In a couple hours the potential winning numbers for the Mega Millions Lottery, with its jackpot approaching $600 million, will be drawn. I was at the drug store yesterday so I bought a couple tickets. Why not? It would certainly make this trip a lot easier and we wouldn’t have to worry about finding jobs… Continue Reading
It’s 6 a.m. and I am wide awake. I can’t sleep and yet I am exhausted and just want to go home. I have been in New Orleans for four days and went straight from there to do salon training in Minnesota. The temperature difference alone went from the 70’s to the 20’s, Ouch! Not… Continue Reading
Travel websites know that you’ve been checking the price on that flight to Barbados. And they aren’t just using the information to send you emails. They use it bump up the price to put you in a panic and get you to finally buy the ticket before it goes up again. I had been looking… Continue Reading
A former boss once told me that the key to dealing with people was figuring out their base motivations. What was it deep inside that drove their actions. If you could figure that out their actions and decisions would make more sense and you would be better able to understand them as a person. This… Continue Reading
I’ve been having a hard time coming up with something to write about. Actually, there’s plenty to write about I’m just having a hard time getting it done. Take this piece for example. I started writing this when it actually was two months until our departure date two weeks ago. Sure, work has been busy… Continue Reading
If you travel a lot but don’t like carrying wads of cash but also hate coughing up $3 or more every time you use an out of network ATM you should check out Charles Schwab’s brokerage checking account. No minimum balance is required and at the end of the month they reimburse you for all… Continue Reading
I wrote a guest post about Indianapolis for Michael & Larissa at Changes in Longitude. They have a series of articles on Free Things to Do and Interesting Things to Do in locations all over the globe. Lucky for me there aren’t a lot of people writing about Indianapolis. And while it may never be… Continue Reading
I don’t watch Iron Chef America, the Next Iron Chef or much of anything on Food Network since they decided to switch their programming to a heavy reality format. Consequently the name Simon Majumdar didn’t mean much to me. Turns out he’s a world traveling author who has made a name for himself as a… Continue Reading
Three months from now we will be in Costa Rica. It still seems a long way off until you break it down to just 13 weeks and more importantly 13 weekends. Even though we got off to a pretty good head start with planning and preparing, we’ve both been really busy with work and things… Continue Reading
Dave & Vicky from A Couple Travelers interviewed us for their travel blog. Their blog was one of the first we came across when researching our trip and they’ve been a great resource for both planning and building a travel blog. You can check the interview out here. Continue Reading
We quit our jobs at the end of 2013 to backpack around the world. We're sharing our stories, travel advice and hopefully some inspiration. Read more...
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