The Serendipitous Jen

Episode 71 The Serendipitous Jen experiences Highway 395 & a rest stop

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos head out of town again, this time making their way up Highway 395. This was the first time for Carlos to visit Lone Pine, Bishop, Mammoth, Lake Tahoe and Reno, Nevada. This was the most perfect time of year to go and enjoy cooler weather, clear skies and less crowds...making for an adventure.

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Episode 70 The Serendipitous Jen roadtrips to see Metallica and a Raiders home game

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos take a quick road-trip to Vegas to catch Metallica at The Sphere & a Raiders home game. Metallica can still rock and put on an amazing production at the Sphere.... hear in detail how cool that bucket list experience was. The Raiders home game was sad as the LA Rams rolled all over them, but the experience was a blast. Jen enjoys going in person and watching the sidelines and what's going on behind the scenes... all the stuff we don't see when we watch the games at home. Wow! This was a whirlwind trip and Jen comes back up on a little slot machine win!! Yippee

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Episode 69 The Serendipitous Jen goes out for a surprise destination dinner

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos buy tickets online for a "speak easy" style bar-b-que dinner and it turned out to be at a very quint little art gallery in Ventura called Vita Art Gallery. What a treat. They found out that the owner of the bar-b-que puts these networking events together to bring people together, in person to make new friends, and new family. The food was delicious as we got to eat under the stars with only the lights of the candles and string lighting around the back fence. The art gallery has been there since 2008 and is just taking off with getting more artists to exhibit and bring youth in the area there for free art lessons. This was a really fun way to raise much needed funds for the gallery. Grateful to have been included in this.

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Episode 68 The Serendipitous Jen is heading home (day 8)

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos wrap up their roadtrip visiting 4 National Parks along the way to their Durango Blues Train date night. Driving through Zion to get to Bryce Canyon, stumbling upon Mesa Verde and making a pit stop to see The Petrified Forest outside of Winslow, Arizona. All beautiful sites to see, feel and cherish.

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Episode 67 The Serendipitous Jen skipped Day 6...Durango, Colorado (day 7)

The Serendipitous Jen accidentally got carried away and skipped Day 6 of the roadtrip and in her defense, Internet and WIFI is really spotty out of the van. Here we are on Day 7 of the road trip. Learn all about the adventures in Durango and then she is off to New Mexico to visit family & refuel on all the love and energy they have to offer.

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Episode 66 The Serendipitous Jen is still on the road (day 5)

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos are on day 5 of the roadtrip to visit National Parks and eventually end up at Durango, Colorado for another train ride! Today they travel from Moab to Cortez and make pitstops along the way, of course. Tomorrow they will finally land in Durango...stay tuned!

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Episode 65 The Serendipitous Jen makes her way to The Arches National Park (day 4)

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos make their way to The Arches National Park from Bryce Canyon. They had a few pitstops along the way. Grateful for the experience and the safety they have had so far. Next stop...Four Corners Monument on the way to Durango, Colorado.

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Episode 64 The Serendipitous Jen hand feeds Bison along the way (day 3)

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos got started on the road a little later than anticipated today to embark on their journey from Zion to Bryce Canyon... so they did NOT record this until the end of the day when they were both exhausted. They learned about Bison, kind humans & the biggest Ace Hardware store that Jen has ever seen!! Enjoy and stay tuned for day 4 tomorrow.

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Episode 63 The Serendipitous Jen from sin to zen roadtrip (day 2)

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos spent too much time at a local casino in Nevada and Jen has another epiphany about life and the lessons that she has learned along the way. The sights are beautiful to see as they travel from Nevada through Arizona and land in Utah. Don't ask anyone in Utah about a location of a Chase bank! Learn all about that in this episode. Stay tuned.

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Episode 62 The Serendipitous Jen is on the road...AGAIN (Day 1)

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos are fleeing the state once again to discover new unmarked territories.The final stop will be Durango, Colorado for The Durango Blues Train ride. Today was filled with stops at Calico Ghost town, Speed Vegas for some drifting in a Dodge Charger Hellcat, then off to gamble in the casinos and just when they were making their way to Utah... Carlos got a whim to gamble some more! They will spend the night at a casino / resort in Mesquite, Nevada before making their way to Bryce Canyon tomorrow. Stay tuned for day 2.

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Episode 61 The Serendipitous Jen...How did the last road trip end?

