Category: Rambling & Roaming
Travel, Alaska, local adventures, and the pull of a place
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What’s a completely useless fact you love sharing? Come sit a spell with me this morning. The coffee is hot, the drizzle is soft, and today’s prompt asks for a useless fact I love sharing. I didn’t think I had one. Then, after a little thought, I remembered a fact I picked up on an…
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What’s a country that’s at the top of your bucket list? Good afternoon from Casablanca, where I’m visiting a winery and the birds are abundant. Today’s prompt asks which country is at the top of my bucket list and I can’t pick just one. Iceland and Greenland are tied.The northern lights, volcanoes, glaciers, and hot…
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What’s the weirdest movie you’ve ever watched? I’m traveling today – so here’s my best. I’ve watched too many weird movies to quantify or listify. Forever Layover. Madrid. Beer.
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I have a system for packing. I tell myself my luggage weighs forty pounds, which leaves ten pounds available for whatever glass, stones, or other treasures decide to come home with me. The shoes are already accounted for. People might suggest packing fewer pairs to make room. Those people do not understand the system. Shoes…
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What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done? Greetings from the Grove. We are enjoying our coffee on the porch this morning while the weather has finally decided to cut us a break. Rain is moving through, the temperatures have backed off a little, and I am grateful for every bit of it. Today’s prompt…
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What’s a place you visited that felt like home? As an avid traveler, I’m often asked which place I love most and why everyone should go there. The first part is easy. Alaska. The second part is where I become difficult. I lived there for six months and have gone back three times. I love…
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There is nothing cheap about travel. There. I said it. You can watch airfare like it owes you money. You can compare hotels across six different websites, travel during the off-season, pack snacks, use points, skip the overpriced airport cocktail, and spend three hours trying to save twenty-three dollars on a rental car. I have…
