Steven is on the road so I thought I would write for him. Plus, I forgot (I know, I know, terrible!) to write on Saturday, mostly because I feel like I haven't left a three-mile radius since August. I always thought it would be interesting to travel for work. Maybe I wouldn't always get to …
Travel allows me to get out of the daily grind, soak in beautiful landscapes and culture that gives me new ways to interpret myself and the world. In our usual existence, we have what I call a "sphere of influence." What I mean is simply the radius in which we usually operate: work, to grocery …
When there's a lull in travel plans, like say when I've just gone back to my job at a high school and I'm planning a wedding, my next best way to get out of my own experience and environment is to read. I don't need to read books about women like me--not only am I …
Steven and I tend to travel big. By that I mean, we want to see a lot so we may miss some of the smaller joys of a place. That's not to say that we drive-by travel. We are not taking selfies at national monuments and moving on, but we may spend only a day …
No, we are not time lords (Susan should speak for herself; I am not willing to concede this point...yet), but we did go back in time last week. Anyone who lives in Chicago or who has ever been in Chicago in the summer knows that every weekend brings a new neighborhood festival. They are all …
Sigh. We have hit the vacation doldrums. We just planned the trip to New York; my return to work is rapidly approaching, and we have no idea what the vacation future holds, or really what the future past New York holds. Vacation planning keeps me going. It's a way of exploring while living daily life. …
Steven and I are planning a trip to New York that coincidentally turned into our honeymoon. We got Springsteen on Broadway tickets before we got engaged, but now the trip is the weekend after the wedding, perfect timing--I get to marry Steven and see Bruce. We started hunting for hotels and airfare in earnest yesterday. …
So many places to stay. How to choose? Steven and I have a very scientific method: a complicated algorithm that combines price, location, intuition, and search fatigue. We like to stay in off-beat or unique places (Mt. Peale Animal Sanctuary or Monument Valley Tipi Village). Sometimes we get a little practical. Here's how we think …
We've been home for almost a week now, and I've had some time to reflect. We travel well and had a great time. We also learned some things and thought about options not taken. Hands down our best purchase were walking sticks. My old hips did not hurt one bit. I thought my arms would …
We woke up yesterday in North Platte, Neb. We weren't sure if we wanted to drive the 11 hours all the way home and came up with various plans for stopping. But really, there's no place between here and there we wanted to stop, so we rolled through eastern Nebraska and western Iowa realizing that …
Doing It On The Road 