Travel Log - The Beginning.

Lot's of people have travel goals and I am no different. My first, and still biggest, travel goals is to get to all 50 states. I have reached 46 of them and have plans this month to get to Hawaii and Alaska. That leaves only 2 remaining...Arkansas and Vermont.

With a huge, interesting and diverse world to see, why make the 50 states the first priority? Several reasons. This is my country and I want to see it and meet people from all over. That will allow me to really form an opinion on different states, regions, etc from experience, not from just what I see on the news or read on the Internet. I want to be able to tell my children from first hand experience some facts and thoughts on their country and set a positive example on the importance of perspective.

I am happy to say that even at 8 and 7 years old, my two children are in the double digit range of states visited. It is my goal to impart on them a sense of travel for experience and also for the same sense of what people are like, first hand, that I am seeking for myself.

I look forward to reporting from the road, taking lots of pictures, meeting lots of people and getting a real sense of what is going on, from the source, not from the Internet or the news. Not that I will stop taking info from those sources, I will just supplement them with my own real-life experiences.

If you're in to travel, if you have recommendations of things to see, places to go, or even places and things to avoid, I'd love to hear from you. Thanks for reading.

JReed...Says Be Well.