We don’t like flying…
It's not that we're fearful of flying. We're not. We both say a prayer upon take-off and landing, asking God to take...
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A collection of our daily travel stories, food discoveries, wildlife encounters, and life on the road.
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Giving up habits..Wean me slowly!…
Bye, bye tea! "They," say it takes three weeks to break a habit. Yes, we still have six months and fourteen...
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Who are we kidding?… We’re not unique!…
Had it not been for my dear husband Tom's 42 years of hard work, this dream would have been but a dream, along with...
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Last Easter with the family for awhile…
Family life is often filled with traditions, the traditions we created for our children when they were young, that we adapted as...
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Why so long???…
Our family and friends are asking, why so long? Why 880 days (so far)? There are only a few answers to this...
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Finally, the itinerary…
Admittedly, I have procrastinated about posting the itinerary. Procrastination is not my style. I am a "get-it-done" kind of person who contemplates...
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Ouch!…Plunge, twist and release…
After two hours of being terrified at the prospect of contracting one of many horrifying diseases throughout the world, I left the...
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The final criteria, lots more to follow…
Here we go! We're wrapping up the all-important criteria today, allowing us to proceed to the equally important itinerary in the next post....
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Continuation of the strict criteria…
Yesterday, I wrote about the first four criteria that we have discovered making long-term world travel affordable for us as a retired...
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A dream is born!… Is it affordable?…Are we crazy?
We are everyday people. We aren't wealthy. Tom worked hard for 42 years on the railroad. My career mostly consisted of owning...
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