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos talk about what they did to share 4 days together to celebrate the 4th of July extended weekend. Who knew that shooting pool was such a technical sport? What ever happened to the ending of the previous road trip they took on a whim to Yosemite? So much to get caught up on. Life is going way too fast. Jen has a new philosophy... we only have today, even better... we only have RIGHT NOW!!Let's just go for it and have fun out there.

Episode 59 The Serendipitous Jen...On a whim, is there any other way?

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos head out to Yosemite on a whim. Here's how it started...Carlos and Jen tried to get a spot at a local beach for the weekend to camp in the van, but all the spots filled up months ago. They start throwing out ideas of where they can go on short notice and get away for the weekend. There is so much to see and do in California and we have a lot of the most gorgeous places right here in our backyard. The van is always set up and ready to go & Jen is always on board for a roadtrip. Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.

Episode 60 The Serendipitous Jen...On a whim (continued) Day 2

The serendipitous Jen and Carlos embarked on a roadtrip to Yosemite on Friday night, to get away for the weekend. No reservations, just the two of them and the van. Find out where they stay and how the journey is going. Listen to find out their future plans for the rest of the weekend. Enjoy.

Episode 58 The Serendipitous Jen...Valentine's Day, The Heated Room & Disneyland all in the same weekend

The Serendipitous Jen is happy to get caught up with Carlos regarding how they spent Valentine's weekend this year. They went to The Heated Room for a 45 minute relaxing sauna session on Saturday afternoon, then Carlos prepared dinner. They then woke up early on Sunday morning to head to Disneyland. They talk about the day, the rides, the fun and talking about it is like living the adventure all over again them.

Episode 57 The Serendipitous Jen...A little sick game Jen likes to play

The Serendipitous Jen is at it again, her ADD is in full force in this episode....She is driving home from Chumash Casino with Carlos and they share stories from their drive up to the casino, the free gift they got & they share the new game that Jen likes to play. The conversation turns into homeless stories, having each other's backs and they discuss when is ok to steal?

Episode 56 The Serendipitous Jen...Making changes in 2026

The Serendipitous Jen has a random chat with her sweet friend Melanie and Jen accidentally lets her ADHD show. You can hear it come out in many of the raw chats that she has with gal pals and guests on this podcast. She likes to switch things up often, accidentally interrupts and gets bored very easily. The Serendipitous Jen always means well with her big, open, loving heart and her light shines through as she discusses some intimate matters that pop up in this episode that could have really dimmed her light for sure. These stories are real life, told for real humans in hopes to bind us all together.

Episode 55 The Serendipitous Jen Wants to know...Are we all just ball releasers?

The Serendipitous Jen invites Melanie over to her home for Christmas treats and for a chance to catch up about her most recent travels back to Paris. Melanie shares about her travel throughout France during Thanksgiving week and that she reconnected with the "Paris" guy again. The "Paris" guy slings all kinds of info her way, from sleeping with other women, to the appearance of the women and how he just uses them. Melanie reflects on how much she has grown emotionally and how she felt much better equipped with tools to handle the inconsistencies that "smelly" throws her way. This ends in a cliffhanger and The Serendipitous Jen promises to record the rest of this adventure ASAP!

Episode 54 The Serendipitous Jen...Roadtrip Day 4 to Zion

The Serendipitous Jen & Carlos take off from Sedona and head up to Zion. Stops along the way include Horseshoe Bend and The Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona. The sights they see are unbelievable and wow Jen with every bend on every highway. Jen knows how lucky she is to have acquired all this good fortune in this lifetime to be able to take off on some great adventures like this. Jen is humbly grateful for everything. So much more to see, let's keep going!

Episode 52 The Serendipitous Jen...Roadtrip Day 3 Sedona (Part 1)

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos travel their way from Williams down to Sedona. Wow, Sedona is breathtaking for sure. They take a 3 hour round trip hike through Boynton Canyon in search of the healing properties of a vortex. They climb to the top of the ridge to find caves and hieroglyphics. The sights they see are spectacular and the people that they meet along the way are so much fun, too.

Episode 53 The Serendipitous Jen...Roadtrip to Sedona (Part 2)

The Serendipitous Jen and Carlos hop on again to share a recap of their time spent in Sedona. They share about the hike and what it felt like to be in the presence of such a beautiful place. They have a new game that Carlos made up just for the time they spend driving in the van!