My travels and travel-related tips, tricks, and destinations!
The hero’s journey. If you didn’t learn this in school, then count yourself lucky. I spent hours analyzing books for their call to adventure, mentors, ordeals, and rewards.
I am one to make audacious claims, but I’m serious when I say I have been to the best bookstore in Maine. Somehow, against all odds, it has only 74 reviews on Google! This is a tragedy, a downright crime.
I adore used bookstores. Their aura is always calm and slow, places I happily spend a free Saturday combing through the books and their pages. My recent bookstore crawl was in Raleigh, expanding…
I’m not saying all travel is boring, but I’m starting to realize an issue with it. Sometimes, especially with budget travel, your whole itinerary consists of you looking at things. Look at this historic landmark, leave and look at this landmark, now leave and look at this landmark. You get it.
For those new to the party, I took my first car camping trip recently and learned a lot. Getting on the road was so fun, and knowing I only had myself to keep me company left me with a lot of time to think. I chose my destination based on proximity and landed on Croatan National Forest, a short three-hour drive. The forest was stunning, and seeing the ocean alongside the trails was an experience I’ll never forget.
The Alice Network, by Kate Quinn, is a New York Times and USA Bestseller about two women going on adventures of their lives, one to protect her country, and one to to protect herself. In 1915, Eve Gardiner was recruited to be a spy for the British Intelligence Agency, but espionage comes with risks, and not all of them have happy endings.