Time to Eat Crow... We're Unorthodox... and How do YOU recharge?

Time to Eat Crow. I Now Believe in Moose!

I stand corrected. I apologize, I couldn't have been more wrong. 

Moose exist.

It was less than a week upon our arrival in Anchorage, Alaska that I spied my first moose while traveling along the Seward Highway south of town.

AND he was swimming. I am now fully obsessed with moose, as demonstrated... CONTINUE READING >>

Also on GypsyNester.com this week:

We're Unorthodox! What are YOU Going to do with Your Empty Nest?

Deseret News intrigued us with some interesting Boomer stats and asked us to weigh in with our thoughts and experience!

"With a son who is a pilot and is able to fly and see them often, as well as two daughters who can both be visited by traveling to the same city, the family is reunited often.

'I'm fairly certain we see our kids more traveling a lot than if we were in one place'"... Read the full article and leave a comment here

Where Do You Go to Recharge? Meet Me at Women at Woodstock!

I wrote extensively about my first experience at Women at Woodstock last year, about how I agreed to go -- kicking and screaming a bit -- and the immediate benefits I received by attending.

It's been an incredible year for me and the women I met at WAW have been supporting me all the way!

 I'll be speaking at this year's main event, and I would love for you to join me there! Click in to see for yourself how WAW can change your life!

Going Gypsy: One Couple's Adventure from Empty Nest to No Nest at All (find out more) Available from Skyhorse Publishing! Order Now - Wherever Books Are Sold! Also available as an audiobook from Audible.com

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The Isthmus of Why We Speak English... and a little teaser!

Sandwiched between our explorations of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and Halifax we discovered an often overlooked, and historically important, stretch of Atlantic Canada.

Travel with us through New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and discover The Bay of Fundy, with the highest tides in the world, learn how folks got around before cars, overdose on blueberries, and find out how the Scots made it to the New World... CONTINUE READING >>

Coming up on GypsyNester.com this week:

Remember that big news we've been spouting off about? The news we were afraid to talk about because we couldn't believe it was actually happening? 

We'll be announcing it on Tuesday! We can't WAIT to share!

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Acadians, Canadians, and Cajuns

There is something quintessentially southern about the Louisiana bayou country known as Acadiana, so it seemed strange that we would go north of the U. S. border to discover its roots and origins.

The Cajuns' ancestry traces directly back to Canada's Maritime Provinces, so there was no better place to begin our investigation than in Nova Scotia at the Grand-Pré National Historic Site. It was along this coast on The Bay of Fundy that the first French settlers to come to the new world arrived in 1605, before... CONTINUE READING >> 

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Live-blogging Atlantic Canada - Having a Merry Time in the Maritimes!

The Maritimes is a region rich in history -- involving sailors and fishermen, pirates and generals, battles and treaties, shipwrecks and rum running, and the birth pangs of two great nations.

Our journey sets out where Canada began, on Prince Edward Island... CONTINUE READING >> 

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Hitting the Canadian Maritimes with Road Scholar!

Once again we are preparing for a journey with the remarkable outfit Road Scholar. As a not-for-profit organization, their mission is continuing education through travel for those of us who have reached a certain age.

AND starting on Sunday we will be live-blogging the entire adventure!

As we found last year on our trip to The Galapagos Islands and Machu Picchu with Road Scholar, this philosophy brings together like-minded travelers who... CONTINUE READING >> 

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