01 Launching Late, Traveling Great: The Adventures of Trav and Heidi
Well, here it goes. We are starting a blog. Who are we you may ask. My wife (Heidi) and I, (Trav). Are we late to the blogging game? Most certainly. We have been married since July of 2020, and have been traveling together since 2015. I have always had a love of travel. Even before I have heard of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), I knew I had it. Missing out on what? Well, anything. Even as I write this, I fear that I am missing out on something, somewhere. Whether it be a hot craps table in Vegas, a beautiful sunny day on a beach in south Florida, or trivia at the local brewery.
The purpose of this blog is to cover our travels. We find ourselves lucky enough to travel almost once a month. Through all of those travels we have learned a thing or two, and if anything we write helps anybody out there I will consider it a success. If anyone other than my wife reads this, I will consider it a success. If no one reads it, at least we will have documented all our trips to look back on years later.
Our most common places of travel are Las Vegas and the state of Florida. We visit each place about 4-5 times a year and they will feature heavily in this blog. I consider myself to be a Vegas and Disney World expert. Weird combo, but hopefully can provide some insight to make your travel less stressful, more enjoyable, and quite possibly more affordable. We are also frequent visitors to the states of Wisconsin and Mississippi as we have family there. Minnesota is our current home and we look forward to shining the light on some local spots. We have not taken the leap to international travel yet but are hoping this blog pushes us outside of our comfort zones.
So far, we have answered who, what, and where; now why. This blog idea came from my mother. I was on the phone with her not long ago and she stated, “you guys travel so much why don’t you do something with it.” She’s not wrong, but what to do? I kept thinking everyone already has a blog so it can’t be that. Well, I guess that’s what we are going to start with, and nobody said that there cannot be anymore bloggers. Where this goes beyond a blog, who knows but we are excited to start and see where the journey takes us.
The last remaining question is when. When being how often will we post something. My current goal is to have something published once every two weeks. More often when have trips to cover. That seems like a realistic goal we can accomplish. I’ve never considered myself a writer, in fact I despised it in school. English was always my least favorite subject; I’m relying heavily on Heidi to be my editor in chief. If you’ve made it this far, thanks for being here and I hope you enjoy the ride.
