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Summer is ending soon, and in the months to come you’ll spend months of mentally and emotionally taxing work guiding your students in the classroom. What can you do to keep active through the fall and recharge your batteries during Thanksgiving break or next spring break? Why not consider training for a Thanksgiving Grand Canyon hike? Build your fitness and plan an amazing trip! Today’s guest blogger, Rhoda Friend, shares how she and her friend did it, and some tips for pulling off your own Grand Canyon hike. Take it away!

There are so many different ways to travel and see the world. If you enjoy cycling, why not combine your passion for the bicycle with your passion for travel?  This summer, consider dusting off your bike and hitting the road.  In this post, our guest author outlines the benefits of bicycle touring for teachers and suggests some possible destinations. Take it away, Mike!

How would you like to expand your professional development through travel?  A teacher travel grant may be just the ticket for you!  In this guest post by Tim Wenger, learn how you can apply for a travel grant and stand apart from other applicants.  Take it away, Tim!

I've heard it over and over again:  "I want to travel, but I don't have anybody to travel with. "  

Many people wouldn't dream of traveling by themselves, citing safety as their primary concern.  Secretly, they also feel that traveling alone wouldn't be any fun and would get too lonely.   What's the point if you don't have someone to share the experience with?

Along with the long days and hot sun, summer break provides a great opportunity to get away from it all, reset, and possibly bring back some inspiration for the next school year. If you’re looking for your next summer adventure,  check out this guest post by Heather Knoff, traveler extraordinaire of couchtotravel.com!   Read on to see her top 8 picks for great summer travel!

Sometimes my readers write to me with travel-related questions. I always do my best to help out, and sometimes share some of the questions and answers here in my blog posts. I hope you find them helpful! Feel free to add pointers of your own in the comments below, or ask me anything about travel. Who knows, maybe your question will be featured in a future blog post?

Sometimes my readers write to me with travel-related questions. I always do my best to help out, and thought I’d share some of the questions and answers here in my blog posts. I hope you find them helpful! Feel free to add pointers of your own in the comments below, or ask me anything about travel. Who knows, maybe your question will be featured in a future blog post?