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Sunset on Long Beach from the car

2022 Travel Year in Review: a Topsy-Turvy Route to Find Balance

Traveling 93 days through twenty states is an unusual way to find balance, but when you’re a travel writer, it works.

Categories Personal, Road Trips
Sunrise over Lake Michigan from the beach of Square Rigger Lodge in Door County Wisconsin

A Door County Love Letter: How this Cancer Survivor got Her Life Back at Death’s Door

It’s taken me a long time to write this piece. Not because of the writing; that didn’t take long. But processing, and understanding, my emotions? I’m still not done with …

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Categories Destination Guides, Personal, Wisconsin
Wayside exhibit and billboard at the Dwight Illinois Visitor Center on Route 66

ROUTE 66 in Illinois: An AMAZING Road Trip Adventure

Start where the Mother Road begins and explore Route 66 in Illinois.

Categories Illinois, Personal, Road Trips

Reflecting on 20 Years in Chicago

I looked over the top of the Merchandise Mart at the Sears Tower and smelled chocolate. I could hear the Brown Line seventeen floors below me. It was a new …

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Categories Chicago, Illinois, Personal
Theresa L. Goodrich - 12 Wigs of Christmas photo shoot, Day 12

Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself

Hi. My name’s Theresa and I’m The Local Tourist. Have we met? Well, then, please allow me to introduce myself. I’ve been thinking lately that it was time. Mainly, because …

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Categories Personal
Hummingbird stopped in flight

Diary of a Cockeyed Optimist: I’m not fine. But I will be.

I went to the doctor for what I thought would be a routine checkup. Not that I would recognize a routine checkup if I saw one. I hadn’t been to …

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Categories Personal, Thoughts
Sign marking the beginning of Route 66

An Illinois Road Trip Adventure

When my alarm dinged at five I’d already been up for an hour and a half. Not by choice. I was anxious and excited. That day I would leave to …

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Categories Road Trips, Personal
Free Illinois COVID-19 Testing Site in Rolling Meadows

Diary of a Cockeyed Optimist: Why I Got Tested for COVID-19

What it’s like to get tested at a free Illinois COVID-19 Testing Site Since the seriousness of COVID-19 began to hit home mid-March, Mr. TLT and I have been cautious. …

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Categories Personal, Thoughts

Two Lane Gems, Vol. 1: Chapter 27 – Romancing the Road Trip

Road trips capture the imagination like no other travel.

Categories Two Lane Gems, Personal
Picking up Route 66

Camping Should be a Pre-Marriage Requirement

As we got back on I-40 for the short drive, relatively speaking, to Albuquerque, I thought about everything we’d seen and done since we’d left home only six days ago. …

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Categories Two Lane Gems, Personal
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The Importance of Showing Up

Simply being there is the most important path to success.

Categories Personal, Travel Writing
Palouse Falls in eastern Washington

Travel Matters

No matter where you go, you can find something unique. Every place is worth visiting, and your visit matters.

Categories Cultural Travel, Personal
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