Why do you travel?

[Hans Deventer]

I've noticed that I've changed through time in this regard. I used to love to see beautiful landscape, and still do, but my priority has shifted. Right now, my #1 reason to travel is to meet people. Edwin and I will be flying to Boston next month in order to attend the NazNet Conference (http://holinessonthedirtroad.blogspot.com/). Now I do love mountains and forests and hopefully, we might even see some of the New England foliage, but the main reason is meeting people. I'm looking forward to the conference very much!

Just booked me a return ticket to Brisbane, QLD, for next year. I'm told the area around there is beautiful and there is lots to see, but again, the main reason is meeting people. I'm hoping to stay with Roland & Emmy, and also meet my former pastor and his wife, Erik & Petra, plus Steve and Fiona Walsh and Jon & Jill Dennis.

I'm very grateful to God and Hannie to be able to do this.

[Billie Goodson]

Work. I have almost 70,000 miles on one airline so far this year and that does not include my only personal trip to Hawaii. Because of my work travel, traveling is not something I do much for personal enjoyment.

[Jon Bemis]

I used to travel for work before I entered full time ministry. I traveled 40+ weeks a year and so my wife and I had free tickets to anywhere anytime we wanted. By the time I left that job I had accumulated so many miles it took Janie and I eight years to use them up! Now we travel almost exclusively to see family (by car): to Dallas to see my son and his fiance, to OKC to see my daughter and son-in-law, and to southwestern NY state to see our extended families.

[Hal Paul]

I travel mostly for work and try to catch whatever sights I can if opportunity allows. I also travel to see family since we live a long distance from each other, but we don't get to do as much of that as we'd like. We'll take shorter trips by car when we can to see things in the local area, and somewhat longer ones for vacations.

[Susan Unger]

I travel to see people [mainly family but also some college friends] and to learn the culture and history of a place. I tend not to go back to the same place twice either for some reason. Recently, since I have gotten a good camera, I like to travel to take some good photos. That was my thrill for this summer's cruise.

[Katelynn Scott]

I like to see things and places I've never seen before. For me, it's the natural beauty and adventure of a trip. I especially felt drawn to travel when we lived in Kansas, because I just disliked the area where we lived so much that I wanted to get away. ;o ) Now that we're back on the East Coast, I think I'll travel more to see people (who for the most part are now in closer range). I've not seen the Pacific Ocean, the Grand Canyon or much of the Rocky Mountains. I want to see Hawai'i and the more ancient parts of Europe. I will say that I LOVE reading about Ancient China, but don't have much desire to go there today. Unless I could see some of the old parts of China, I'm not much interested in seeing another booming metropolis taking over the land.

[Judy Hamilton]

I travel to get where I need to be..and try to work in seeing and visiting as many family and friends as possible
when going from point A to point B I have made really great friends when I was employed doing travel contract
nursing.

I also travel to experience the beautiful National and State Parks and beaches in the USA

[Charlene Clevenger]

I took a while to answer, since I was traveling. :) We rarely travel, but when we do it is to see family. We live far from most of our family. Only my brother lives nearby. So, when we have a chance to go somewhere we take the opportunity to see our loved ones.

[Nelson Bradford]

to get from point A to point B
:)

[John Kennedy]

When I was growing up it was almost always a case of 'the road ran to the relatives'. Most of my parents' ministerial career was spent several hundred to several thousand miles away from their families. So unless there was something interesting along the route 'home', we didn't travel there. Also, Nazarene pastors of that era didn't have a lot of discretionary income for seeing the world.

In the last few years we've done some traveling (Great Britain, US/Canada east coast, US western states, cruises to Alaska, eastern Canada, etc). I've also done some road trips on my own (western US and Great Plains).
Our next trip will probably be this fall to the Mesa Verde/Four Corners area and down to Santa Fe.
Since I have no particular time constraints (other than boarding fees for Bugsy the Boston Terrier), I very much prefer driving to flying. I realize this places some destination limitations (no Hawaii by bus), but there are quite a few world areas I have absolutely no desire to see.

[Jim Franklin]

The old Geographer is pretty much limited to a once a month sales trip to Caldwell, Id. less than 30 miles distance. When I was still involved with Boy Scouts we went to our summer camps here in Idaho a distance of about 100 miles but one year we went to Camp Cowles north of Spokane. During the 2003-2006 time frame I made more than a dozen trips between Boise and the Sun Valley Indian School and from there to Phoenix several times to pick up WW teams flying into Sky Harbor. We took some of the teams to Nazlini for authentic Navajo church services and to see Canyon de Chelly and Spider Woman Rock. Took two trips with my son in January when he was delivering utility trailers to Billings, MT and Lewiston ID. Did not get to make the annual trip to Billings to see Esther's family due to lack of finances.

[Norayr Hajian]

Most of my travel (long distances) is to visit family. Secondly, it is for church business. Third, (short distance) is for recreation (hunting, fishing, hiking).

[Edwin Deventer]

For me there are several reasons. One is discovering new places, landscapes, cities, cultures, languages, customs... It has a sense of adventure that attracts me.
Another reason is meeting people. Sometimes old friends, or new friends I make along the way. It's half of the fun of traveling, if not more.
And I guess finally I travel to break out of the daily routine every once in a while. Not that my life is an unbearable routine, but sometimes I just need to get out of my comfort zone so I can look at my life from another angle. It makes me appreciate everything I have here all the more, and gives me new energy to live my 'regular' life.

[Susan Unger]

And I guess finally I travel to break out of the daily routine every once in a while. Not that my life is an unbearable routine, but sometimes I just need to get out of my comfort zone so I can look at my life from another angle. It makes me appreciate everything I have here all the more, and gives me new energy to live my 'regular' life.

Good point! I call it 'clearing my head of cobwebs'. After my two week visit this August to visit friends and cousins, I came back with a renewed outlook on my future and a new determination to face issues in my life. It is great.