She seems to be a fan of solo retreats and spending time alone with nature, and going by her SM she has done trips of this type in Arizona in the past.
I really hope that’s the explanation, that she’s just wandered off and is doing her own thing for a while, but she also strikes me as very fragile and vulnerable. Of course you can’t make these assessments with certainty just from what people wrote online but…she just does.
She strikes me as resilient and highly intelligent. I don't think she wandered off on the way to a wedding. Something has happened to her.
I don't think she's very fragile (not mentally ill, not about to have an uncustomary health - mental or otherwise - problem).
She LOOKS delicate. She comes across as very sensitive on her FB. And in her accomplishments. She has survived things in the past - but, out on the open road (these days), I am wondering if we have an uptick in crimes against women traveling alone (there are a series of them here on WS).
She certainly made it to Williams (which, to me, says she did not go from SD to Phoenix by the southern route). She took the scenic and amazing route. Ash Fork is just before the turn-off to Grand Canyon. Coming from San Diego, the main reason to take the route she took is to either see the Grand Canyon or some of its more highway-adjacent (and amazing sights).
The article cited in the thread starter puts her even nearer to Grand Canyon (Williams). What I wish we knew is how she planned to spend the nights, on the road. The last month's WS stories have made me wish that everyone knew to leave an itinerary for others to follow on road trips, should a person go missing.
Why would she wander off from her car? That's not being thoughtful, mindful or free-spirited. That's something really concrete. Surely she couldn't have decided to go far, out there, if she did indeed "wander off."
But a woman whose car is found on the edge of vast wilderness? I don't think they just "wandered off" on some kind of personal quest. She was on her way to a wedding, back home. She abandoned her car (and I bet her things are still in it - hence the media coverage).
IMO.
