Wanderlust
I have always lived my life 'leaning into the wind' in order to uncover, from within, the wholeness and expansion that holds back in the shadows, and at each major phase of life, I lean in more heavily, then ride the wind's currents. I often feel silent but powerful wings from within lifting me up to see my world with greater breadth and depth. As with this Osho Tarot card, I celebrate the serendipitous and the unexpected.
My first year on the road is the subject of my upcoming travel memoir. From September of 2014 to September of 2015, I traveled mostly by Greyhound bus around the landscapes of the United States. I was fully geared for backpacking and toted two pairs of dancing shoes. The journey allowed me an expansion that I continue to invite.
The rest of my posts are available for viewing here on this site:
* The second year-long trek, from July 2016 to August 2017, with my pick-up truck, tweaked for roadworthiness, and a bicycle to offset the truck's thirst for gasoline.
* The third year-long trip, from 2018-2019, where I explored new adventures and found root in friendships forged by shared experiences out there on the road.
* Shorter trips, 2022-2023, once the Covid pandemic eased enough --two to four months in duration.
* Now, the road life embodies variable-length road trips, and international travel, both solo and shared with others as wanderlust surfaces.
Check back every now and then to find where I am, in both outer and inner expansion. Stay tuned and come travel with me.
I have always lived my life 'leaning into the wind' in order to uncover, from within, the wholeness and expansion that holds back in the shadows, and at each major phase of life, I lean in more heavily, then ride the wind's currents. I often feel silent but powerful wings from within lifting me up to see my world with greater breadth and depth. As with this Osho Tarot card, I celebrate the serendipitous and the unexpected.
My first year on the road is the subject of my upcoming travel memoir. From September of 2014 to September of 2015, I traveled mostly by Greyhound bus around the landscapes of the United States. I was fully geared for backpacking and toted two pairs of dancing shoes. The journey allowed me an expansion that I continue to invite.
The rest of my posts are available for viewing here on this site:
* The second year-long trek, from July 2016 to August 2017, with my pick-up truck, tweaked for roadworthiness, and a bicycle to offset the truck's thirst for gasoline.
* The third year-long trip, from 2018-2019, where I explored new adventures and found root in friendships forged by shared experiences out there on the road.
* Shorter trips, 2022-2023, once the Covid pandemic eased enough --two to four months in duration.
* Now, the road life embodies variable-length road trips, and international travel, both solo and shared with others as wanderlust surfaces.
Check back every now and then to find where I am, in both outer and inner expansion. Stay tuned and come travel with me.
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Upcoming Travel Memoir:
Exhausted from thirty years of running a business, layers of self-doubt, and failed online dating attempts, Gail Grycel embarks on a year of travel from New England to Hawaii and back. Armed with backpacking gear and two pairs of dancing shoes, she boards a Greyhound bus in September of 2014, and sets out to see what else life offers.
Travel with Gail through the landscapes and cultures of the United States, exploring oddities like the Cow Thieves and Outlaws Reunion, the Mummified Barbie Dolls, and the Biker Bar Identity Crisis. Encounter people like Coyote Joe, the Nomadic Llama Guru, TEA Man, and the Denver Seducer. While integrating humor, adventure, and self-reflection, Gail invites the reader to walk the labyrinth of possible lives with her, and find out what evolves. |