A few recommendations and suggestions for ways to learn Spanish from anywhere in the world. I hope this inspires you to try again!

Immersive Language courses are available all across the globe, locally and internationally. Try your community college and look online for private schools. Ask on community FB pages too for others’ suggestions.

Lingoda.com for Zoom based conversational classes, flexible schedules, decent prices.

Duolingo - pros and cons of using this app.

Word search apps. I use Palabras on an iphone.

Podcasts such as Learn Spanish and Go with May and Jim.

Thanks again: Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com

To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com

You can listen to this podcast on any of your favorite hosting websites as well as the one I use: https://wanderlust-journal.podbean.com

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Talking about what to bring across the border, on dealing with stray dogs and your own leashed ones, finding vets, when we've lost dogs and more.

- Lost a pet blog https://dirtroadsanddogs.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/lost-and-found-what-to-do-when-you-lose-your-dog/

- Health and dogs travel, Taking Harold and Billie to Baja the first time: https://sarahleamy.com/2022/09/29/baja-van-life-3/

- More from my notes on Baja and dogs: https://sarahleamy.com/?s=baja

And in Mulege, the winter Vet clinic: PAW https://pawclinic.wordpress.com

Find out more at www.sarahleamy.com Thank you.

This is the first of a short series on traveling with dogs and even adopting one here in Baja California Sur, Mexico. I'll come back in the next episode with the legalities and a few resources for you. So listen in to meet Teddy, my new rescue pup and the organization that saved him from the local dump.

Find out more about the Mulegé Animal Rescue at https://mulegeanimalrescue.com.mx/home

Music by Sofia Avery. Thanks, friend!

www.sarahleamy.com for more about my travels and writing. Thanks.

Today, I’m recording this from the San Juan Mountains in Southern Colorado in July 2023.

You’ll hear more anecdotes from life as a camphost, some recommendations for gear and an event here in Pagosa Springs, as well as an excerpt from my latest book, STAY (Madville Publishing, 2023). Enjoy!

Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com

Shop here for STAY by Sarah Leamy

To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com

You can listen to this podcast on any of your favorite hosting websites as well as the one I use: https://wanderlust-journal.podbean.com

Please consider helping me out and become a Patron: https://wanderlust-journal.com/2022/03/22/please-consider-becoming-a-patron/

Recommendations: The Omni Oven.

Events: The Folk Festival, Labor day weekend, in Pagosa Springs. There’s a FB page: https://www.facebook.com/fourcornersfolkfestival/

(P.S. It’s a little confusing but this is a new season yet I’m keeping the numbers going for the episodes. I’m calling it Season Two as the new focus in on my own personal travels, the places and people I meet, life on the road as well as offering excerpts from short story collections and published books of mine, stuff you won’t hear elsewhere.)

Have you ever thought about how to become a campground host? Or what's really involved? I'll tell you about how I got the job, what I do, and other anecdotes from life here in Colorado.

You'll also hear another short story of mine...as yet unpublished. This and the others come from a collection of shorts that I'm sending out to presses looking for a home out in the world. Enjoy! AND thanks to Sofia Nehama for the music, it's perfect.

www.sarahleamy.com for more information.

Today, you'll hear about working as a camphost in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado as well as a short story set in the area. Enjoy!

I have written a cartoon book of my experiences and you can find a copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Camphost-Diaries-Sarah-Leamy/dp/B0DFTRQJPP

How have I gone this long without an episode on travels with dogs? Ridiculous! So, today you’ll hear a variety of voices with a focus on traveling with dogs. I’ll come back to cats another time, with stories from Stevie, my little feral bugger who explored national forests across the American West.

We’ll start with Lavanya Sunkara:

https://nature-traveler.com/2014/05/28/kissing-horses-and-hiking-mountains-with-my-dog-in-new-hampshire/

Travels with Charley by Steinbeck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travels_with_Charley

Dirt Roads and Dogs: In Colorado, https://sarahleamy.com/2015/12/04/boggy-draw-and-the-dispersed-camping-near-mcphee-co/

With more advice and places that I found to be dog-friendly, have a look at https://sarahleamy.com/?s=dirt+roads+and+dogs

And thanks again:

Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com

To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com

https://www.amazon.com/Camphost-Diaries-Sarah-Leamy/dp/B0DFTRQJPP

Thanks for listening!

In today's episode, you'll hear more on the topic of solo travelers. Since my early twenties, I’ve been inspired by many of the following names. With this episode in mind, I did more research and came up with this how-to, taken from a few articles and presentations of mine on how I have wandered off the beaten track alone and kept my safe (so far)…

Inspiration. Laurie Lee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_I_Walked_Out_One_Midsummer_Morning

Research/Preparation. Languages, routes, culture, health, etc

Sarah Marquis: https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/wild-by-nature-interview-with-sarah-marquis

Budget/Financials/Timing: Tiffany Coates (re hair) https://www.globalwomenwhoride.com

Packing. Vehicle dependent, planes, tourist destinations (you can buy what you didn't bring!)

Tools and Skills. Apps, maps, GPS. A mix of all. iOverlander.com and The Dyrt, as well as printed maps such as Benchmark (USA).

Responses from society/family: Joan Wamayu-Ndarathi and her mother

https://www.globalwomenwhoride.com/joan-wamayu-ndarathi/

Food/social engagement. How to meet people? Know yourself!

Focus. What are you focused on while in new places?

Motivation. Skills, challenges, mindset.

Safety: Consider that in the US, 70% of rapes are done by men who know the female victims. And yes, there’s that other 30%. (eg me on train in France at 18.) Tell your friends, hosts, rangers. Spot/GPS trackers. Walkie-talkies (eg Motorola T600). Camping solo tricks. Self-defense training opportunities.

The Art of Solo Travels: https://fempotential.com/web/20170302035117/http/www.fempotential.com/scared-solo-female-traveler/index.htm

Music by Sofia Nehama Avery https://nehamamusic.com

To find out more about your host and her own writing and adventures: https://sarahleamy.com

To read the cartoon version of my experiences as a campground host, get a copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Camphost-Diaries-Sarah-Leamy/dp/B0DFTRQJPP

Excuse the reference to episode numbers as I've since edited out to make a more concise set of stories for you. Cheers.