The Hardest Part of Leaving on an Adventure

The Hardest part of Leaving on an Adventure

As we finalized more of our travel plans, started packing up to leave home for a few months straight, got our house sitter in place, we slowly came to a harsh truth. That we really and truly are leaving behind our cats, Spooky and Ralph. For the non pet-owners out there, dedicating an entire post to our cats will probably seem slightly absurd. But as all of the pet owners out there already know and understand, pets are much more than just fur monsters that think they own your house. They're not like monsters at all - they're more like fur babies. Leaving our cats holds a special place in our hearts, even more than leaving our families and friends. They depend on us and trust us to see … [Continue reading]

Why We Have Mad Love for Old San Juan, Puerto Rico: In Pictures

Mad Love for Old San Juan

Just a little ways South of the Florida keys is the island that Christopher Columbus first landed on after sailing across the Atlantic. A lot of people don’t know the history of the island, but Puerto Rico has plenty. … [Continue reading]

Flight Newbie to World Traveler: My Year in Review

Lots of Vieques travel

Tomorrow is the birthday of my very first plane ride. I have never felt so nervous before in my life -- well maybe that’s a white lie, I was pretty nervous deciding to make the leap of going off to college after being done with school for five … [Continue reading]

Journey Jabber 002: Using House Sitting to Stretch Your Travel Budget

Journey Jabber Travel Interviews Podcast Career Break

In this episode of Journey Jabber, I got to interview one of my favorite travel bloggers and all-around great guy, Pete Heck. Pete and his wife Dalene run hecktictravels.com and specialize in adventurous couple travel, and have been traveling … [Continue reading]

I Got 99 Problems but Overpacking Ain’t One

packing extended travel backpack

When I was a little kid, the phrases ‘vacation’, ‘going out of town’, ‘going up north’, and ‘weekend getaway’ meant I would find my old suitcase or my brother’s stinky duffle bag and load it up two weeks before we were leaving … [Continue reading]

Journey Jabber 001: Introduction and What to Expect From the Show

Journey Jabber Travel Interviews Podcast Career Break

It's here! The very first episode of Journey Jabber is completed!! You can listen to the show here on our website, download it to your computer, or subscribe to it through iTunes. Since this is only the first episode, I spend a little bit of … [Continue reading]

So, We’ve Decided to Not Do A RTW Trip…

Trans Atlantic Cruise Ship

Many of you are already aware that our plans have changed a bit. Originally, we weren’t going to start our trip till October, and it was going to be much longer - up to a year - and in that time we were planning on going all over the planet. But … [Continue reading]