Why Here? Why Now?

I spent a great deal of my childhood wanting to run away.  I would ride my bike to the highway entrance near my house and try to work out how long it would take to ride to the places I knew. On drives with my grandparents into the San Jacinto Mountains I would imagine escaping into the woods and discovering the forest. I would swim at the beach hoping the ocean would sweep me away to a distant land. The books I loved most were those which transported characters to distant places, because I too longed to be transported. I spent summers climbing through blackberry hedges with my friends, clippers in hand, carving out secret meeting places where we would sit for hours and tell stories, our faces stained with blackberry juice. And to this day, no matter what I do or where I go, I’m still that same kid, muddy from the earth, face stained with blackberries, looking for places to get lost.

My desire to travel is insatiable. Traveling has taught me more about my humanness than any formal education I’ve received. There is nothing in my life I find more fulfilling, exciting, and soul-quenching than discovering a new place and experiencing its people and culture. This is what Roam & Whimsy is about. It’s about discovering new things, being open to the possibilities of the world, and living an authentic life. By sharing my experiences I hope to create a community that inspires each other and others to do the same.

Life is short.  Roam freely. Find whimsy.