tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post4977636944314190685..comments2024-03-28T11:25:28.341-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: WanderlustJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-75214846459225787212015-04-27T10:24:13.257-04:002015-04-27T10:24:13.257-04:00I'd like so much to hear about your trip! I...I'd like so much to hear about your trip! I'm itching to get my husband out on the road! Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620539513724126913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-83800421369152920452015-04-26T19:25:59.867-04:002015-04-26T19:25:59.867-04:00I love your pictures, Jim. We took many long trips...<br />I love your pictures, Jim. We took many long trips when our kids were still at home camping throughout much of the Eastern U.S. and once into the west. Most of the time my parents and those siblings still living at home joined us. Those were great trips. After my kids were grown and I was single again, my siblings and I would go for trips mostly camping again for ten days to two weeks. Those trips were so much fun, too, and as with the earlier trips we learned so much because of the places we visited and the sights we saw.<br /><br />However, now because of critters at home, my trips are shorter unless I can arrange animal care. As much as I enjoy those trips, now I'm happiest when I come home to my home, gardens, friends and critters. Because on this trip to Malice I have a good friend house sitting and carrying for my critters, I know I'll enjoy it even more.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-23836276097001505972015-04-26T13:08:41.221-04:002015-04-26T13:08:41.221-04:00Shari -- thanks for the good thoughts. It is amazi...Shari -- thanks for the good thoughts. It is amazing what our kids remember and what makes no lasting impression.<br /><br />KM -- it sounds as though you have had some great trips and hopefully a few more coming.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-80121897541786900232015-04-26T12:56:27.517-04:002015-04-26T12:56:27.517-04:00I love your bird pictures! I don't take many p...I love your bird pictures! I don't take many pictures. In the few I have, things never seem to be quite as wonderful as I remember them, so I'd just as soon not have them to look at.<br /><br />These days I tend to be a homebody, but I think one of the reasons is that I have done some traveling over the years. One great trip was an underfunded trek cross country in a car with over 300,000 miles on it. We had to take the air filter off in higher elevations or it didn't get enough oxygen to run. We stayed with friends or camped. In Oregon, one of my daughters found us a converted school bus with no electricity or plumbing. We stayed there for a while.<br /><br />My other daughter has helped me cross off many of the places on my to-see list (Zanzibar, the Yangtze River before it was flooded by the Three Gorges Dam, the olive orchards of Provence, etc.) I have Machu picchu and the Galapagos Islands yet to go. I don't know if I'll make it, but maybe...<br /><br />KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-65048378538825101262015-04-26T12:42:01.991-04:002015-04-26T12:42:01.991-04:00Jim, I've enjoyed following your trip and I am...Jim, I've enjoyed following your trip and I am one of those who are wowed by your bird photos. Such variety and beauty! My eyes have been opened.<br />Grace's comment made me think of when we took our young girls to Paris. The only thing the youngest remembers: the chocolate crepes we bought from a street side vendor!<br />Hope the road is smooth and trouble free for you and Jan as you roll on.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-74165714364714216242015-04-26T10:40:33.748-04:002015-04-26T10:40:33.748-04:00Kara -- thanks for following the trip. The picture...Kara -- thanks for following the trip. The pictures aren't the best quality because I am not taking the time to use a tripod or my big lens, but I'm glad you like them anyway.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-49059537809624257152015-04-26T10:34:36.802-04:002015-04-26T10:34:36.802-04:00I enjoy reading about your road trip and following...I enjoy reading about your road trip and following along on Facebook, Jim. Your bird photos look like they could be in National Geographic.Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-5437540075467763502015-04-26T08:48:18.024-04:002015-04-26T08:48:18.024-04:00Traveling abroad is a great way to experience othe...Traveling abroad is a great way to experience other cultures and broaden one's horizons.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-44283214576326206352015-04-26T08:12:02.628-04:002015-04-26T08:12:02.628-04:00Grace -- what a wonderful memory for your children...Grace -- what a wonderful memory for your children to have. You never know what experiences will have a lasting impression on kids.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-35774741330702895692015-04-26T08:11:08.069-04:002015-04-26T08:11:08.069-04:00EB -- Jan and I are having a wonderful trip. Right...EB -- Jan and I are having a wonderful trip. Right now we are spending a few days visiting Jan's daughter's family in St. Paul, MN.Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-58424010091305097282015-04-26T07:59:16.681-04:002015-04-26T07:59:16.681-04:00Your post made me wish that I could throw a bag in...Your post made me wish that I could throw a bag in my car and head west. I'm with you that I want to see nature and not the cities along the way. We once took our young daughters on a trip through England and Scotland. The memory they speak of most is feeding sheep late one evening on the Isle of Skye.Grace Toppinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291304815273486038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-61250642254028933622015-04-26T06:13:45.425-04:002015-04-26T06:13:45.425-04:00I have little wanderlust, Jim. But on those occasi...I have little wanderlust, Jim. But on those occasions when I have traveled, I remember how it enabled me to have a new perspective on my home environment and changed my perception of myself. It's a wonderful way to get out of the rut that inevitably occurs when you don't shake your life up a bit. People often have problems transitioning the changes that occur in life. Once home, a traveler's change of perspective is like a transition, but one that occurs because of one's own actions rather than forced changed that requires a reaction. The former is much preferable.<br /><br />I followed your travels on Facebook. I hope Jan and you had/have a great trip.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.com