
2022 Travel Resolutions
01/08/22 • 42 min
On this week’s episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan and Ryan each share 3 travel-related New Year’s resolutions in reverse order of ambition. Plus, an analysis of a new Rick Steves’s interview about the Great Europeans Outdoors!
Things we talked about in today’s podcast:
“How Rick Steves Got Hooked on Hiking” in Outside Magazine
National capitals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_capitals
New River Gorge
https://www.nps.gov/neri/index.htm
Jonglez “Secret” guides
https://jonglezpublishing.com/product-category/secret-guides/
“Unsettling Truth about the ‘Mostly Harmless’ Hiker” in WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/unsettling-truth-mostly-harmless-hiker/
“Pompeii Still Has Buried Secrets” in the New Yorker
On this week’s episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan and Ryan each share 3 travel-related New Year’s resolutions in reverse order of ambition. Plus, an analysis of a new Rick Steves’s interview about the Great Europeans Outdoors!
Things we talked about in today’s podcast:
“How Rick Steves Got Hooked on Hiking” in Outside Magazine
National capitals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_capitals
New River Gorge
https://www.nps.gov/neri/index.htm
Jonglez “Secret” guides
https://jonglezpublishing.com/product-category/secret-guides/
“Unsettling Truth about the ‘Mostly Harmless’ Hiker” in WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/unsettling-truth-mostly-harmless-hiker/
“Pompeii Still Has Buried Secrets” in the New Yorker
Previous Episode

Christmas Spectacular Four
On this year’s Christmas Spectacular episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan and Ryan make themselves merry exploring Victorian Christmas traditions, why pet dogs get stockings and pet cats don’t, and whether fireplaces are integral to Christmas celebrations. Plus, Ryan talks about two Hudson River Valley historic home tours and the boys wrap things up with their annual Ugly Christmas Ornament Exchange.
Things we talked about in today’s podcast:
Glenview Historic Home
Armour-Stiner Octagon House
Tomie DePaola’s Christmas Tree Book
https://www.amazon.com/Tomie-dePaolas-Christmas-Tree-Book/dp/0823442381
Rent’s “Christmas Bells”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nVcUkol3Eg
Banu Gibson’s “I’d Like to Hitch a Ride with Santa Claus”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZBpJOd9iY4
Ryan’s ornament
Kiernan’s ornament
Next Episode

Traveling to See Wildlife
On this week’s episode of Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan offers some hard-won tips on how to increase your chances of seeing wildlife when traveling to wild places—and how to mitigate your disappointment if you don’t get to spot that elusive bear, moose, or gorilla. Be forewarned: somehow it boils down to taking an interest in poop.
Things we talked about in today’s podcast:
Sample National Park Wildlife List
https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/nature/upload/Mammal-Checklist-2016-web.pdf
Illinois Woman Charged in Yellowstone
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/211007.htm
“The Rescue” Documentary
https://films.nationalgeographic.com/the-rescue
Wilderness Press “Walking” Series
https://shop.adventurewithkeen.com/?s=walking&post_type=product
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