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Meet Cheri

Cheri is a little bit hotel.

headshot of Cheri Bywater

In 1998 when Jody (husband/dad)  took a travel-heavy job, the children (4 of them!) were 0-6 years old. We followed him around like a pack of groupies.

Cheri discovered the joy of a clean hotel room and en-suite bathroom and never looked back.

As fans of Rick Steve’s Europe Through the Backdoor, we took up the challenge of treating every town like a dream trip to an exotic location.

Even the smallest podunk place offers something interesting.

Over the years, we’ve shared some amazing experiences as a family – Poland, Berlin, Hawaii…From Disneyland to the battlefields of the Civil War…Road trips across the American West and every corner of the Pacific Northwest.

Today the kids are grown and traversing the globe on their own – to Nicaragua, Honduras, Jordan, China…

Growing up in a traveling family built a love for the diversity of people in our world – their history, art, and culture.

And Jody and Cheri?

They are reveling in travel as empty nesters.

Jody Bywater and Cheri Bywater sitting on the bench in a park

Cheri and Jody (aka. mom and dad)

As an Enneagram Seven, Cheri has a travel bucket list longer than she is tall!

Cheri’s travel bucket lists

Places to go

 Every country in Europe

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Every state in the USA

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, 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

Visit every attraction in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia.

Other countries

Canada – Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Sunshine Coast, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Montreal

Thailand

Vietnam

Argentina

Costa Rica

Australia

Iceland

Israel

Other 

Road Trip – Hwy 101 from Washington to California

Alaskan Cruise

Experiences to have


Places I want to sleep

Hearst’s Castle, CA – spend the night

Spend the night on a tall ship

Underwater hotel

Ice hotel

Sleep in a treehouse

Sleep in a lighthouse

Stay on a private island

Sleep in a castle – bonus points if it’s a turret

House swap

Sleep on the beach

Stay in a historic lodge – especially in a National Park

Stay in a fire lookout

 


Transportation to experience

Submarine ride

Segway tour

Float a river

Ride a Tuk Tuk

Ride an elephant

Ride a camel

Go to the airport and take a random flight

Hot air balloon ride

Cruise ship

Helicopter

Glass bottom boat

Subway

Lightrail

Monorail

Gondola (in the air)

Gondola (on water)

Fly first class

Horse and carriage ride in a major city

Rent a Mini Cooper on a trip

Ride a cable car/trolley

Take a trip on a train (2-3 nights)

Ride a double-decker bus

Riverboat cruise

 

Physical things to try

Snowshoe

Backpack for ONE night (I said ONE night, family!)

Flamenco dance lessons

Hula dance lessons

Salsa dance lessons

Human hamster ball

Trampoline house

Water park – a big one

Kayak experience – w/o being scared

Stand-up paddleboarding – and actually stand up!

Sand sledding/surfing

Snorkel w/o getting water up my nose

Whitewater rafting

Zip-lining

Cross-country skiing

Walking tour – a long one, probably in England’s Lake District

Bike tour

Explore more caves – I need to define this goal

Walk across all of Portland’s bridges (on the Willamette)

Ice skate in another country

See the world’s most beautiful libraries (thank you to Thibaud Poirier for this idea @tibman); Dublin’s Trinity College Library – Germany’s City Library of Stuttgart – Berlin’s Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Center – Rome’s Casanatense Library – Paris National Library of France – Portugal’s Joanina Library in Coimbra.

 

Food experiences

Molecular gastronomy dinner

Eat at Chez Panisse, California

Eat at a medieval theme restaurant

Dim Sum in Chinatown

Try a martini

Cooking school in another country (probably France or Italy)

New England clam bake

Attend a traditional tea ceremony

Eat a softshell crab sandwich

 

Ways to be entertained

Shakespeare Festival – Ashland, OR

Murder mystery on a train

Renaissance festival

Attend a rugby match

See Stomp

See an opera in Europe

Ride every ride at Disneyworld, Florida

Ride every ride at Disneyland, California

See Cirque de Soleil

Attend a TED event

Attend a music festival – jazz or classical

See a show on Broadway, NY

See Blue Man Group in Las Vegas

 

Random things I want to try

Throw water in the air and see it freeze

Attend a poetry reading in a coffee house

Be in a flash mob

Use a metal detector on the beach (w/o the white knee socks and sandals)

Try on a suit of armor

Ride a mattress down the stairs (too much Princess Diaries?)

Do karaoke

Mud bath – preferably in a spa

Play bingo in a Community Center

Pinball in an arcade

Pan for gold

Celebrate my birthday in another country

Host a couch-surfer

Luxury experiences – just to see if they’re all they appear to be…for research…

Spend a week at a spa

Attend a black-tie gala

Attend a film premiere

Get picked up by a limo

Luxury cruise

Attend a Nobel Prize Ceremony

Order room service in a fancy hotel

Afternoon tea at a fancy hotel

Attend a gallery opening – the kind where the champagne is free

Meet a world leader

Dubai

Geeky travel-ish learning 

Cook a meal from every country

Learn about European art

Draw the world from memory

Attend a language camp

Speak French

Speak Spanish

Speak Croatian

Speak Portuguese

Speak Italian

Speak Dutch

Speak Swedish

Host exchange students

Attend a blog/social media conference

Go on a press trip

Learn to take excellent travel photos

Keep a travel journal/scrapbook

Make a travel smash book

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