We need your help . . . is there any chance you can come out to Corpus Christi next week? Southern Oregon? Washington, D.C.?

Why not?! Who can pass up a chance to dip my toes in the Gulf of Mexico, visit the Redwood National Forest, and take a spin on Capital Bikeshare? You want me to travel to Nashville next? I was raised on old-style country music (think Dolly Parton and Alabama), so I’ll have to visit the Grand Ole Opry while I’m there! They have a bike share system in Nashville too!

I am a Portrait and Fine Art Photographer, an experienced Regional Trainer, and a Field Training Manager. As a result, I travel for work – I travel a lot! Being away from home so much of the time, I decided I was going to make the most of my travel to new places, and see what I could see!

With a wonderful team of friends to watch after ButterCup & ButterBean (see photos at the end of this post), I developed an amazing, and unexpected, case of Wanderlust! Inspired to inhabit the places I travel to, I’ve added extra days, explored new cities in the evenings, and walked “The Mall” on my lunch break. I became adventurous as a work traveler, and then my Wanderlust seeped into my personal life!

It’s exhausting at times, but the United States opened up before me. Not content to stay stateside, I went international! I finally realized my dream of visiting Ireland. The travel bug had bit me hard! The next year I traveled to Morocco, then Thailand, Costa Rica and Cuba! What an adventure, this life I’m living!

There are times I feel I’m seeing the world through my father’s eyes! He traveled the world for 20 years as the Export Manager for Quaker Oats. I guess this Wanderlust is actually in my blood! But I happened upon it as quite the accident!

So, I’ll wander. . . . and the ButterTwins will be there upon my return, ready to listen to every adventure, so they are fellow adventurers, in spirit!

~ Kat