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 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…
Wild by Cheryl Strayed Becoming Odyssa by Jennifer Pharr Davis Only a few thousand people hike the Appalachian or Pacific Crest Trail combined each year so it’s a pretty elite club. Then consider that few of those are women who hiked alone and you realize that Cheryl Strayed and Jennifer Pharr Davis have a lot…
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