Some Great Traveling Blogs

I don't know how I would have found out so much about the nomadic travelling life before the days of the internet. The obvious answer is by doing it of course, which I hope to gradually start doing over the next few years. In the meantime, it's fun and informativew to live the travelling life vicariously by following the blogs of others.

There is a slowly growing collection of blogs on my blogroll. I won't describe 'em all, but here are a few that I really enjoy. The best ones, in my opinion, put you almost inside the head of the blogger, so that you get an idea what their life is really like. The Traveler, whose name I can't remember now, and am not sure if I ever knew her real name, has a great blog all about living in her VW Westfalia, called Falia Photography Freedom Journal. There is much info and so many stories here, it'll take you many hours of happy reading to acquaint yourself with her lifestyle, which began when she lost her job and decided that owning a house wasn't for her. Westy's are such great little vans. I was convinced that her name is Laura, but perhaps that's because I'm getting her confused with Laura of Laura's 78 Westy fame, which is also a fun blog to follow.

Just the other evening I came across a brilliant travelogue authored by Randy. It's called Mobile Kodgers, and if you're thinking that by kodgers, he's referring to doddery old men, then you owe it to yourself to read his blog and discover the important distinction between codgers and kodgers. I'll let you make the discovery, but Randy's online travel journal is full of discovery, interesting characters and places, and Randy's philosophizing and musing on all that he encounters.

I was thrilled to discover Chuck Woodbury on the internet. Years ago I subscribed to a newspaper called "Out West" that was written by Chuck as he travelled the backroads of the west in his RV. He wrote about the places and interesting characters he met along the way, and this publication was my first significant taste of the travelling life. I think that Chuck probably sowed the seeds of what will become my travelling lifestyle in the next few years. Out West is no longer published, but Chuck is now the editor of RVTravel.com which publishes online every week.

There are so many other great travel blogs out there. I'll add 'em to the blogroll as I find them, and hope you'll tip me off when you find good 'uns.