When I was sixteen years old and purchased my first computer (A Tandy TRS-80), my mother asked me \”What are you going to do with a computer?\”
Many years later, she now knows exactly what I will do with a computer…
My mother has been slow to adapt to new technology, but I have nudged her along gently and she now can\’t imagine not using the Internet to research her adventure travel escapades.
You see, my mother is a world traveler. You know the world maps that people stick pins in to indicate all the places they have been? Sheila (my mother) has a world map with pins covering it. She and her husband, the ex-marine, have been around the world more times that I can count. And they don\’t just do the touristy stuff. Nope. Sheila likes to ride camels in the desert, camp at the base of Mt. Everest and snowshoe through the Swiss Alps. Nutty stuff. But that\’s my mom.
I have finally persuaded her to start blogging her escapades. Which leads me to the purpose of this entry…
Travels with Sheila is now online for your adventure travel reading pleasure. Mom is actually a pretty good writer and has a knack for communicating her travel adventures in an interesting and engaging manner.
So, you may not be able to escape from your office or other obligations. But you can see the world through the eyes of my mother at TravelsWithSheila.com. As of this writing, she is just back from Sri Lanka, so I expect to see some interesting photos and read her narrative shortly.
Stop by her site and tell her \”hello\”. I\’m sure it would encourage her in her new enterprise!