Introduction : Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

"Not all those who wander are lost" - JRR Tolkien

It is fitting to start my first blog with a quote from one of my favorite authors who happens to write an awful lot about going on adventures and being away from home.

I love home but I also have an inescapable need to explore to escape from the mundane of Human Resources and see the world around me. I have been blessed that I have had the ability and means to travel from a young age. My parents are professors you see and before that they were missionaries. So for the first few years of my life I lived in Uganda, in East Africa. I've always had the urge to explore even as children we would pretend that we were escaping to Narnia, Middle Earth, going on an adventure.

I have currently been to 10+ counties and 36 states. You will hear more about the states as I have a goal of all 50 states by the time I am 30.

Currently on the docket for 2017:

Paris, France - Never Been Before

Barcelona, Spain - Never Been Before

Breckenridge, Colorado - Visiting Family

Indianapolis, Indiana - Visiting Family

San Antonio, Texas - Visiting Family

Somewhere in Florida ( I'm open for suggestions)

a Caribbean Island - I've been to Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic

Bucket List Locales:

India

Greece (maybe in 2018)

Italy

Travel is a way that I can express myself and indulge my curiosity about the world and about other places. I know a lot of people, especially people of color and young people, are afraid to travel even outside of thier own state, let alone internationally. I am here to encourage you that it is worth it. I've never learned more about myself or my friends than when you travel. You will not come back the same person who left but you gain a whole world to explore.

What are your bucket list travel locations? Any reccomendations for Paris or Barcelona?

(Photo taken by Anna Muhovich (me) June 2007)