"Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind."
--Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach
When some of the best adventures are found by accident
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"The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast,and you miss all you are traveling for."
--Louis L'Amour
100 days till Israel…and all the places till then
The next few months are already filling up with places to go and things to do. Because it’s one of the best times of year to travel before summer comes, we’ve had a lot of requests to go and visit people and have people come and visit us. Our calendar is filling up and I […]
More"To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live."
--Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography
Be a Tourist in Your Own State
Here’s the sad truth…sometimes in our excitement and desire to see the rest of the world, we often overlook or take for granted the incredible place that we are right now. Because we see our city every day we have lost sight of the things and places that make that city so unique. When I […]
More"And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived."
--Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
"I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found."
--John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America
This Summer I am Going to….
ISRAEL!!! That’s right friends, this summer I have the amazing opportunity to experience the Holy Land. I am beyond excited (and also a little nervous if I’m being honest) about getting to go to Israel. Currently I am working on my masters degree at Middle Tennessee State University and decided to apply for their study […]
MoreWhen Flying With An Infant Or A Toddler
I was flying out of Kansas City a few years ago and in front of me in the security line was a woman with a baby in a stroller and two young children. The woman had a carry on suitcase plus 2 large bags on her shoulder with stuff overflowing from it and her arms […]
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