Author Archives: simpletravelourway

About simpletravelourway

Beth and Joe enjoy simple travel.

A tradition takes hold

Posted on December 1, 2019

We were young, newly married, and didn’t want to fall back on either family’s traditions. When our children were little, we started to drive to Washington, DC for Thanksgiving to visit Beth’s brother. We didn’t know it at the time, … Continue reading →

Posted in US - Washington, DC | Tagged art, flowers, George Catlin, National Gallery, Paphiopedilum Transvaal, Solandra grandiflora, travel, U.S. Botanical Garden, Vincent van Gogh, Washington DC | 10 Comments

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 →

Posted in Life after travel, Trip Planning, US - Pennsylvania | Tagged Canvas Champ, decorating, Floyds, Kendal at Longwood, moving, transitions, travel planning, Tuft and Needle | 5 Comments

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 →

Posted in Life after travel, US - Pennsylvania | Tagged packing for a trip, simplicity, simplifying life, Stewart Island robin, travel, travel clothes, travel lessons | 16 Comments

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 →

Posted in Packing, Trip Planning, US - miscellaneous | Tagged Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, Lewes Delaware, Packing, trip planning | 15 Comments

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 →

Posted in Trip Planning, US - miscellaneous | Tagged Continuing Care Retirement Community, Fort DeSoto State Park, Kendal at Longwood, Life Plan Community, Longwood Gardens, travel, travel planning | 21 Comments

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 →

Posted in Trip Planning | Tagged travel, travel destinations, travel planning | 8 Comments

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 →

Posted in Trip Planning | Tagged birdwatching, Corfu, rainfall, Snowy Range, travel, travel planning, weather, Wyoming | 5 Comments