Today’s Gimme 5 is all about travel tips and being prepared. It makes me feel like a boy scout giving the advice to “be prepared.” I guess all the boys’ activities are rubbing off on me! 1. Refill, Restock, Replace The first tip is to check any pre-stocked supplies when you are packing to see if…
How Can You Help with the Relief Effort for the Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster in Japan? In 1889, the South Fork Dam broke, unleashing over 20 tons of water and massive amounts of debris onto Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a small coal and steel town of ~10,000 people. Officially, over 2,200 people died in the flood and…
Gimme 5 – Eating (for Success) in Airports I travel a lot for work and when I travel, my good eating habits tend to go right out the window. Over the last 18 months or so, I have tried to focus on eating more healthy all the time, not just when I travel. When I…
Packing Tips I figured that since I wrote about our trip last week and I still had packing on the brain that I would jot down a few packing tips while I still remembered them. 1. Bring Your Own Water Bottle/Food – bring a water bottle whether it is metal, glass, BPA free, whatever; but…