One more travel quote to add to the mix, from Pico Iyer: "And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end." Happy adventuring, you two!
Great to hear about your new adventures. I have every on of your posts (emails) from at lease February 2016. My mail search on my phone is not great but it did go back that far. I am a step behind you - van (now a campervan). Our adventure list (spreadsheet is pretty long) but am planning a PNW trip. I used to live in Portland but there are still places I never made it too (I was really focused on climbing there. We will try to be slow. Good thing is we aren’t afraid to change plans on the fly.
Thanks for being a long-time reader! Cool to hear.
I know the feeling of living somewhere while being focused on a specific hobby (I've done it with climbing as well). Enjoy your PNW adventures and maybe we'll cross paths somewhere on the road sometime!
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” GREAT quote. What a gift it is for you to be able to live this dream and be aware of how precious this time is.
Isn't that great? Definitely feeling the magnitude of that gift and how lucky we are to be able to do this. Who knows how it'll change us? So intoxicating to have the open road ahead.
You inspire….I’m going to show this to Wes….keep on traipsing following natural beauty and sharing …let’s protect !
We will! Happy new year.
One more travel quote to add to the mix, from Pico Iyer: "And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end." Happy adventuring, you two!
Ooh, never-ending love affair is a metaphor I can get into. That's fantastic! Thank you for sharing.
By the way, check out Pico's book Aflame for some brilliant writing. I made so so many highlights.
Great to hear about your new adventures. I have every on of your posts (emails) from at lease February 2016. My mail search on my phone is not great but it did go back that far. I am a step behind you - van (now a campervan). Our adventure list (spreadsheet is pretty long) but am planning a PNW trip. I used to live in Portland but there are still places I never made it too (I was really focused on climbing there. We will try to be slow. Good thing is we aren’t afraid to change plans on the fly.
Thanks for being a long-time reader! Cool to hear.
I know the feeling of living somewhere while being focused on a specific hobby (I've done it with climbing as well). Enjoy your PNW adventures and maybe we'll cross paths somewhere on the road sometime!
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” GREAT quote. What a gift it is for you to be able to live this dream and be aware of how precious this time is.
Isn't that great? Definitely feeling the magnitude of that gift and how lucky we are to be able to do this. Who knows how it'll change us? So intoxicating to have the open road ahead.