Today I begin my travel blog, although I am unable to get up an go a-traveling right now. Wanderlust has been seeping into my waking and dreaming life recently (actually, it's always there but lately it’s been more acute). Trains, long distance hikes, long runs, Alaska, the desert...these are some of the themes. Money is too tight to get up and go with my wife and three kids and there's no time with work and such. So it's either pine away or start thinking like a traveler and find some adventure in everyday life. Starting now I'm an amateur micro-traveler and mini-adventurer. I'm writing from Rutland, Massachusetts, United States of America - the geographical center of the state in the Northeast corner of the country. Our region was very recently (December 12th) ravaged by an ice
... read more