Travel to distant shores definitely enriches us, but sometimes we want an easier tack.
This can come down to style of travel, like taking a river cruise rather than driving from city to city, or flying Business Class so you can actually arrive well-rested.
As my friend Mike asks when he sees me fret over splurging a bit, "Do you plan to have a Brinks truck with your money follow you all the way to your grave?"
Yes, it might seem extravagant for the average working man to travel in style when he's young enough to rough it, but at some point it might be the only way to make that trip you've dreamed about.
Then again, we live in one of the greatest continents in the world for travel, so you don't need to go to the ends of the earth.
Perhaps you've cruised Alaska, but have you expanded that to take a cruise tour into Denali or the Yukon territory?
The Caribbean boasts a diverse array of tropical islands with their own ancestral twists that bring to mind more distant lands.
The Mexican Riviera, the California coast and even Hawaii are easily accessible on the West Coast, while Canada/New England and Bermuda are easy trips from the East Coast.
The Panama Canal takes you from coast to coast, or roundtrip if you live on one of the coasts and want to skip flying cross-country.
But there's much more.
How about a train tour through the Canadian Rockies?
Or an American River cruise on the Columbia or Mississippi?
And for some reason, this one never makes sense until you reach a certain age, but how about a guided land trip through our amazing National Parks and historic regions?
Yes, it is always possible to rough it and do it cheaper.
When I was a young dad, I loved taking my kids camping at an Indian reservation a short distance from our house, but at some point, my wife said she'd had enough sleeping on the ground.
And we did some driving trips stopping at B&Bs, which was fun but exhausting even when we were relatively young.
A tour company like Globus can make it easy as pie to explore America and come away understanding more about our great country than we ever forgot.
Where in America would you like to go?
We have both land tours and cruises to take you there the easy way.
Yes, it is always possible to rough it and do it cheaper.
When I was a young dad, I loved taking my kids camping at an Indian reservation a short distance from our house, but at some point, my wife said she'd had enough sleeping on the ground.
And we did some driving trips stopping at B&Bs, which was fun but exhausting even when we were relatively young.
A tour company like Globus can make it easy as pie to explore America and come away understanding more about our great country than we ever forgot.
Where in America would you like to go?
We have both land tours and cruises to take you there the easy way.
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