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Category Archives: Trip Planning
Thoughts on guided tours, high seasons, and rental cars
We learn from observation, but mostly we learn from our mistakes. That is where our trip to Alaska comes in. We’d been working hard and desparatly wanted to take a trip but didn’t have time to plan one. We … Continue reading
What better time to plan the next memorable adventure?
Do you find yourself dreaming about taking a trip to a far-away destination? Especially now… Life will never be the “normal” we once had but will be different. Where are we now? We’re self-isolated in our little cottage due to … Continue reading
Lessons learned on the road #3: time is valuable
Would we live our lives differently if we thought we only had a month, a year, or 30 years to live? How long will we live? We pondered these questions more seriously as we prepared to retire. We turned to … Continue reading
Posted in Trip Planning
Tagged birds, Cedar Key FL, Cuenca Ecuador, life expectancy, Marfa TX, New Zealand, slow travel, time, travel, Victoria BC Canada
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A trip in free fall
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
The (almost) last destination
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
The ultimate destination
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
Travel advice: temperatures and showers
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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Tagged birdwatching, Corfu, rainfall, Snowy Range, travel, travel planning, weather, Wyoming
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Travel expectations
We like to think we keep our travel expectations moderately realistic. We fall somewhere between those who hope for nothing more than a relaxing get away and those leaving nothing to chance with a too-long checklist of sites and restaurants … Continue reading
April is a great month to travel
Years ago, a small group of our friends gathered and planned international trips with a particular goal in mind: spending the days hiking and eating well every evening. When it came time to determine when to travel, we decided to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Cappadocia, Cuenca Ecuador, Florence Italy, Tasmania, travel, travel around the world, travel planning
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