The Art of Planning an Adventure

I keep a list on my iPhone called “Trips of a Lifetime.” All the destinations on the list aren’t all as big as the name implies, but every place on the list is someplace we want to go… someday.

There are places that have been on our bucket list for years… Camino de Santiago, Ireland, Malta.

There are places friends or family members have mentioned… Nashville, Belize, Scotland.

And then there are random places we’ve come across in movies, books or conversations with strangers, that have caught our attention… Mauritius, Thailand, Bali.

So where to start when planning the next adventure?

Last year, a dear friend and her husband went to Uganda. When I was much younger, I’d dreamed of someday taking a trip down the Nile River or going on a safari, but at the time my friends took their trip, Uganda wasn’t on my Trips of a Lifetime list. After hearing their stories and seeing pictures from their trip, Uganda got typed in.

Fast-forward a few months and plans started to take shape for a return trip. This time they invited me to come along. Of course, I said YES!

And adventure was instantly in the making.

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