Passports with Purpose is a travelblogger driven fundraiser for Heifer International, a nonprofit organization that seeks to eliminate hunger and poverty around the globe. You can learn more about Heifer here.
Travelbloggers everywhere have rounded up amazing prizes to raffle off – the proceeds go directly to Heifer International.
Passports with Purpose is raffling off a scrapbooking collection from Heading North After Naptime!This fantastic prize is full of just the right things to get your vacation scrapbook started.It includes a 12×12 blue scrapbook album and Classy Shortcut papers for quick scrapbooking.It also includes the Classy and Sassy Sampler Paper packs.The sticker packs include Getaway Travel, Green and Olive Jumbo Great Lengths, Variety, Holiday Gathering, Summer Sensations, and Summer Fun.That is not all!This prize also comes with Pastel Fine Tip Markers, a Tape Runner to adhere your pictures, and a Square Maker!!! Everything you see below is included!
But don’t order yet! There are more incredible prizes on the prizes page. Before you make your raffle donations, be sure to check out all the other great stuff you can win.
Once you’ve selected your prize – or prizes – go to First Giving to make your raffle donation. For each ten dollar donation you make, you’ll be entered into the raffle for the prize you’ve selected. Heads up: Be sure to enter your email address and the prize you want to win in the comments field, or we can’t notify you if you win! Passports with Purpose promises not to use your email for any other purpose than to notify you if you’ve won. There’s more information on the First Giving page.
The founders will pull winners and notify them via email on December 30th.
This month we are making three separate trips. The first was this past holiday weekend. We headed to the grandparents for the weekend. The second will be another trip to the same said grandparents for an early Christmas celebration. This trip will be occurring in two weeks. Four days after we come home from that trip, we will head across the pond for our Christmas holiday in Europe. Because we will be gone for quite some time, I decided that I am going to try the Thirty Day Challenge that many of my favorite blogs have participated in at one time or another. I am going to try and blog for 30 days starting on December 15. Stay tuned to read about our many adventures in Europe!
One of the things that I am so thankful for is the freedom to be able to continue traveling even though I have a family now. I am thankful for their love of travel as well! In honor of this freedom, I bring you pictures from Washington DC! This is part of Photo Friday at Delicious Baby!
The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others’ comments. It’s easy, and fun! Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers!
In keeping with the Appalachian Trail, I take my excerpt from the book that started it all!
From A Walk In the Woods by Bill Bryson Pg 125
“In consequence, we had shelters to ourselves each night, which was a big treat. You know your life has grown pathetic when you’re thrilled to have a covered wooden platform to call your own, but there you are–we were thrilled.”
I got an email from my mother the other day with a link to this article about a rock slide at Curry Village in Yosemite. Yosemite Park Service is closing a third of Curry Village because the rock slides have become more common and too deadly to allow people to stay in the tent village. They will be turning the closed section into an awareness exhibit about the history of rock slides. While I am glad that Yosemite is finally recognizing the need to close this area due to the danger, I am extremely sad that I will not be able to take my children to see the Curry Village that I knew. We visited Curry Village and the surrounding areas several times while growing up. The last time I visited was in 1997 (if I am wrong, correct me mom!) with my sister and my mother. My sister and I both agree that Yosemite holds some wonderful memories. Here are some pictures from that last visit.
My sister and I (looking very young because we are!) at Yosemite
With the Thanksgiving holiday at the end of the week, I thought that I would share what I would be packing for the kids. We will be gone for 3 days, 2 nights. Each child gets their own duffle bag and it will contain the following:
Seth 1. 3 pairs of pants 2. 4 shirts 3. 3 pairs of socks 4. sweatshirt 5. jacket if the weather gets any colder 6. tennis shoes 7. jammies
Sera 1. 5 pairs of pants (still in diapers and prone to accidents) 2. 3 shirts 3. 3 pairs of socks 4. sweatshirt 5. jacket if needed 6. tennis shoes 7. jammies 8. diapers
Luckily, we are going to Grandma and Grandpa’s house so we do not need to bring too many things to entertain the children. They are well-stocked. We do, however, have a short 3 hour drive to our destination so I will pack the following for the car:
1. a new DVD or one the kids have not seen for awhile 2. a Christmas DVD for the way home 3. books for both the kids 4. an action figure for Seth and a My Little Pony for Sera
Each child will also have a blanket and their latest stuffed animal favorite. For Seth it is the Taekwondo dressed Alligator named Chomps and for Sera it is the stuffed turkey named Tom!
In sticking with the Appalachian Trail theme this week, these are a few pictures from my husband’s trip. I, being the photo freak that I am, resisted in forcing him to take the big Canon and its multiple lenses and sent him with a little pocket Olympus. I think he got some great shots!
This post is part of Photo Friday at Delicious Baby! Check out some other great travel photos!
Thirteen Things that are must haves on the Appalachian Trail!
These are the thirteen things that Josh could not live without while hiking the Appalachian Trail. The links will take you to various stores that carry the exact items that Josh has an loves!
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When my husband returned from the Appalachian Trail, I asked him to give me a list of things he learned. Consider this his guest post. In three days time, he, his brother, sister-in-law and a few close friends hiked over 17 miles of the AT. The section they chose to hike has the most elevation changes in Georgia. They started at Dick’s Creek Gap and ended at Unicoi Gap, Georgia. We will be making a trip up that way to hike a different section together in March. He learned many things and here are a few of them:
1. Hey, the privy doesn’t have TP…or a roof! 2. Dehydrated chili mac is “da bomb”…pad thai is not. 3. What the heck is GORP? 4. Synthetic underwear are a sweaty man’s best friend. 5. Let the buyer beware…waterproof does not always mean repels water! 6. Water sources are near all shelters. Near is a relative term. 7. It is not a good idea to sleep with said chili mac. Put it in a bear bag. 8. Layers, layers, and more layers. 9. After a long day of hiking, an AT shelter = 4 star hotel! 10. If you are cold in the morning, follow these three steps to generate well needed heat: 1. Put your cold clothes on; 2. Put your cold pack on; 3. Start walking!
