Some of my favorite road trips have started with a destination and ended somewhere completely different.
I've left in the morning knowing roughly where I wanted to go, only to…
There was a time when I measured a trip by how many places I'd managed to see.
I would arrive with a list of landmarks, viewpoints, museums, restaurants, and famous…
The best photograph I've taken in a destination wasn't always made at the place everyone told me to visit.
Sometimes it was a side street.
Sometimes it was a viewpoint…
I've missed trains, overpacked bags, underestimated travel time, trusted bad directions, and planned trips so tightly that I barely had time to enjoy them.
I've also arrived at beautiful destinations…
There is nothing wrong with being a tourist.
I've been one plenty of times.
I've stood in front of famous landmarks, taken the expected photographs, followed maps to popular attractions,…