Time to begin dreaming about travel again.

I am just back from a whirlwind fact-finding trip to Ireland, Croatia, which included Bosnia and Montenegro. Besides visiting some fantastic places and experiencing different adventures,like  cruising down the Shannon River, stopping at little villages along the way, biking and wandering, gathering ideas for future trips; I became aware that now is the time to start dreaming about traveling again. 

We have all been beleagured with noise and news, gloom and doom. Yes, it has been tough, jobs lost, fear and uncertainty. All these emotions and stark reality sink the spirit, drives us into our inner cave and generally we begin to live each day the same as the last. 

In this resurgence of springtime,  it is time to awake that inner adventurous spirit. Dream, where to go, what to do. We don't need to travel very far to begin. Sit outside in the clear air and sun, begin to put together a plan. Maybe there is a town near you that you have always wanted to explore, try it. Or, a bike ride that you have been putting off, too busy, dust off the bike and get going. As you brush off the inner soul, ideas pop up. Spirits rise and there you go. Dreaming.