You Must Travel A Lot?

Driving through the Grand Mesa, Colorado

I get so many questions when I do my shows. One of the biggest is, “you must travel a lot?” Well, to answer, I guess? I love to travel and would do it waaay more than I already do if I could. I love to see new places and have new experiences. But traveling a lot? I guess I would say I travel as much as a normal person. My husband likes to travel also, so when we can we at least like to plan little getaways on 3 day weekends and holidays. We were lucky enough in February to go to Hawaii where I got some amazing pictures and an equally amazing time, and we also just got back from Colorado, (blog post on that coming soon). No matter what, even if I am just going 2 hours away, I am always taking my camera, and I must give some credit to my wonderful husband to being my location manager and pointing things out, like a cool tree or a bird or even a bison sunning itself.

I would however be the first to tell you, I have a permanent case of wanderlust. I have even planned my next vacation while on vacation, including looking at hotels while waiting for my flight home. Because I always need to have somewhere to go. Like I said, its the new places, experiences and adventures I am after. I want to see as much as I can and don’t want to be 90 sitting in a nursing home saying I never left my state.

One of the reasons I decided to pursue my photography full time was to give myself the opportunity to travel. When you work a corporate job, you only get 2 weeks of vacation a year (which is not nearly enough) and even then, your going on that fabulous trip is dependent on your bosses approval. While I am now self-employed and get unlimited vacation days, even though I realize I am not getting paid for them, I will happily take it. Working my booty off to make it financially worth while. Plus, the camera is always with me so I am sort of working (but are you really working when you are having fun).

So answer the answer the question above, do I travel alot? Not as much as I would like, but I treasure when I can and love sharing the pictures I take on my travels.