Super Typhoon Yutu Destroyed Saipan On the night of October 24-25, 2018, Super Typhoon Yutu, the largest storm to ever be recorded, made landfall in the Mariana Islands. Specifically, Tinian was decimated as the eye… [Continue Reading]
Why I Won’t Be Spending Forever In Saipan
Happy first Saipan-aversary to me! A year ago, I spent 34 hours traveling from Knoxville, Tennessee to a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific called Saipan. I wasn’t at all aware of what my… [Continue Reading]
Saipan Series: Moving Pets To Saipan
You just found out that you are relocating to Saipan from the continental United States. If you are like me there are an immediate 100 questions that come to mind. Trying to sort out the… [Continue Reading]
Saipan Series: Island Oddities
If you ever met me, there are probably several adjectives I can guess you might use to describe me: Outgoing Talkative Cheerful Polite Drop dead sexy Hey – a girl can dream, right? I’m sure… [Continue Reading]
Saipan Series: Island Churches
I am a true-born Southerner. Hailing from Memphis, Tennessee – where you find a liquor store and church on every corner – I come from a place where going to church isn’t just something you… [Continue Reading]
Saipan Series: Banzai And Suicide Cliffs
Once the shock of finding out we were relocating from Memphis, Tennessee to Saipan wore off, I spent the next several days doing as much research as I could on our new island home. Turns… [Continue Reading]