Every trip we take starts the same way. Before we leave, one of us packs a small paper notebook. By the end of each day it’s filled with where we went, what we ate, and what went wrong. Those notes were the beginning of everything on this site.

Who we are

We are Tom and Penny Grandy and between us we have spent over 70 years in a variety of careers including photographer, journalist, history teacher. English teacher, and website developer. Though I retired in 2022, my wife soon joined me in retirement in 2024. Now with plenty of time on our hands and everyone telling us we should “get a hobby” in retirement, we’ve embraced traveling the world and sharing our experiences with others who might be looking to do the same thing.

How we travel

We like a slow pace. Mornings are for coffee and planning while afternoons are spent hitting the road. We book places as a home base for a few days and we tend to look for the locations that allow for us to be close enough to plenty of cool places. Some trips are just the two of us. Others bring siblings and family, and those usually teach us the most.

What we’ve learned

Not everything works out. We’ve picked rooms that were too far from anything, walked farther than we planned (funny story there in NYC), and found great meals by accident. We write that down too, because it’s useful to the next person.

Why we share it

I’m still an avid photographer and my wife loves to keep track of all the places we go in a journal so, originally, we could share our experiences with our children and grandchildren. At some point, we decided to use our skills to good use and make the notebook into a site.

Where we’re headed next: October in Vermont!