On Travel

Photo via Flickr by kees straver

Tomorrow I leave for Peru to hike to Machu Picchu piggybacking on The Adventures of Cate and Krista. Some might say, um, you started a new job a week ago, and you are leaving the country? To them I shake my head in wonder and disappointment that they may never understand my need for travel fully.

I say need because it is a need. Not in a negative way, but in the way that you need air to breathe and water to drink. I need to travel. It wakens something in me that nothing else can. An unbridled sense of freedom, opportunity, adventure and wonder. You can never see “enough” or everything. Each travel experience shapes and forms my character, concerns, world view, friendships and self knowledge more than any day in the office has…yet.

So, I am off to travel. To dive into the next continent and culture and I hope to come back with a wealth of art and stories to share with you. (May they not include any large snakes or Montezuma’s revenge)