I’m just going to come clean and say the thing that elicits gasps and open-mouthed stares. Here it is: I don’t like the beach. Before you even ask, no, I do not hate children or puppies. I just hate sand and sunscreen, and especially the combination of sand and sunscreen. Also, I look stupid in…
Grieving your partner also means grieving the loss of a dream. More than three years after my fiancé died, I still grapple with the loss of a dream to build a family with him. On the bright side, my grief also taught me a lot about seeking joy in the life that I have now….
These 20 must-stop locations on an Oregon Coast road trip will take you from the port town of Astoria on the Oregon north coast to the mountainous sand of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area on the Oregon central coast. This would be a 200-mile road trip if you drove from Astoria straight to the…
Does travel heal? It certainly did for me. But then travel was (and is) my dream. Whatever your dream may be, you are closer to it when you are grieving. When we are stripped down to our barest soul, we remember who we are at our very core. A grieving season sucks. It does. I’m…
We solo travelers like to say that you will learn a lot about yourself when you travel alone. Though I completely agree, I think it’s more accurate to say that traveling alone will teach you to unlearn yourself. Here’s what I mean: I couldn’t wait to learn to scuba dive while traveling solo in Thailand….
Day 11 and stage 10 of walking the Camino del Norte from Laredo to San Miguel de Meruelo started strong with a blessing from the Trinitarian Sisters in the beautiful church next to the albergue that the nuns maintain in Laredo. The sisters wished us all a good life and a good pilgrimage and I…