Home Base Lamentation
I live to travel. I have been on the international highway since the age of 5 and it is an addiction. If there is a recovery program for chronic travelers I really should attend.
I am seriously antsy and lamenting my lack of travel recently. What is keeping me sane is the prospect of an almost two month long road trip this coming autumn around almost the entire perimeter of the great country to the south. Current plottings put 26 states and 4 provinces in my way. So thrilled. I was gifted a National Geographic book entitled Drives of a Lifetime and as I should have been preparing for my thesis defense I was scouring it instead for possible deviations. I have found a plenty.
Travel has changed my outlook on so many issues I am almost curious what kind of person I would be right now without the opportunities of already exploring 28 countries. But there are so many more people to meet, countries to visit, experiences to experience. I can not wait for what the future holds.
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!
-Dr. Seuss
Images from the car window somewhere in between Essex and London Ontario. Summer 2010
Bonita!
oh, girl, I feel ya. And I think “wandering homebody” could be my nickname too. I love that phrase. The wanderlust is strong here lately. I’ve been trying to satisfy myself with short trips out of town, but it’s been pointless. I really need to plan something big. Looking forward to more of your photos & words from you travels around the world. I’ll be living vicariously, at least until I graduate Uni. :(
Yes, yes indeed. My dad taught at SAIT while I was growing up. That meant summers off, and for our family, that meant travel. I’d hit every state in the US by the time I was 12. I’ve been lucky enough to live in Venezuela for a year, and Moscow for 6 months, and travel a bunch of other countries both with my family and on my own.
You express the essence of traveling this world very well. Great post! It’s hitting especially true right now as I’ve just landed in Kodiak Alaska. I had the thought on the plane today, “traveling makes me a better person”. I think it’s true.
Have lots of safe, joyful travels, and I’m looking forward to reading of them and seeing them too!
Cheers,
Jeremy
I can’t wait to see all the photos you are gonna take during your travels :)