Brittany went on her first hike at six weeks old. She doesn’t remember riding in a baby sling, but she does remember all the backpacking trips her dad took the family on over the years.

Hiking stuck. Today she loves nothing more than exploring the wilds with her husband, JJ.

In fact, they are more comfortable boondocking in their station wagon than staying at a resort. You’ll find their posts on hiking, backpacking, and all things outdoors, just the ticket to get you out and about.

As an Enneagram Six, Brittany knows how to plan for every situation!

And JJ, as an Enneagram Seven, keeps us trying new things and meeting more strangers than some of us think we want to.

Besides her work on Jaunty Everywhere, Brittany is a fiber artist.

You can find her at TextileIndie.com and on her YouTube channel Textile Indie.

Brittany and JJ’s travel bucket list

 Places to go

 USA- Visit Every State

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

North America

Canada- Alberta, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and see the house that L.M. Montgomery wrote about in the Anne of Green Gables books

Europe

United Kingdom, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Germany, France, Switzerland, Slovakia, Italy, Iceland, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Albania, Spain, Cyprus, Austria, Turkey

Oceania

Australia, New Zealand

Central / South America

Mexico, Argentina, Columbia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador

Asia

Thailand, India, Indonesia, Singapore

Middle East

Israel, Lebanon

Africa

Morocco, Egypt, South Africa, Lesotho

Adventures to have

Hikes and backpacking

Hike the Napali Coast

Hike in Glacier National Park

Backpack around the British Cotswolds

Backpack in Patagonia, watch the sunrise

Backpack the Wonderland Trail around Mt Rainier

Backpack the Appalachian Trail, USA

Hike around Yosemite National Park

Backpack the Pacific Crest Trail

Backpack in the Himalayan Mountains

Physical adventures and challenges

Kayak the Napali Coast

Learn to surf and go surfing somewhere tropical

Go snow backpacking for more than one night

Climb Pikes Peak

Live in a foreign country for a year

Experiences to have

Places to sleep

Stay in a hostel in Europe

Stay in a treehouse

In a hotel with an in-room Jacuzzi tub

Spend the night at a Hobbit hole replica

At a historic bed and breakfast

On a boat

In my car on a road trip

In a castle

On a train

Activities to do

Go on a glass-bottom boat tour on a tropical reef

Visit the Sydney Opera House

Go to a masquerade ball

Learn to swing dance

Speak Spanish

Take a sleeper train ride across Europe

Take a wilderness survival course

Performances and Shows

Go to a professional opera

Go to a Broadway show at the Broadway Theatre in NY

See a show at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

Attend a Cape Breton music performance in Cape Breton

Experience a Civil War (USA) reenactment

Go to a music jam in Ireland at a pub

History nerd stuff

Explore Plymouth Plantation

See the Statue of Liberty

Find my family name in the records at Ellis Island

Visit the Louvre

Victoria and Albert Museum

Black Forest Open Air Museum in Germany

Rome – visit the Roman ruins and historic landmarks

See Stonehenge

Visit the Battlefields of the US Civil War

Road trip along the Lewis and Clark trail

Textile artist things

Learn an ethnic craft in each country I visit

Spend a week taking classes at a folk art school

Food and entertainment

Learn to cook a dish from every country or region I visit

Visit all McMenamins and complete the Passport

Eat a bug of some sort

Try real Italian food from a restaurant in Italy

Go to a pastry shop in France and eat a pastry

Purchase elements for a meal in a European market, like the locals

Try alligator meat

Share a meal with a local family in a foreign country

Go to a fancy multi-course restaurant