Comments on: Stressed out? Try blogging. http://blog.travelpod.com/2008/05/08/blogging-is-good-for-your-health/ The Web's Original Travel Blog Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:23:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: starlagurl http://blog.travelpod.com/2008/05/08/blogging-is-good-for-your-health/#comment-337 starlagurl Tue, 13 May 2008 14:27:52 +0000 http://travelpod.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-337 That's really awesome, have a great trip. It's always a great feeling to be able to count on the kindness of strangers isn't it? Being connected with your blog helps immensely when you're in a jam like that. If you're interested in starting a blog, TravelPod is a great place to learn how to write and upload your photos and MP3s. There's even a mailing list feature, so you can import all your emails and send your updates to your family and friends. Louise Brown TravelPod Community Manager That’s really awesome, have a great trip. It’s always a great feeling to be able to count on the kindness of strangers isn’t it? Being connected with your blog helps immensely when you’re in a jam like that.

If you’re interested in starting a blog, TravelPod is a great place to learn how to write and upload your photos and MP3s. There’s even a mailing list feature, so you can import all your emails and send your updates to your family and friends.

Louise Brown
TravelPod Community Manager

]]> By: familyonbikes http://blog.travelpod.com/2008/05/08/blogging-is-good-for-your-health/#comment-333 familyonbikes Sun, 11 May 2008 00:28:00 +0000 http://travelpod.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-333 I agree. We spent a year bicycling around the USA and Mexico with our children and I really enjoyed sitting down with my journal each evening to write about our day - it was a great way to reflect about ALL the things that happened, not only the bad ones. But the best part of having that journal on-line was the fact that I knew I had a whole circle of people all over the nation who would be able to help me if I needed help. And after about 10 months, the day came when I needed to cash in on that. That day, I found out my mother was dying and I needed to fly back to Idaho immediately - but I needed a place to stash my bike. I simply posted on-line that I was flying out and needed a place in Columbus to stash my bike and gear for a while - within hours I had TWENTY people offer their garages!!! I can't even tell you how much peace of mind it gave me to know there was that whole great big network of people out there willing and able to step up to the plate at any moment. Now we are getting ready to take off again - this time we'll ride our bikes from Alaska to Argentina with our (now) ten-year-old boys. And you can bet I'll be blogging about it all the way!! You can read about our journey at www.familyonbikes.org I agree.

We spent a year bicycling around the USA and Mexico with our children and I really enjoyed sitting down with my journal each evening to write about our day - it was a great way to reflect about ALL the things that happened, not only the bad ones.

But the best part of having that journal on-line was the fact that I knew I had a whole circle of people all over the nation who would be able to help me if I needed help. And after about 10 months, the day came when I needed to cash in on that. That day, I found out my mother was dying and I needed to fly back to Idaho immediately - but I needed a place to stash my bike. I simply posted on-line that I was flying out and needed a place in Columbus to stash my bike and gear for a while - within hours I had TWENTY people offer their garages!!! I can’t even tell you how much peace of mind it gave me to know there was that whole great big network of people out there willing and able to step up to the plate at any moment.

Now we are getting ready to take off again - this time we’ll ride our bikes from Alaska to Argentina with our (now) ten-year-old boys. And you can bet I’ll be blogging about it all the way!! You can read about our journey at http://www.familyonbikes.org

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