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This watercolour sketch was done after I got home from our epic paddle trip down parts of the Missouri River in Montana. For all the years and different places I’ve taught about keeping a Travel Journal, one of the most enduring questions I get is: How would I ever figure out what to take in a Travel Journal Kit?’ Fortunately, the answer to this conundrum is pretty straightforward. Other than the journal itself, you can see how compact your Travel Journal Kit can be - so no reason not to try it out! For the...
Don’t Be Lost To History!
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Don’t Be Lost To History - keeping a Travel Journal is a wonderful way to leave a legacy I spent the bulk of my career in the Museum/Heritage field, and a significant part of that time was waorking in an Archives. That space was filled with letter and diaries, business records, historic photos, maps and so much more. Something happened there one day that changed my whole perspective. A woman came to the Archives looking to find something about one of her ancestors. She knew when they were born and died, and I believe she knew...
Wildlife in Your Travel Journal
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Very fresh wolf tracks along the banks of the MacKenzie River near our campsite. Wildlife In Your Travel Journal Isn’t it true that some of our most memorable travel experiences involve wildlife. As we camped along the shores of the MacKenzie River, this porcupine waddled to the river, swam about for a few minutes and then waddled back into the scrub that flanked the riverbank. Certainly that’s the case if your able to take in something like a Safari where the entire purpose of the trip is to capture the experience of seeing creatures...
Capturing Events In Your Travel Journal
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A simple dinner can be a wonderful ‘event’ to capture in your Travel Journal. Capturing Events in Your Travel Journal Our travel experiences are often filled with lots of ‘event’ experiences - some of them big events (major concerts) and some of them small events (birthday party). In fact, I’m a pretty firm believer that everything in our lives can be translated into an event. So let’s take a brief look at how you can capture events in your Travel Journal. This was the ‘critter’ sitting next to us on our final evening dinner in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Yes, it...
Your Travel Journal and the Sense of Smell…
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Capturing Your 5 Senses Your Travel Journal and the Sense of Smell I’ve always been a big proponent of using all of your senses when doing a Travel Journals. In reality, it’s a very simple way to add such wonderful character to your descriptions of the places you’ve visited, meals you’ve enjoyed, and so much more. Maybe just pause for a moment and think about how you might describe the smell of that warm evening sea breeze as you relaxed in your tropical rental. One of the tricks here is that you don’t have to make up a big...