Remember These Keys To A Happy Journey

When you pack your bags for your vacation to either explore the beauties of your own country, or to travel around the world, consider these keys to a happy journey.

Travel Lightly: You're not traveling for people to see you.

Travel Slowly: Jet planes are for getting places, not seeing places. Take time to absorb the beauty and inspiration of a mountain or cathedral.

Travel Expectantly: Every place you visit is like a surprise package waiting to be opened. Untie the strings with an expectation of high adventure.

Travel Hopefully: Robert Louis once wrote, "To travel hopefully is better than to arrive."

Travel Humbly: Visit people and places with reverence and respect for their traditions and ways of life.

Travel Courteously: Consideration for your fellow travelers and your hosts will smooth the way through the most difficult days.

Travel Gratefully: Show appreciation for the many things that are being done by others for your enjoyment and comfort.

Travel With An Open Mind: Leave your prejudices at home.

Travel With Curiosity: It is not how far you go, but how deeply you go that mines the gold of experience. Remember, Thoreau wrote a book about tiny Walden Pond.

Travel With Imagination: As the old Spanish proverb puts it: "He who would bring home the wealth of the ladie must carry the wealth of the Indies with him."

Travel Fearlessly: Banish worry and intimidation; the world and its people belong to you just as you belong to the world.

Travel Relaxed: Make up your mind to have a good time. Let go and ...GO!

Happy Trails!