Women’s Carry-On Packing List for 12 Weeks in Asia
After traveling around Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Ghana and Morocco we landed back in the US for a month. It was a time to recharge, reconnect and repack. The…
The Small Joys in the Cumulative Joy: One month into The Adventure
We are one month, or three months, or fifteen months into our adventure now, depending where you cut it. Most recently we are six weeks gone from Portland, where we…
17 Best Smartphone Apps for Travel
We’ve been on the road over 3 months now and it is time to recommend our 17 best smartphone apps for travel. The smartphone (in our case iPhone) has become…
Why I Love Using Airport Lounges When Traveling
For most of my life I thought airport lounges were for wealthy people who traveled “all the time” and flew first class. Not any more. Olivia and I have been…
Top 5 Travel Tips for Saving Money While on the Road
The following are our Top 5 Travel Tips for saving money while on the road. The biggest advice I can give is to begin chasing miles and points for free…
Top 5 Things To Do in Tokyo
Trip: October 2017 Below is our Top 5 Things To Do in Tokyo, part of the Just Carrying On – Top 5 Things To Do series. These lists are favorite activities, eats, and drinks from…
My Journey to Vegetarianism
It started probably six years ago with “happy meat” and “grass-fed beef” and Food Inc. and a vague sense that what I eat matters. It was an inconsistent start, full…
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Riding the Amtrak Coast Starlight Train for “free” from Portland to Los Angeles
We rode the Amtrak Coast Starlight from Portland, Oregon to Los Angeles, California for “free”. Below is our trip, in photos. The inspiration to ride Amtrak came from two places: the oft-shared…
28 hours in the Valle de Guadalupe
After hearing for the past few years about the beautiful vineyards of Baja, tucked into the mountains just beyond the coastline of Ensenada, we were longing to see it for…
Name changin’
We recently decided to change our website name from Cause Work Can Wait to Just Carrying On. Here’s why. When we set out five years ago to plan and prepare our…