time in New Zealand in this episode, and I hope you enjoy this glimpse into our minds and lived experiences as 18-year-olds on a wild adventure.

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