america
Travel from sea to shining sea; by car or by plane, there's plenty to see in the good ole US of A.
Day in Salem
My film studies professor told us about an exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum called "It’s Alive," which features posters and props from classic horror and sci-fi films. It piqued my interest and so Jasmine and I decided that we would go downtown today since my only class was canceled and Jasmine did not have class until 3:05.
By Rachel Lesch8 years ago in Wander
Beyond Michigan: Part 1
4/21 11 AM It was a longer drive yesterday than expected. I had a mental schedule which I needed to follow. We drove from Utah through Colorado into my hometown in Wyoming. I was now four days into a cross country roadtrip with my roommate from a ski town in the high Sierras.
By Conley Armstrong8 years ago in Wander
Universal
I believe that there is a difference between a house and a home. While not everybody may have a house, I feel that everybody has a home. A place where you feel most like yourself. Your safe place to go where you don't have to worry about anything. A place where you can let go of everything and just live. You're free here and the emotions you experience from being there make you feel like you can do anything. You can overcome fears or do something you never thought you would. Do things you love doing over and over again. A place where you can say, “This is where I'm supposed to be” and not doubt it for a second. Somewhere that has made such a big impact on your life. A place so close to your heart that its coordinates are stamped onto your jewelry.
By isabel mannino8 years ago in Wander
Road Trip Rookies
London, Ontario - Marienville, Pennsylvania Nov. 11 - Nov. 13 2016 This was the trip that started it all. Most people get the travel bug from lush beaches, week-long treks in the Outback, historical excursions in Europe — you get the idea. But for me, all it took was a three day road trip with the right people.
By Kristie Lloyd8 years ago in Wander
Love to Travel? Don't Live in the Midwest, U.S.A.
The Midwest of the United States is gorgeous. There's rolling hills, green and gold fields, and you can see for miles around. We have attractions like Chicago, the Badlands, and Mount Rushmore. Other than that, though, we're pretty lacking in excitement.
By Lexi Jennings8 years ago in Wander
A Bite of the Big Apple
I wrote this back in March 2001 as part of a University application, after my brother and I visited New York for the first time. With today being what it is, and there being so much negativity surrounding New York today, I thought I'd share some of my happy memories of visiting my favourite place in the world.
By Mark Williams8 years ago in Wander
Things I Miss about America
It’s too easy to look at what’s happening in the land of my birth right now and breathe a sigh of relief that there is an ocean between me and all the vileness. Rumours of sharks swimming up freeways in the flooding after Hurricane Harvey. Actual Nazis who are not ashamed to show their faces while perpetrating violence. The grim spectre of impending nuclear winter. In my eleven years living in the UK I've seen both countries change in ways that seem so unthinkable I began to wonder whether we've slipped into a parallel dimension. Yet for all the woes Britain is currently experiencing, it seems for the time being to be the lesser of two evils.
By Caitlin McDonald8 years ago in Wander
Fishing the Gallatin Montana
As a former term-limited Montana legislator who sat as Chairman of the Fish Wildlife & Parks committee and someone who has had the privilege of growing up here in Montana catching trout for over 50 years, I thought I might share some valuable information. In 2001 I sponsored HB 292 which became law and was signed by then Governor Judy Martz. It has always been my interest in seeing more people having access to Montana’s incredible blue ribbon trout streams and rivers. That is what HB 292 did and why it was called the Fishing Access Enhancement Program.
By Daniel Fuchs8 years ago in Wander
July 13/14, 2017 – Greyhound Bus 6933
Suitcases, backpacks, hiking boots, and bodies line the glass and concrete terminal. Metal benches produced in some no-name factory in an arbitrary city by sad little people who once believed in upward mobility are held in place by other equally sad men and women who still cling to the hope of making it big. A life-sized Barbie on the TV overhead decries this political atrocity and that and brings news of yet another murder in our precious hidden gem of a flyover city.
By Gabriel Cabrera8 years ago in Wander
