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Crossing over Fear (Aka: What happens when you have no choice but to do the thing that terrifies you.)

July 27, 2018

Crossing over Fear: Image of New River Gorge Bridge sign.

On Dec. 2, 2017, I accomplished something awe-mazing. I drove over the New River Gorge Bridge. That may seem like no big deal to you, but, to me, it’s huge. If you know me well, or if you read my post last week, “A Scaredy-cat’s Guide to Travel,” you know I suffer from gephyrophobia, fear […]

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Filed Under: Emotional Health, Travel Tagged: fear of bridges, gephryphobia, New River Gorge Bridge, overcoming fear, travel

A Scaredy-Cat’s Guide to Travel (New Reasons to Consider Amtrak and MegaBus for Your Summer Vacation)

July 20, 2018

A Scaredy Cat's Guide to Travel: Image of the New River Gorge Bridge by Patrick Conrad.

When I was growing up, most of our summer vacations involved a two-day drive—from Huntington, Best Virginia to Wytheville, Virginia to North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina—a week in the ocean-front Hartford C Motor Inn, then two days to travel back home. Yep. Two days each way. Don’t laugh. My dad was that driver.  The summer after […]

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Filed Under: Family, Travel Tagged: Amtrak, fear of bridges, fear of flying, MegaBus, summer vacation, travel, travel by train

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