Our upcoming travels in the Baltic region will take me to my 77th through 80th countries. I started blogging about my extended adventures in early 2010.  When not exploring interesting places at home and abroad, I’m usually writing, raising puppies for Canine Companions for Independence, working with the Galactic Association of Intelligent Life, volunteering for Women’s Empowerment International and Friends of Bonobos, gardening, reading, studying other languages, or otherwise engaged. Steve Wolfe has been my constant traveling companion (and inspiration) for more than 48 years.

It looks like we’ve covered a lot of ground. But that’s only about a third of the world’s total countries…