Travel is Personal, Travel is Healing
The idea of travel use to be nothing more than just an idea. Growing up as an only child to a single mom, traveling never crossed my mind. I mean, how could it when we struggled with not having enough …
Stories
A Love Affair for Road Trips to National Parks
Growing up, I was used to sitting tight and bored on the road for several hours with my parents. We would take many road trips through America, spanning from the north to the south to the mid-Atlantic region to Canada …
Are Interactions with Elephants Truly Ethical?
Elephants are one of the world’s most loved animals. You can see why – they are such majestic creatures! Seeing elephants, usually in Thailand, is on most people’s bucket lists. Most people are aware that elephant riding is not ethical, …
How to Deal With the Post-Trip Blues
Ahh the post-trip blues – we’ve probably all felt them! Let’s lay out the scenario: Going on a trip is almost always an exhilarating experience. You spend so much time planning where you want to go, booking the flights/hotels/etc., thinking …
Cryin’ cuz I’m Dyin’ in Zion National Park
Last autumn I had the opportunity to visit Zion National Park. I’d seen the park for years in pictures and film and had been itching to get out there for forever. I flew into Las Vegas and made the three-hour …
Five Ways How Traveling In Grief Can Help
A decade back, I read Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love,” followed by the movie. To be brutally honest, I wondered if the woman in grief found a way to “escape” her issues and was not bold enough to face them. …
