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Tara Shubbuck

Tara scouts the world through the lens of her camera for the tastiest food, chubbiest pugs, and unforgettable scenery. Her favorite aspect of travel is the freedom to choose your own adventure. There’s always more to discover on both the beaten and less-traveled paths, and Tara seeks every opportunity to bring the best of both to you. Explore her other posts for a taste of destinations and memorable experiences around the world. She is co-author of Create Your Escape: A Practical Guide for Planning Long-Term Travel, which teaches other travelaholics how to prepare for long-term travel. Check it out at http://createyourescape.today

Recipe: Vegetarian Gravy with Poached Eggs

October 24, 2015Filed in: Food by Tara Shubbuck

Poached Eggs with Gravy and a Tortilla Shell

While we were out in Denver last month, our friend Brooke cooked her mom’s famous gravy with poached eggs for breakfast. We call it “famous” because her mom serves it every morning in the B&B she owns in New Mexico. It’s always a hit with her guests, and it’s Brooke’s go-to breakfast dish when she Read Post

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Tagged With: breakfast, cooking, eggs, food, gravy, meatless monday, meatless monday recipe, recipe, roux, slider, vegetarian, Vegetarian recipe

A Family Preps For Long-Term Travel

October 3, 2015Filed in: Points of View by Tara Shubbuck

Trip Prep. Reading Create Your Escape

When Mike and I were on our RTW trip in 2012 — in Tanzania, to be exact — I received a message on Facebook asking, “I was curious to learn how you manage to travel so much… My wife and I are getting tired of “the grind” ourselves.” This came from an acquaintance back home Read Post

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Simple Apps to Enhance Your Travels

July 12, 2015Filed in: Travel Planning by Tara Shubbuck

Firefly Airlines

As budget and independent travelers, we like to keep things simple – and free. Our favorite smartphone apps don’t do too much of the heavy lifting for us on our trips, but just enough to add to the experience in a meaningful way. These apps will tell you whether to book your flight to Rome Read Post

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Textures of Hawai’i

January 31, 2015Filed in: Destinations, Photos & Video by Tara Shubbuck

Leaf in Hawaii

Before landing in Hawaii, we had a typical paradise-like image of serene, golden beaches in our minds. Heaven everywhere you go. Of course that is true of the islands, but the Hawaiian landscape, having been created by volcanic activity, is also much more varied than you’d think. On the Big Island, for example, there was Read Post

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The Monetary Cost of Traveling Full-Time

December 19, 2014Filed in: Travel Planning by Tara Shubbuck

Tara in Kampot, Cambodia

Recently, I posed a question to our readers: Do you think we spent more money while traveling or living in Washington, DC? My original intention for this follow-up post was to disprove a theory that I continuously heard prior to and throughout our trip: that full-time travel is expensive and beyond one’s reach. Since I Read Post

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