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Your Very Own Travel ‘Product Line’
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Your Very Own Travel ‘Product Line’ In this case, I used a small watercolour sketch I did on a paddle trip along stretches of the North Saskatchewan River - and I used that piece as the backdrop for my postcard-sized ‘Business Card’. Over the next few paragraphs, I’m going to convince you that you can have a ‘Product Line’ that reflects so much about who you are when you travel…and it’s a lot of fun too. Think about it. When you’re on the road for a winter vacation or a hiking trip, cycling tour, cruise etc.,...
Three Things The Canadian Arctic Taught Me About Keeping a Travel Journal
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Three Things The Canadian Arctic Taught Me About Keeping a Travel Journal A few years ago, I was fortunate to be part of a crew of 12 adventurers who paddled the Mackenzie River. For the month of July, we paddled 1500km through some of Canada’s most spectacular scenery - and the whole way that Arctic landscape tested our metal. Loading our gear into 26' voyageur canoes at Fort Providence at the west end of Great Slave Lake. I kept the first page of my Journal to use as a 'title page' - something to try and set the...
Travel Can Change Who You Are - the curious role of fate.
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The sheer solitude of the Arctic is stunning - getting up before everyone else to be greeted by this scene makes me feel blessed. I remember that morning so clearly because I just gave myself time to ‘pause’ for a moment to take it all in. I’m going to guess that, at some point during at least one of your travel experiences, you’ve had some kind of epiphany - big or small. Something has happened to you, to someone you’re travelling with, or to those around you and the result is a whole new perspective on life. These blogs...
Wildlife in Your Travel Journal
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Very fresh wolf tracks along the banks of the MacKenzie River near our campsite. Wildlife In Your Travel Journal Isn’t it true that some of our most memorable travel experiences involve wildlife. As we camped along the shores of the MacKenzie River, this porcupine waddled to the river, swam about for a few minutes and then waddled back into the scrub that flanked the riverbank. Certainly that’s the case if your able to take in something like a Safari where the entire purpose of the trip is to capture the experience of seeing creatures...
Landscape, Soundscape, Smellscape - Your Travel Journal Entries
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Breathtaking landscapes of the Missouri River in Montana on a 2 week canoe trip. Landscape, Soundscape, Smellscape - Your Travel Journal Entries Compelling Travel Journal entries come from all sorts of different perspectives. They come from different times of the day, different settings, different people and so many other sources. One of the simplest ways to record rich memories is to think about the landscapes you’re visiting, and give yourself a moment to reflect on that ‘sense of place’. Perhaps start using point-form and record simply what the place looks like. The ‘lay of the land’...