Comments on: Why you should adopt a personal travel quest

By: What I wish I knew before starting my national parks quest - Just Get Out More!

What I wish I knew before starting my national parks quest - Just Get Out More! — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 17:03:19 +0000

[…] Travel quests are among the most powerful ways to get yourself out more. My personal national parks quest—visiting all 417 national park units in the country—has been the driving force for the vast majority of my own travel. And it’s been one of the most impactful endeavors in my life. I firmly believe that if you not already questing, you’re missing out. […]

By: Scott Jones

Scott Jones — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 21:48:48 +0000

In reply to Chris. I'd personal consider those "challenges" as opposed to "quests," but no matter what word you use, both sound like they'd be a blast! I followed someone on their journey to kayak the length of the Missouri River, and it was quite an endeavor and definitely a logistical challenge.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 21:39:55 +0000

Great post. You mention count up and count down quests but what do you think about distance quests? I am thinking about hiking the AT or one quest that I am interested in (but too afraid right now) kayak the entire Mississippi

By: Scott Jones

Scott Jones — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 18:57:11 +0000

In reply to Thomas Thrash. Sounds like you've got some fun quests there, Thomas! I especially like the I've Been Everywhere one; I looked up my total a few years back and had most of them but didn't keep track of my total. I think I need to go back and do that.

By: Thomas Thrash

Thomas Thrash — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 20:20:03 +0000

Very cool, read, Scott. My last blog post was on this very idea–travel goals. I’ve realized the more I’ve considered or started working at any of them, I end up “setting” more of them. I’m not even sure how many I really intend to complete, but absolutely agree with your social pressure notion–with baseball, I went from about all 20 to all 30 because folks were cheering me on. My goals were/are seeing the 50 states (only need AK for a second completion of that), touching the 5 Great Lakes and oceans (1 for 2 there), seeing every MLB ballpark (need Atlanta’s new one), NFL stadium (3 teams and about 5 new stadiums to go), Canadian Province (have all 10, but need the three Territories), attend a sporting event in each state (35ish), visit a brewery in every state (33), and visit every place mentioned in “I’ve Been Everywhere Man” (43 of 91, I think). Then there are the National Parks and Minor League parks–right now, I’m using them in tandem to build itineraries, a few days in NPs and then some evenings in ballparks.Not sure if all 59/417 (now at 35/136) is in my future for the parks or 160 (39 now) for the Minor League parks. But, yes, getting to halfway there, or getting to 100 of them, or all of the ones in the Continental Lower 48 or something might be more achievable. Likewise, picking a single league of a dozen teams is certainly more likely than all of them at this point. But, as you complete the subsets of the total, or cross the halfway point, and you start seeing the finish line, well, yeah it can then become a more practical (and pressured) target. Totally get that. Then for skiing, I have a number of ‘goals’ there, with some resorts I want to visit, and maybe hit a certain number (I crossed over 50 this past winter). tt