Let’s Go – I’m Ready!

Share five things you’re good at. (Jet Pack Prompt – 12/4/23)

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose” – (Dr. Seuss)

My current Jet Pack blog primarily features personal recollections of the present moment in travel. So it’s quite clear that the following assets I possess as a person enhance efficient use of my time, energy, and finances where and when I wish to go. So consider the five examples demonstrating these qualities below taken from recent roadtrips. 

Strong Defensive Outlook – As the old adage goes “it’s better to be safe than sorry” when it comes to location time and place. Witness the quick decision, for instance, I once made to evacuate a rustic lodge location when experiencing first sight of a raging wildfire spreading nearby in Granby, Colorado.

Ability to Improvise – For each vacation, I typically consider, various time and distance routing itineraries that can be reasonably accomplished. For example, notice whether a clockwise or counterclockwise plan would have best covered the circled destination items in the map below pre-planned for a recent road trip last year.

Keen Situational Awareness – It’s rarely enough for me to just show up and read about past history as it supposedly happened. For I like to feel the sensation of living those times instead using all of my senses. Notice the awkward heaviness then that I experienced in holding a real musket used in the Revolutionary War period in Charleston, South Carolina. 

Striving For Inner Peace – Wherever I am at home or abroad I prioritize showing up for serenity when I can. In this Northern California photo taken in a friend’s backyard, I could clearly envision this spiritual backdrop as an impetus for my yoga and meditation practice.

Healthful Habits In Travel – Why pack on the pounds as I stay idly in the car on those long road trip vacations? Instead I prefer to take time to get out and about on some walking paths around towns to allow me to make wiser food choices than just eating out all the time. Witness then the variety of healthful choice options I considered then during a visit to a weekly Farmer’s Market in San Luis Obispo, California.