As frightening as some of my crazy, vivid dreams can be, I am always grateful for the times where they inspire me to write. I woke up 3 ½ hours after falling asleep for this one. I have an ugly confession to make. While many people tell me how strong of a person I am,… Continue reading Confronting Fears Abroad
As one of my New Year's resolutions, I vowed to make my blog bigger and better than ever. To help us on our way I have decided to take on Travel Blog Challenge's ambitious goal of the 1000-1000 Challenge. While we have quite a ways to go, I have to say I feel incredibly lucky… Continue reading 1000-1000 Challenge
There are times when I really consider going back to school. I find myself reflecting on philosophy, history and culture and have to admit to myself that I would be happy in the world of academia. Unfortunately, philosophers and historians have a hard time paying the bills so for now, I’m happy traveling the world… Continue reading Empathic Civilization
One of the first things I heard over the holiday season from an aunt I had not seen in years was, “Erica, you look so incredibly happy. You are so much more lively and peppy than the last time I saw you.” In all honesty, everything has changed this year since I started Over Yonderlust… Continue reading Bring On 2011
“Why travel now?” Shaun and I hear this question quite often and our most common response is: “Well, why not?” As our backpacking trip is rapidly approaching, I had to stop and think about what our motivation was. While I have been known to be stubborn in my decisions, I have to say there are valid… Continue reading Why Travel Now?
Over the past few months I have been fascinated and inspired by various blogger's lists of things to do before they're 25, 30, etc. Nothing hit me quite as hard as DigiDrift's post on Travel Legends – The Ultimate Bucket List: John Goddard. In the spirit of John Goddard (who is now one of my… Continue reading Top 100 Bucket List
I would just like to start out by saying that this is a terribly mushy tale. For those of you who are squeamish about romance and love stories, I would suggest leaving now. 😛 This is our story of love and travel. Honestly, I didn’t think about even telling this story until I was having… Continue reading For Love and Travel
It is that time again! I seemed to have missed our 6 month anniversary a while back due to being in the midst of beautiful chaos (otherwise known as Burning Man) and I feel as though there is quite a few things that have happened in the past few months. Here is our progress report!… Continue reading Progress Report: Nov 2010
While I had initially planned on continuing my Road Trip to Burning Man series, I thought I would push it to next post as I feel as though I have a more pressing matter to discuss. Fight or Flight: Wikipedia describes it as how animals react to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic… Continue reading Fight or Flight Response
We have a quick announcement to all of my dear readers, friends, and family before we return to our regularly scheduled posts. Change is in the wind... I do sincerely apologize in regards to the lack of posts this past week. There has been quite a bit going on in our lives and we wanted… Continue reading A Change in the Wind
Reflecting back on my days at Burning Man, I can't help but stand in awe of how amazingly surreal (and real at the same time) it was and how my heart aches to be in that loving environment again. Burning Man changed my life. One of the things that is fascinating about the playa is… Continue reading Burning Man Changed My Life: Burning Man Part 4
The open road. You often find this to be an important theme in so many American novels and stories. You are the road warrior. The pavement across the country is yours to conquer. Jack Kerouac became legend. And while not all of us are able to be as young, free, and epic as Kerouac, his… Continue reading Nostalgia and Road Trips
As I am embarking on my last week of employment at said video game company, I cannot help but look at the current state I am in. The process of submitting my resignation has been an emotional one. There have been instances of both elation and sadness as I face the future. I will be… Continue reading To a New Beginning!
I will be the first to admit that I am an extremely lucky woman. Somehow I found a man that doesn’t mind my artsy scatterbrainedness, my inclination to make up words (see previous), and my insatiable lust for wanting to see the world.We are partners in crime. In one of my older posts I had… Continue reading Partners in Crime – The Traveling Duo
We are now officially 6 months away from our tentative departure date of December 26, 2010. Its been a whirlwind past few months really committing ourselves to making the jump to this extended travel experience. I would consider it a type of person success. We've been working on ourselves and forging a path into our… Continue reading Person Success: Letting Go
