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.
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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 …
ROUTE 66 in Illinois: An AMAZING Road Trip Adventure
Start where the Mother Road begins and explore Route 66 in Illinois.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Two Lane Gems, Vol. 1: Chapter 27 – Romancing the Road Trip
Road trips capture the imagination like no other travel.
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. …
Travel Matters
No matter where you go, you can find something unique. Every place is worth visiting, and your visit matters.