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I’m in Maryland (US), and I would say my travel is pretty minimal. I usually take one vacation per year, and typically I stay local. I’ve got two little kids that make travel a little more difficult right now, but I am really hoping the whole world won’t be locked down by the time they’re old enough to go do fun things. The world is already so different from the one I grew up in. My oldest daughter (5) always wants to go roam the neighborhood. It’s so hard saying no (or not without me or mom there) when I know I grew up on the same planet and was able to roam free until dinner time; if it keeps going this direction, I fear our children will lose so much more.

I do long for the freedoms of our youth. I guess we have to be careful of believing the world is UNFREE and unsafe which may prevent us leaving our front door at all. We were anxious leaving home on this trip but I'm glad we did. I hope you can teach your kids to find other freedoms like wilderness hiking in your stupendously large and beautiful part of the world. I miss the 90s big time.

All true! It really is up to us to decide what kind of world we live in - what you believe is what you see, and this place is heaven among the stars for an oxygen breather like myself :)

Love this sentiment soooo much!!!! Thanks for these hopeful words 💖