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See the World for Free

The idea here is to TRAVEL THE WORLD regardless of time or budget. It dawned on me one day that even if I had unlimited time and money (which I definitley do not), I still couldn't see everything in the world that I'd like to see--I'm simply not going to live long enough to do it.

But I had a bit of brain wave and soon after the travel envelope was born. This is an actual physical envelope. I typed the name of every country in the world, plus every state in the US on little slips of paper which I then put into the envelope. In the beginning we (myself, my husband, Dave and daugher Catherine) would draw out a slip at random at the beginning of the month and that's where we would go---at least in our minds. We grab some books about the country from the library and put them in our bathroom to look at. We also check out some videos about the country if any. We check it out on googleearth, listen to the music, try the food, maybe even attempt to learn a dance or celebrate a festival.

After the first two years we discovered that even virtual traveling can be tiring, so we travel now whenever I happen to be in the mood.

It's great fun. I especially love it when people I meet have been to the place I'm "visiting" in real life, or get excited and have some virtual adventures of their own. I hope that anyone who comes across this blog will feel welcome to come with us on the trip!



You have a standing reservation to see it all!

Nov 24, 2010

SNOW--Hmph.

There's a saying that goes "If you don't like the weather in Utah wait 5 minutes."   Very true.  All day yesterday there were scary forecasts for THE STORM OF THE CENTURY!!!!   Well---it looked credible--I got off work an hour early--raced home and grabbed Catherine because she had passed her driving test and was determined to get her license!   Poor kid.  We got to the DMV and got the license pretty quickly, but not quickly enough.  By the time we left to go home the storm had hit full blast. Catherine took one look and suggested that I drive.  Bummer to get your license and then be trapped by a blizzard!

Anyway, the storm didn't last long.  I went out to shovel and it was a beautiful night and despite all forecasts nothing happened at all during the night.  Soooooo I'm trying hard to be thankful that everyone can get  where they're going for Thanksgiving (including us--we're going to SLC), but darn it!  The weather forcasters all but promised we'd be snowed in and I wanted today off!  
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