Travel Inspiration

Ever since I was a little girl I have wanted to travel the world. I would sit in my grandmother's living room, which is now my husband's and my living room, and look through her photo albums full of her adventures to Greece, Morocco, and Hawaii to name a few. My grandmother took me on my first plane ride when I was in the second grade. We flew to Las Vegas to visit her sister. I loved being my grandmother's traveling companion, and because of her a love for traveling was born.

However, my grandmother was not the only one to inspire my travel bug. My parents and I took many family vacations when I was growing up. Probably the most memorable one for me was when we went to Williamsburg, VA, Washington D.C., and my father's hometown of Philadelphia, PA. Even when we weren't taking long trips, we frequently took day trips to everywhere in a four-hour radius of Tupelo, MS. My father worked six days a week for many years, but Saturdays were always family days. Whether we went to Tishomingo State Park, the space center in Huntsville, or even the Land Between the Lakes located on the border of TN and KY, my parents were committed to introducing me to my region.

When I was in the third grade I bought a children's atlas at a school book fair, and I have been mapping out my journey around the world ever since. A little under three years ago I married my best friend and life-long travel partner, Logan. Together we are exploring the world one state and one country at a time. We have set the goal of traveling to all fifty states and all seven continents. Actually, I set that goal, but Logan is fully on board, except he still doesn't believe me that we're going to Antartica.