by Connie Reed | Jan 14, 2016
Coming in from clearing the snow off the driveway for the umpteenth time last winter, my husband, face red and numb from the cold, announced “We’re going somewhere warm next year. No more Midwest winters.” Now I don’t usually take too kindly to being told what to do,... by Connie Reed | Oct 28, 2015
I know how it is. I’ve been there, longing to be a travel writer but not knowing where to begin, wondering whether anyone would even read what I wrote. And when would I have time to write? After all, I had a full-time job and a family to take care of. So I put my... by Connie Reed | May 3, 2015
When I was looking for ways to grow my travel writing income, my son-in-law suggested I start a blog. At that time, I had no idea what a blog was all about. Yet just months later, I found myself on whirlwind press trips, chasing bison in South Dakota, zip-lining... by Connie Reed | Feb 7, 2015
In the past year and a half I’ve done things I always dreamed about but never thought I’d actually do. I’ve taken helicopter rides past historic national monuments and over big city holiday lights. I’ve gone zip lining in a cave, and I’ve floated mid-air in an indoor...