World Travel Blues

I follow a face book group made up of people from around the globe.  Their objective is to share photos and comment on how to improve the shots or inquire how someone has achieved a special effect.  Every day over 100 pictures are posted.

My problem with the group is not the quality or quantity of the pictures but the subjects.  Today I have seen pictures from Perth, San Juan, Paris, Scotland, South Carolina, Oregon, Canada, Costa Rico, Sweden, Maine, and many other places.  They are all beautiful or at least compelling.  The wildlife and trails, the cities, the waterfalls and the sunsets all call out to me. 

I’ve been an armchair traveler, for the most part, all of my life.  I was a born traveler I believe but have, for one reason or another, been tied to an office, a home with pets and responsibilities.  I know if I really wanted to, I would have traveled the world.  But instead, I watch travel shows on PBS and dream of places I will most likely never see and streets I will never walk.

Now I am hooked daily on peering into the photo lives of others.  At least by the end of a year, I will have a better idea of places I wouldn’t want to go and things I won’t need to see.  Of course, my list of ‘must see’ places will have grown by the hundreds too.  Maybe it’s time to move from the arm chair to the airline.