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Continue reading →: Budget Stays: Points, Priceline, and Pet-Sitting HacksI’ve been busy making travel plans for the next year, and look forward to reporting back on many upcoming adventures, both near and far. I am finding, however, that when traveling with points and miles, they go much further when it comes to booking flights than securing hotel rooms. Whereas…
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Continue reading →: Embrace the RandomI’ve always been a big planner. But life is full of surprises, that’s what makes it so great! Why do people plan things down to the last minute? I guess it’s for a sense of control or safety. Predictability is comforting. I, for one, am done trying to predict what’s…
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Continue reading →: Adventure is a State of MindAs I sit down to write this blog post each week, sometimes I struggle to come up with a topic. At the end of an ordinary week, there may be no unusual experiences that would make for an entertaining story. Not every week contains adventure. Then I remember that adventure…
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Continue reading →: Riding in the RainNothing makes me feel more like a kid than hopping on my bicycle and peddling my heart out, with the sun on my back and the wind in my face. I recently rediscovered cycling, one more part of my past life that I’m reclaiming in my 50s. I cycled a…
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Continue reading →: Microadventure #1: A Night in the WoodsOn Saturday afternoon, I walked into the woods with a backpack and a plan to usher in the first day of fall by spending the night sleeping under the stars. I was nervous. It had been a decade since I last went camping, and I have never camped alone before,…
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Continue reading →: Bring on the Microadventures!The thing about big adventures is that they take time and money to plan. I’m still 14 weeks out from my first trip, when I head to Madrid, Spain for New Year’s Eve. I don’t know about you, but 14 weeks without adventure seems like an awfully long time to…
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Continue reading →: It’s about time.I’ve always been an early bird. I wake up early in the morning, and I’m early to nearly everything. I’d rather be 10 minutes early and sit and wait in my car than be 10 minutes late and have to rush around. I don’t mind wasting time, but I absolutely…
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Continue reading →: Embracing Silence in a World Full of NoiseAbout 10 years ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a one-day nature solo as part of a leadership program I was doing. We were a small group, maybe 5 participants plus a facilitator. We met in the early morning at a large state park about an hour’s drive…
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