I’m Anna. I grew up out in the country in northern Minnesota, 10 miles from the closest town with a population of 100. I always dreamed about what the rest of the world had to offer. I collected travel guides from all 50 states with the zeal that my cousin collected baseball cards. I read…
Jake and I celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary on June 23rd and decided to take a quick 4-day trip for the occasion. For our own reasons that are completely ridiculous we ended up settling on a train trip from our home in Red Wing, Minnesota to Portland, Oregon and back with only 4 hours off…
I love to put together a travel soundtrack relevant to the places I’m going but I have some standard travel songs that I almost always include. These songs just ignite that passion to hit the road (or the skies.) What would you add to this list? Leaving on a Jet Plane performed by Peter, Paul,…
I don’t have cable TV at home but whenever I’m somewhere that does, nothing sucks me in faster than HGTV. Not the travel channel but the Home and Garden network. Even though they primarily air shows about buying and selling homes and I’ve lived in my home for 11 years with no intentions of moving…
In the US my favorite way to travel is by car or, more specifically, by van. For the record, I love the combination of traveling via mass transit and staying in funky little hostels probably best of all but neither of those are really feasible when traveling throughout most of the United States. There’s also…
Awhile back I read Travels with Charley – In Search of America by John Steinbeck. I was not expecting much since I’ve not been a fan of Steinbeck’s works of fiction but I really fell in love with his writing in this book. It helps of course that it’s about travel. Travels with Charley is…
I spent 4 deliciously sunny days in Miami this past week and here’s what I brought with me… Left to Right, Top to Bottom (more or less) Two paperback books for reading on the beach, my journal, and notebook. Two lightweight scarves (an old pashmina that’s been to 4 continents with me and a beautiful…
I’m heading out on a little mini-trip in about 36 hours so it’s time for everyone’s favorite game show… Should You Pack It?! starring me and my little 20 liter backpack. To help, I’ve created this nifty little decision tree. I’ll admit that I wasn’t always a light packer. I remember the feelings of despair I felt…
1. Ambition. I want to go to all the places and do all the things. And of course I can afford it! I’ll just live on Ramen. I must read these 10 guide books, watch 14 documentaries, memorize this list of phrases, and write know all of the things. 2. Disbelief. Am I really going?…
I just finished reading Clara Bensen’s No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love & Wandering. It is a travel memoir in which Clara and her not-quite-official boyfriend Jeff take off on a three week trip without any luggage. That’s right – 1 outfit and only what their pockets (and a small purse for Clara) could…
I recently read Love With a Chance of Drowning by Torre DeRoche. Torre’s website is http://www.fearfuladventurer.com which I LOVE for the name as much as the content. Torre has taken some pretty big (but calculated) risks in her travels and not without a great deal of fear. This travel memoir is about the time she…
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