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Tools and Tips for Air Travel – in this post, I’ll give you some tips for booking air travel which I’ve learned from traveling by plane for the past several decades. To book flights, I start looking at the calendar of fares for the general time of year we’re thinking of going. For example, I […]
Tools and Tips on Bookings – In this post, I will share sites and apps that you can use to book accommodations and make other travel-related bookings. I use a variety of apps and approaches to make bookings. These are dependent on the type of travel we’re doing and when we’re going. For example, unless […]
Point Reyes – A Photographic Wildlife Adventure – we’ve been to Point Reyes many times in the past thirty years. We encountered such an abundance of wildlife this past September. Point Reyes is located on the California coast about 45 miles northwest of San Francisco. Olema Campground We used to love to go camping at […]
I remember things visually. I’m a long-time scrapbooker and moved a decade ago to document our important memories digitally. So, in this post, I’ll show you what I think are the best tools for archiving or documenting your travels so you can remember and reflect on your trips too. Shutterfly After using several options for […]
We have taken several trips that required a lot of planning to make work smoothly. I use several planning tools and applications to organize and schedule a long trip. These will allow you to enjoy the journey and limit the worry involved in traveling. I’ll show you how I use these tools for planning long […]
In this post, I will show you how to create maps using the My Places feature of Google Maps. You can mark all of the places you hope to see from your prioritized list. This you would have created from the steps in my previous post, Tools for Planning Long Trips: Where to Begin. I […]
In this post, I will show you an easier way to create places on maps & itineraries using Scout Explore. Instead of using Google Maps with other tools, Scout Explore can help with itinerary creation. Let’s walk through how to use Scout Explore to create an itinerary of places with my upcoming trip. We are […]
There are several useful tools for recording your trip steps as you’re traveling. Each one is suited to the type of trip you’re taking. The first one I’ll talk about it suited to longer trips that have multiple transportation points. The second one is custom for motorcycle rides. And the last one is perfect for […]