http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott Sherry Escapes from NYC to travel the world Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:22:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Photo: Buffalo lounging in the prairie grass Click here to see all of the snapshots of our animal encounters, Mt. Rushmore, and hiking. The signs were everywhere. In Pierre, along the interstate, near Rapid City, in small towns…the silhouette of a buffalo and some scripted writing with an arrow pointing ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/animal-encounters-of-the-hoofed-kind.html Que the song “Holiday Road”, load up the family truckster, and head to Wally World. For all snapshots of South Dakota - Bad Lands and Wall Drug click here! I recently watched National Lampoon’s Vacation again. It had been years since I had seen the Griswalds take off for Wally World, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/family-vacation.html Photo: Walker Art Museum - Minneapolis I grew up in the country, however I never really considered myself a 'country girl'. Instead, I always dreamed of the big cities; that's where I knew I belonged. The past month I have spent time in the small towns of ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/escape-from-the-lake.html I’m doing a different type of travel these last few weeks. I’m traveling to catch up. Catch up to what you may ask; friends. This summer is about enjoying the cool summers of the northern US, fighting off mosquitoes, and having reunions with old friends. I’m ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/travel-vs-motherhood.html Happy Birthday Mom! I have a new article published on the Indie Travel Podcast. They have a bit more international audience, so this month I decided to write a piece about traveling to/in America and finding the unique Amercian culture here in this big land mass. Somewhat appropriate for ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/american-culture.html Photo: Cedar Lake, Wisconsin - the next stop on my Midwestern Family Tour I have traveled to yet another middle America state. I’m currently in Wisconsin surrounded by beer, cheese and women. This sounds like a dream location if I was a guy…but I digress. On ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/wisconsin-%e2%80%93-beer-cheese-and-women.html Photo: Main Street Twin Brooks, South Dakota...bustling. When I told my parents that I was coming to stay with them for a month, they seemed excited. Maybe it’s because then they don’t have to talk to each other as much…or maybe I just provide entertainment, who knows. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/sex-in-the-city-small-town-style.html Photo: South Dakota cows. If you are really in touch with Midwestern culture, you wil note that these aren't dairy cows... I’ve had one of those weeks…one where you leave the familiar and go to a foreign place where everything seems so different, amazing, and sometimes strange. You ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/dairy-month-experiencing-new-cultures.html If you are sitting at your desk, stealing away a few minutes of sanity from meetings, your 4th cup of coffee, emails, the blackberry, and deadlines – then read on… A few years ago when I started researching my career break, I quickly realized that for a corporate American – I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/want-to-take-a-career-break-and-travel.html Photo: Shutting the door on my 5 years at 74th and Columbus... There’s something surreal about seeing your bed wheeled down the streets of NYC on a dolly. Really – a sobering situation. There I was, walking down the street with friends after dinner seeing my life possessions being ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/sherry-has-left-the-building.html