Take Me Back to the Black Hills of Dakota

Take Me Back to the Black Hills of Dakota

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Kelli Mutchler from the USA. Thanks for your entry Kelli! Norbert Mutchler’s name is one of thousands carved into the white headstones that line the Black Hills National Cemetery.  Small plastic flags and individual red carnations are the only decorations.  On … Continued

Montreal: Mon Amour

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Jeff Shoer from Canada. Thanks for your entry Jeff! In true Montrealer or Montrealais (French version) fashion, I am starting my night just before midnight on a Thursday – in this case it’s Valentine’s Day. A city with true, “joie de … Continued

Munchausen Syndrome and the Oregon Coast

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Danielle Kitchel from the USA. Thanks for your entry Danielle! Rain. The air was filled with a light mist that didn’t precisely fall but seemed to drift aimlessly under a pearly gray sky. Everything else under that arching dome was shaded … Continued

Mardi Gras: Life is Messy Chasing Chickens

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Corey Cart from the USA. Thanks for your entry Corey!   Flash floods saturated nearby fields as my plane slammed onto the runway.  Disappointment flooded my mind.  Maybe my friends knew something I didn’t?  You see, my friends’ faces lit up … Continued

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Found paradise at Mexico’s Caribbean Riviera Maya

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Wayne and Pat Dunlap from America. Thanks for your entry Wayne and Pat! What is your description of romantic paradise? How about sitting on a picturesque powdery white sandy beach under a thatch beach palapa sipping a margarita or cerveza (beer) … Continued

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Shreveport, Louisiana: A Place I love

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Johnna Crider from America. Thanks for your entry Johnna! It’s a cool late summer morning; cool meaning it’s just under ninety degrees, and the sun has yet to rise. All is silent as the sky begins to glow with the birth … Continued

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Utah: Daughters to Zion

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Michael Thal from America. Thanks for your entry Michael! My daughters rested after our eight-hour trip.  I stood in awe at the grandeur before me.  Nature had taken the flat Utah desert as her canvas.  With sand, water, and an abundance … Continued

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Canada: Snowy Lover

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Jade Sevelow from America. Thanks for your entry Jade! As I coughed up the $14 for nachos; Which was an act of desperation in itself, given that I generally shove a vegemite sandwich in my pocket and hope the generic ziplock … Continued

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A Place I Love: Los Angeles

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by  Sofie Couwenbergh from Belgium. Thanks for your entry Sofie! My parents, brother and I spent a day in Los Angeles on a two-week trip along the west coast, but that’s not the reason I wanted to go back there because honestly, … Continued

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Thailand: Finding Friendship and Tea Above the Clouds

This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest  I sat waiting in the back of the truck; the heat subsiding slightly as a storm hovered above, the beat of raindrops on metal creating watery melodies. In twenty minutes the clouds had passed, but the air still hung heavy with humidity. I … Continued

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