My 500th Blog Post!

I’m a sucker for mile markers because I love any excuse to celebrate. That’s why I’m taking the time to point out that this is my 500th post on my Blogspot site, even though I blogged pretty consistently on a Livejournal account for a few years before this. But what does it matter? I’m celebrating anyway!

In honor of this landmark blog, here are five categories with five links each to some of my favorite entries and memories— just click on the titles to read the entries. Enjoy.

Five travel advice blogs: 

1. Twenty tips for pretending you’re on the road when you’re not.

2. How do I travel solo?

3. How do I take a volunteer vacation?

4. How does couchsurfing work?

5. How were you able to travel so much for so many years?

Five stories from my Epic Trip Out West in spring of 2011:

1. The first time I was in fear of dying on a trip.

2. The one night in all my travels when I had nowhere to stay.

3. My first couchsurfing experience.

4. My conversation with four homeless people in Tucson.

5. The Greyhound ride that was less comfortable than I would have preferred.

Five blogs about my trip Europe in summer of 2012:

1. Some of the most incredible true-life stories I’ve ever heard in person.

2. One of the most beautiful cities I’ve ever seen.

3. Life on a German-run French hippie farm.

4. Thoughts from the conclusion of my solo travels.

5. Thank you, John Lennon.

Five random thoughts and stories:

1. Monsters at the marina.

2. The only time I’ve ever been afraid of getting shot.

3. A rant about why I like stuff.

4. An entry about hope from my series Tolkien Quotes.

5. One of my favorite passages from Lord of the Rings.

Five blogs about meeting my husband and getting to know him: 

1. The most wonderful place I’ve ever slept on a trip (not as racy as it sounds).

2. One of the most magical days of my life.

3. A painful goodbye.

4. My return to Oregon and hiking with my future husband.

5. And, finally, the day that changed my life forever.

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