Showing posts with label hike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hike. Show all posts

We Climbed Kilimanjaro! Well, Sort Of

We Climbed Kilimanjaro! Well, Sort Of

We’re talking about the biggest freestanding mountain in the world, rising over nineteen thousand feet!

Fantastic waterfalls, wonderful people, fascinating legends, vile brew, an unusual apology and a very amicable Plan B awaited us on the slopes of Kilimanjaro... CONTINUE READING >>


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Ever Wonder How Our Adventure Began? Guess We've Always Been a Little Crazy!


Have you ever wondered how we met? 

A one-night stand (not ours!), a beat-up old (heavy metal) car named the Sharkmobile, and the US Postal Service delivered a one-three punch we couldn't ignore.

It might not be the most romantic story and, the odds most definitely were NOT in our favor, but... CONTINUE READING >>

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East Africa Unveiled...and living simply

Our volunteer vacation continues as we explore Tanzania…

We've completely fallen in love with our students at our school!

Check out how our service projects are progressing and join us on an incredible photo safari in beautiful Tanzania... CONTINUE READING >>

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Is Simple Living in Retirement the Way to Go?

US News and World Report asked us what simple living means to us and why we live the way we do.

"Traveling throughout retirement may not be everyone's idea of simple living, but David and Veronica say ditching the house was one of the best moves they ever made. 'We are in a state of nearly constantly pinching ourselves
... 
CONTINUE READING >>



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New dates!

August

24 - September 6
Tanzania, Africa with Discover Corps - Follow us LIVE

September

9-12
South Africa, Kruger Park Safari with Viator

21

3:00 PM ET Gemjin Radio - Authors Corner - Listen Live

October

3
Charleston, South Carolina, WAW Women’s Salon, Charleston Harbor Resort, featured speaker

9-11
Nashville, Tennessee, Southern Festival of Books, featured speakers and book signing

13
Nashville, Tennessee, Discover Nashville with Viator

23 - November 1
Italy, Sicily Bike Tour with VBT

November

6-8
Emerson, NY, Women at Woodstock, featured speaker and workshop, see why Veronica loves Women of Woodstock so much!

Going Gypsy: One Couple's Adventure from Empty Nest to No Nest at All
(find out more) Available from Skyhorse Publishing!

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Our Adventure into Africa Continues!

Our volunteer vacation continues as we explore Tanzania...

Your GypsyNesters continue to explore Africa in the best way possible - by helping as we go!

We're continuing our service project to village children by teaching and fixing up their school,  meeting the colorful Chagga people, and going deep into seldom seen Massai lands where we'll encounter a world we'd never dreamed we'd experience... CONTINUE READING >> 


Also on GypsyNester.com this week:

A BIG GypsyNester thank you to these great outlets and writers for showing us some Going Gypsy love!
The GypsyNesters in Yahoo! Travel We were asked about our favorite roadtrips for Yahoo! Gypsynesters on USA Today USA Today featured our travel customer service thoughts
http://whnt.com/2015/08/13/customer-sues-lamberts-restaurant-after-claiming-injury-from-throwed-roll/ See our footage of a crazy eatery on WHNT The St. Louis Post-Dispatch chose Going Gypsy as a Best Bet
GypsyNesters on Cookistry.com Cookistry.com reviewed Going Gypsy! The nervy Patty Chang Anker interviewed Veronica!
GypsyNester on Herald-Times The Herald-Times profiled us! GypsyNesters won gold in the Top Travel Blogs! We took home the Gold in this year's Top 100 Travel Blogs
And that's not all! See all of our media appearances!



Ever wonder what's up next in GypsyNesterLand? Want to find out where you can meet us or where we'll be bringing you next? Click here to find out!

New dates!

August

24 - September 6
Tanzania, Africa with Discover Corps - Follow us LIVE

September

9-12
South Africa, Kruger Park Safari with Viator
21
3:00 PM ET Gemjin Radio - Authors Corner - Listen Live

October

3
Charleston, South Carolina, WAW Women’s Salon, Charleston Harbor Resort, featured speaker

9-11
Nashville, Tennessee, Southern Festival of Books, featured speakers and book signing

13
Nashville, Tennessee, Discover Nashville with Viator

23 - November 1
Italy, Sicily Bike Tour with VBT

November

6-8
Emerson, NY, Women at Woodstock, featured speaker and workshop, see why Veronica loves Women of Woodstock so much!


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!
Order Going Gypsy on Amazon.com Order Going Gypsy on Barnes & Noble
Order Going Gypsy on Books a Million Order Going Gypsy on Indie Bound
Also available as an audiobook from Audible.com


Our Journey into Africa - we're live-blogging!

Our Journey into Africa, A Live Blog

Join us LIVE as we journey into Africa for the first time...

So happy to be bringing you along on our first voluntourism experience!

We are honored that we will be teaching children  and making structural improvements to their school, but we will also be learning. Learning about the customs and traditions of the people of Tanzania.

In our free time, we'll be photographing the incredible wildlife and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro (well, a little bit)... CONTINUE READING >>


9 Things We Wish We Knew BEFORE Our Kids Went to College

It's that time of year again, and many new empty nesters are sending a fledgling off to college for the first time.

Here are some DOs and DON'Ts from your seasoned GypsyNesters on how to get through that first semester without losing your mind
.
1. Don’t start off on a bad note. It's hard to let our kids go. The day our babies head out on their own is a tough one for any parent. Because of her self-awareness about her emotional outbursts, Veronica ... CONTINUE READING >>

Ever wonder what's up next in GypsyNesterLand? Want to find out where you can meet us or where we'll be taking you next? Click here to find out!

August

24 - September 6
Tanzania, Africa with Discover Corps - Follow us LIVE

September

9-12
South AfricaKruger Park Safari with Viator 
21
3:00 PM ET Gemjin Radio - Authors Corner - Listen Live

October

3
Charleston, South Carolina, WAW Women’s Salon, Charleston Harbor Resort, featured speaker

9-11
Nashville, Tennessee, Southern Festival of Books, featured speakers and book signing

13
Nashville, TennesseeDiscover Nashville with Viator

23 - November 1
Italy, Sicily Bike Tour with VBT

November

6-8
Emerson, NY, Women at Woodstock, featured speaker and workshop, see why Veronica loves Women of Woodstock so much!

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!
Order Going Gypsy on Amazon.com Order Going Gypsy on Barnes & Noble
Order Going Gypsy on Books a Million Order Going Gypsy on Indie Bound
Also available as an audiobook from Audible.com


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Fear Conquering & Climbing My First Mountain on My 52nd Birthday

We were going to hike up a mountain, The Boy said. Not climb, hike.

Or maybe that's what I chose to hear. Certainly, The Boy is aware of my age and the limitations thereof.

He wouldn't be trying to kill me on my birthday, would he? (photo taken right before things went terribly awry)... CONTINUE READING >>


Ever wonder what's up next in GypsyNesterLand? Want to find out where you can meet us or where we'll be bringing you next? Click here to find out!

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!
Order Going Gypsy on Amazon.com Order Going Gypsy on Barnes & Noble
Order Going Gypsy on Books a Million Order Going Gypsy on Indie Bound
Also available as an audiobook from Audible.com


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Do People Live in the Galapagos Islands?

So do they? We get asked this a lot, actually.

Truth is, we didn't know until we got there.

Say Galapagos and what pops to mind? For us, no doubt as for many folks, it was the image of giant tortoises.

They may well be the most famous attraction of these islands, but... CONTINUE READING >>

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Going Gypsy: One Couple's Adventure from Empty Nest to No Nest at All
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