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About simpletravelourway

Beth and Joe enjoy simple travel.

Lessons learned on the road #2:  planning, planning, and more planning

Posted on October 20, 2019

For many years travel planning consumed our lives. Our planning took us beyond the obvious: where to stay and what to do.  We delved into the perfect time of year to visit and would there be enough to do to … Continue reading →

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Lessons learned on the road #1: simplifying life

Posted on October 6, 2019

How could we take what we had learned from our years of travel and use that to shape and plan our new life? Six and half years ago, we had taken a giant leap by giving away almost all of … Continue reading →

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A trip in free fall 

Posted on September 20, 2019

We thought of ourselves as serious travelers.  So what could be simpler than a 3-night, late summer get-away on the Delaware shore? We reserved a walk-in camping site at Cape Henlopen State Park months earlier but were so busy in … Continue reading →

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The (almost) last destination

Posted on September 3, 2019

How do we top 6.5 years of travel in the U.S. and around the world (twice!)?  We probably can’t. Our years of travel will always be one of the best periods in our life, but we always like to look … Continue reading →

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The ultimate destination

Posted on August 19, 2019

Who doesn’t love to talk about future travel destinations?  In the early days, we would throw out names of places we hadn’t yet traveled.   New Zealand, Iceland, Bhutan, Peru…. And if we decided to visit, we fantasized about long stops … Continue reading →

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Travel advice: temperatures and showers

Posted on July 27, 2019

Once people learn we traveled on a nonstop 6 year trip to destinations around the world – the first question they always ask is, “Where was the best place.?”  The question is always “WHERE?”  Where, where, where….  But how about … Continue reading →

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remembrance of travel past

Posted on June 22, 2019

As we prepared for our life of travel, we gave away most everything we owned.  Books, food processor, TV, down comforter, and so much more… It all came down to money. The expense of storing all of those things for the … Continue reading →

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