This was my first blog post on my blog – Travels in the 2nd half:
Yesterday I bought a a travel pouch with the saying “I am not a traveler, I am more of an explorer.” This is what gets me up off the couch. At the age of 52, some people like to settle in. “Been there, done that.” Well that is not me. I was raised by parents who thought that getting the car and driving for the weekend was fun. My wife (hereafter known as The Amazing Ms. D) and I were toasted at our wedding as “having been to more places that no one has ever heard of.”
This is fun. I love to see what is down THAT road.
Drive across the country staying OFF OF THE INTERSTATE? Love It!
Where is the Corn Palace?
Let’s eat lunch UNDER the Jolly Green Giant!
A museum (any museum) can get me to pull off the road for an hour.
In 8 hours I start on another trip. This one to Puerto Rico, where The Amazing Ms. D was born. I have been there many times, but I always go looking for that wonderful mix of seeing the familiar and finding something new.
So why “Travels in the 2nd half?” Well I am 52. I am in the second half of life… although I hope that, like “Car Talk” I will be getting 3 halves. I don’t stay at youth hostels anymore, although I will stay at just about any motel I find on the road that look “decent.” There is so much of this world that I have not yet seen, and I would really love to see it all. And as I am looking for something to do in soon to be retired years, writing about my travels sounds like fun and a challenge. So here goes nothing.
My early travels in the US were all done with maps. I’ve been lost many times.
So I bought the American Maps for my UK TomTom Sat Nav.
Best thing I’ve done in years !
I love taking roads that aren’t tourist routes – and getting lost – now.
Explore the back woods and the one horse towns.
Explore where the rich folks live and the poor.
Taking photo’s of local characters.
Folks that have worse teeth than the Brits !
Show me the tourist route and I’ll go the other way !