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Your Very Own Travel ‘Product Line’
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Your Very Own Travel ‘Product Line’ In this case, I used a small watercolour sketch I did on a paddle trip along stretches of the North Saskatchewan River - and I used that piece as the backdrop for my postcard-sized ‘Business Card’. Over the next few paragraphs, I’m going to convince you that you can have a ‘Product Line’ that reflects so much about who you are when you travel…and it’s a lot of fun too. Think about it. When you’re on the road for a winter vacation or a hiking trip, cycling tour, cruise etc.,...
Travel Journal Hacks #1 - Selecting Your Travel Journal - everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask!
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Travel Journal Hacks # 1 Selecting Your Travel Journal – everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask… After you’ve taken a Journal with you on a few trips, you’ll find that you begin to develop your own preferences. You’ll find that you have a certain the size of journal and page-count that you like. You’ll find there is a particular weight of paper that works for you, and so much more. Over the years of teaching others how to keep a Travel Journal, and after years of keeping them myself, it strikes me that...
Three Things The Canadian Arctic Taught Me About Keeping a Travel Journal
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Three Things The Canadian Arctic Taught Me About Keeping a Travel Journal A few years ago, I was fortunate to be part of a crew of 12 adventurers who paddled the Mackenzie River. For the month of July, we paddled 1500km through some of Canada’s most spectacular scenery - and the whole way that Arctic landscape tested our metal. Loading our gear into 26' voyageur canoes at Fort Providence at the west end of Great Slave Lake. I kept the first page of my Journal to use as a 'title page' - something to try and set the...
It’s Not Always About You….yes, it is!
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It’s Not Always About You…yes, it is! There sometimes seems to be a notion floating out there that, if you do things for yourself, then you have some kind of ego problem. That’s simply not true; nor is it a healthy approach to this wonderful and magical short time we have here with family and friends and exploring an exciting world. A wonderful and busy view of the Fish Market in downtown Zihuatanejo, Mexico. If there were anything I could encourage you to do, it would be to put yourself first in more things in your life...
I Love Maps
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After starting to paddle each morning about 6am, we would start looking for a suitable campsite along the rugged shoreline about noon each day. Usually by about 2pm we’d found a site that would take our full entourage of tents. Remember….when you were a kid……and you found yourself in rapture over a colourful map or a detailed globe? I’m betting that, if you’re honest with yourself, you still love maps….don’t you! I know I do. People often ask me about what sorts of things they should record in their Travel Journal - and one of the...