Rocky Mountains
“When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” – Susan Heller
Recently, I finished up a blog post series on our trip last year to Utah. What fun it was to relive the beauty of that vacation. I hope you enjoyed it.
Now we’re planning a big trip for next year. I love traveling.
Whether you’re planning for a trip next month or next year, or whether you’re shopping for friends who love to travel, you may be thinking about what can make travel easier and more enjoyable.
I’ve found the things on this list to be personally helpful. I hope you will too.
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A few notes about this list:
We bought a similar set of soft-side Samsonite in 2015 and they are still going strong and looking good. I know a lot of people are using hard-side luggage now but it seems to me that those would be heavier. If you do, let me know what you think of it.
The Paperage notebook is reasonably prized, comes in lots of colors, and includes both a compact accordion file in the back for receipts as well as stickers to label the inside of the notebook and pages. It also has a ribbon bookmark and an elastic band to keep it closed. Perfect for a travel journal, and I’m very pleased with mine.
And of course, you need a great novel to take on the road with you, and you couldn’t choose a better one than Theo of Golden. It’s a beautifully written and filled with beauty of all kinds: in nature, art, faces, and people. It was recommended to me personally by three friends, and now I’m recommending it to you.
As you plan your future trips, here’s a favorite travel quote for you:
“Oh the places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
And may those places be filled with beauty. Bon voyage!
Is there anything you can’t travel without? Leave a comment or send an email. I’d love to know!
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