Wanderlust: Stories from the Road

Wanderlust: Stories from the Road

You’ll hear personal travel anecdotes as well as get book suggestions, gear and tech ideas, events and more. These bi-weekly episodes will often give you tips on how to improve your travel writing with simple ways to really catch your readers’ attention. Hosted by Sarah Leamy, an award-winning writer and wanderer with a background in publishing.

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January 24, 2024 21 mins

Talking about what to bring across the border, on dealing with stray dogs and your own leashed ones, finding vets, when we've lost dogs and more. 

- Lost a pet blog https://dirtroadsanddogs.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/lost-and-found-what-to-do-when-you-lose-your-dog/

- Health and dogs travel, Taking Harold and Billie to Baja the first time: https://sarahleamy.com/2022/09/29/baj...

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This is the first of a short series on traveling with dogs and even adopting one here in Baja California Sur, Mexico. I'll come back in the next episode with the legalities and a few resources for you. So listen in to meet Teddy, my new rescue pup and the organization that saved him from the local dump. 

Find out more about the Mulegé Animal Rescue at https://mulegeanimalrescue.com.mx/home

 

Music by Sofia Avery. Thanks, friend! 

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Episode 18: Today, I’m recording this from the San Juan Mountains in Southern Colorado in July 2023.

You’ll hear more anecdotes from life as a camphost, some recommendations for gear and an event here in Pagosa Springs, as well as an excerpt from my latest book, STAY (Madville Publishing, 2023). Enjoy!

Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusi...

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July 1, 2023 20 mins

Have you ever thought about how to become a campground host? Or what's really involved? I'll tell you about how I got the job, what I do, and other anecdotes from life here in Colorado. 

You'll also hear another short story of mine...as yet unpublished. This and the others come from a collection of shorts that I'm sending out to presses looking for a home out in the world.  Enjoy! AND thanks to Sofia Nehama for the music, it's perf...

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June 17, 2023 25 mins

Today, you'll hear about working as a camphost in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado as well as a short story set in the area. Enjoy! 

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May 26, 2023 19 mins

I have some rather interesting news: I am passing along the website into the good hands of Rachel Schinderman. Wanderlust Journal, the online resource for many of us to publish our travel stories will be under her care from this summer of 2023 as I focus my attention more on my own writing and travels. I also talk about Colorado where I’ll be the next four months which will be explored more on the podcas...

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May 2, 2023 19 mins

How have I gone this long without an episode on travels with dogs? Ridiculous! So, today you’ll hear a variety of voices with a focus on traveling with dogs. I’ll come back to cats another time, with stories from Stevie, my little feral bugger who explored national forests across the American West. 

We’ll start with Lavanya Sunkara:

https://nature-t...

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April 18, 2023 19 mins

Today you’ll hear from Anthony Bourdain, Meg Freer, Takera and her article on James Heming, and how food has a lingering affect on cultures and memories.

Anthony Bourdain, The Nasty Bits: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nasty-bits-anthony-bourdain/1100623147

Meg Freer, Russian Tea: https://wanderlust-journal.com/2019/08/27/russian-tea-by-meg-freer/

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S1E13- Hiking Tales

Today you’ll hear from New Zealand, Iceland, Colorado and Nepal, a variety of style of writing and the way they focus their stories on a specific theme.

Upcoming this summer, the following two books will be available through Wild Dog Press.

Sam Brakeley, “Tramping Te Araroa.  A Journey Through New Zeal...

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March 21, 2023 16 mins

Recorded in Baja, Mexico. Feb 2023

With a wide range of stories, we hear about Kartik Vasan and Sim Bhadoria and @thebrownvanlife, as well as Kim Kingsman and her wish for others to be able to get their own passports, as well as Nicole Sutten in NZ and the confidence to go out on her bike with others. Lastly, we hear from James Agombar in Samoa.

 

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We have a range of excerpts today with a kayak from California to Hawaii, a solo biker in Iran, a couple of fellas in boxers, and a burro in the rain of Baja.  

Including

Dave Shively:

The Pacific Alone: The Untold Story of Kayaking's Boldest Voyage

Lois Pryce: https://www.loispryce.com/about/

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February 21, 2023 21 mins

S1E10: WHAT IS OVERLANDING?

 

Thinking about definitions, history, and the vehicles needed for Overlanding. 

 

Recorded in Baja California Sur, Mexico in 2023

 

Definitions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlanding

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February 7, 2023 24 mins

S1E9: What’s in a name? Part One. OVERLANDING

 

Thinking about our travelers’ identity, self-label, trends and what Overlanding is.  

 

Recorded in Baja California Sur, Mexico in 2023

 

FB poll as the initial motivation to talk about this...

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January 24, 2023 15 mins

A little tongue in cheek as I record this from Baja California, Mexico, bitching about the night lows of 52 degrees Fahrenheit! I know, I know…poor me.

House Calls by Dogsled by Keith Billington set in the Northwest Territories of Canada from the 1960s.

PolarPreet and her incredibly inspiring solo exploration of Antarctica. Click on her map to hear...

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January 10, 2023 20 mins

S1E7: Roadtrips (Not All Who Wander Are Lost10

 

On location in Gonzaga Bay, Baja California

Today’s links are:

Kim Sosin and Janet Rives: https://wanderlust-journal.com/shop/

Sarah Leamy, Bring a Chainsaw: https://bookshop.org/books?keywords=Sarah+Leamy

William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways: https://bookshop.org/p/books/blue-highways-a-journey-into-america-william-least-heat-moon/

 

As always, huge thanks for the music by Sofia N...

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December 27, 2022 16 mins

In today's episode, you'll hear more on the topic of solo travelers. Since my early twenties, I’ve been inspired by many of the following names. With this episode in mind, I did more research and came up with this how-to, taken from a few articles and presentations of mine on how I have wandered off the beaten track alone and kept my safe (so far)…

Inspiration. Laurie Lee http...

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December 13, 2022 16 mins

In today's episode, we’re focused on the topic of solo travelers. Since my early twenties, I’ve been inspired by women who went out on their own, despite cultural expectations to stay home as wives and mothers. With this episode in mind, I did more research and came up with this list of incredible adventurers of all ages, countries, and modes of travel. Here is a sample.

Anna ...

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November 29, 2022 10 mins

In today's episode, you'll hear passages on the topic of through-hiking, that is the day-to-day challenge of following your feet across mountains and deserts. We’ll read what motivates folks to do just that, the people met along the way, and some of the ups and downs that come with it. For one writer, it was her knickers…

Megan Okkerse: https://meganokkerse.substack.com/p/ever...

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November 15, 2022 24 secs

S1E3: On Modes of Travel: You Can Go Far with Whatever You Have

In today's episode, we are focused on the various modes of travel. My advice, use what you have. Feet, bikes, motorcycles, 2WD, 4x4, cars, vans, and trucks of all sizes can take you where you want to go – for the most part. With that in mind, I’ll be reading from trip reports from each of those options, to inspire...

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November 1, 2022 15 mins

In today's episode, you'll hear an excerpt from ON MEXICAN TIME by Tony Cohan, written in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 1985. That lead me to introduce another author, one I've met whilst in Baja California early in 2022, a funny fella and quite the slow and steady wanderer, Graham MackIntosh. I talk about the different types of travel writing, from trip reports, articles, blogs and long and far-reaching...

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