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How to Plan a Car Camping Trial Run Before Your First Overnight Trip
A first car camping trip can unravel through several small problems rather than one major disaster. The canopy takes longer to assemble than expected. An air mattress loses its shape during the night. The vehicle feels much hotter with a dog breathing inside it. By midnight, the comfortable setup you pictured has turned into…
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Freelance Work While Traveling
Freelance work while traveling can be flexible because you are selling a skill rather than applying for one specific job. That skill might be writing, editing, design, bookkeeping, photography, marketing, website work, research, customer service, programming, administrative support, or something more specialized. I have done freelance work in different forms over the years. One…
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Estate Cleanout as Temporary Work
One of the more unusual temporary jobs I have taken involved helping a man after his brother passed away. His brother had left behind a house full of belongings, and everything had to be dealt with. The house needed to be cleaned. Things needed to be sorted. Some items were being kept, some donated,…
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Kayaking at Tybee Island with a Dolphin Along the Way
Tybee Island gave me one of those travel experiences that did not need a complicated plan to become memorable. I joined a guided kayaking trip and headed onto the water with someone who knew the area. That made it easier to focus on paddling, watching the shoreline, and taking in a side of Tybee…