Time to Travel! But Where!!

I am so ready to just get out of town for a while. I am sure that many of you are like that. Just ready to see something. Be able to think and just be out in nature. Well my darlings, I know what you are thinking, who has time for that? I want to but with all the things going on this time of the year, I just don’t know if I will have that kind of time. Yes I changed careers and am working a new position, so I have given up my week of planned vacation. Totally worth it, but it also means that I may not get that big fancy trip that I wanted to. That is okay, because there are places here where I live that we can travel to. Late last summer we purchased a travel camper and a truck. Both are up and running and ready for their maiden voyage. We just have to pick a park and decide where to go. I am thinking local for our first trip. Since we have never used the camper before something that is close to home sounds pretty dang good. I may even have my in-laws help me plug it into their spot and help me see how everything works. Not as exciting but still worth it.

I have this huge list of places that I want to travel to, but I also know that with a new job it may take a while to get to the place where I can. It is odd, I should be use to that, at my old job I was not afforded time off either, if I did it was because of family emergency. No leisure time for me. I am getting to that age when leisure time is suddenly becoming important. It is time to be like everyone else and stop making the 8-5 the most important thing about life. Family, memories, times spent with friends and loved one is what matters. That is where my focus needs to be. It is so odd how I use to think that it was my job that defined me. No it is how I do that job that defines me. It is how I treat people that is what defines me and holds my value.

The places that I wish to go are most likely on your list too. Mount Rushmore, the beach, any beach, the Grand Canyon (yes I have have been there but my kids should see it too), Yellowstone. Oh the list goes on and on. The cool thing is now that we have a truck and a trailer we can maybe see these places without having things like hotels and other stuff. We can climb in and just go. That is what is exciting for me. I look forward to taking my camera and just wondering at sunset and sunrise and seeing God everywhere. To see the beauty that most people forget about. One chance is all we have my darlings to invest in our souls. We need to absorb all the beauty we can from this world so that our soul reflects that. We are a better people when we learn about natural beauty and the beauty of other cultures. We become something most forget, interesting. You know those old people who can sit and tell stories about their life the things they saw, the people they meet. That is what a full rich life is composed of. Not chasing money, that only gets you money, and there is so much more to life than that.

So while I am not sure where we will go, the point is, we are going. I am excited to take you along on the adventure. Better yet I encourage you to go out and just have one of your own! Invest in you, in your soul and you will find it so rewarding. Enjoy the time we have for it runs out way too fast.

Dee