Day Trips

4 hours in Istanbul, Turkey ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท

4 hours in Istanbul, Turkey ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท

Welcome to travel + explore & play with Sallee Jay, where I am your host. ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’“โ€ผ๏ธ Itโ€™s been a while since Iโ€™ve traveled international, so I had to make sure this trip hit a few destinations because WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER!

On a more serious note, this trip was more than I could have ever imagined. Iโ€™m extremely grateful for the experience and as more of the story unfolds, I hope that your heart is equally delighted in the experience too! Follow along as I share trip details including โ€” family firstโ€™s, healing, restoration and great adventures!

The story begins in America as I prepared to leave for the airportโ€ฆ

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#TBT Meeting Erykah Badu and the Lost Rental Car.

#TBT Meeting Erykah Badu and the Lost Rental Car.

I know the title of this blog sounds like a festival lineup!

#TBTโ€ฆ back to 2008 ๐Ÿ™ƒ

Welcome to Travel + Explore & Play with Sallee Jay where I am your host. I am so very excited to share more trips with you all very soon, as my schedule is beginning to fill up with events. And thank you for your patience, while I took some time off from blogging ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป to accomplish some personal and professional goals.

TODAY is a throwback blog in which I detail one of my funniest travel experiences to date. It involves a trip to Dallas, Erykah Badu and lost rental vehicleโ€ฆ I stumbled upon this email that I sent to family and friends after the trip and was instantly taken back to that crazy weekend.

Link in bio. โœจ

#ErykahBadu #TravelBlogger #TravelDiaries #ThrowbackThursday #ConcertSeries #travelgram

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The BIG 4-0!! Moab/Navajo Nation/Sedona Style

The BIG 4-0!! Moab/Navajo Nation/Sedona Style

Welcome to travel + explore & play with Sallee Jay, where I am your host. ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’“โ€ผ๏ธ

Lean in yall, I have a secret ๐Ÿคซ, I am whole 40 year old!!! ๐Ÿฅด๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿพโฃ๏ธโœจ๐Ÿคซ๐Ÿ—ฃ๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ

And for my birthday I went to travel + explore & play out in the middle of the desert ๐ŸŒต.

Iโ€™ve always heard people describe their adventures to local travel destinations like Moab, the Grand Canyon and Sedona. With that in mind, I set out on a road trip with my besties to ultimately celebrate in Sedona, with a few stops in between.

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