The time I fought a ghost for a fur coat

Finding our shared humanity out there on the road

The way we talk about travel just drips in grandiosity. We hear the call of the mountains, and we must go. We say take more adventures. We broaden our horizons. It’s all so lofty. If that ambition goes unchecked, the intention to travel gets hijacked by itineraries optimized into oblivion. I have a history of getting swept up into the excitement of expl…