My friends and I took a weekend trip back to where we grew up. Now, we swear by doing it every year.

Spending a weekend visiting our hometown together as adults has only made our friendship stronger. Alexa Mellardo I've stayed close to my high-school friends, but we've got busy lives and live in different states. To reconnect, we planned a weekend trip to revisit our hometown and do our favorite activities. It went so well that spending a weekend together in our hometown has become our yearly tradition. I honestly don't know what I'd do without my high-school besties. We've navigated just…