Episodes
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010 – Chandler’s Book, “The Best Coast”
Chandler O’Leary loves to travel. She has a travel blog, a travel podcast (you’re listening to it), and now a travel book! Her book, “The Best Coast,” is an illustrated atlas of the west coast that follows historic highways and roadside attractions. And it is flat out amazing. (Chandler would…
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009 – Chandler’s Epic Road Trip PART 2
Part 2 of Chandler’s epic road trip continues with a completely different route home from New Orleans. She talks about her visit to Graceland, Antelope Canyon, and driving the Loneliest Road in America. Antelope Canyon White Sands, New Mexico Your Hosts Chandler O’Leary Mary Holste
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008 – Chandler’s Epic Road Trip PART 1
Chandler completed an epic road trip from Washington State to New Orleans and stopped at many fascinating places along the way. 24 days and 18 states later, she shares tales from her driving adventure. We’ve divided the trip into two episodes. Part 1 focuses on the route to New Orleans and Part 2...
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007 — Travel Blogger Marsha Samuel
After a bit of a hiatus, we’re back! We were thrilled to get to sit down with Marsha Samuel, author of Wanderlust for One, a travel blog focused on solo travel. Having visited 30 states and 6 countries, Marsha considers herself the Patron Saint of Small Towns and Second Cities. She shares her…
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006 — Papua New Guinea
(l to r) Mary, Chandler, and Penny For years, Mary has been trying to piece together the 1987 trip she took as an 8-year-old to Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. Penny Holste (aka Mary’s mom) joins us on the episode to try to fill in the gaps and give context to some of Mary’s blurry...
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005 — The Sketchbook Chronicles
Fans of Chandler O’Leary’s work will definitely want to tune in to this episode! We delve into Chandler’s sketchbook series, chronicled on her travel blog Drawn the Road Again. We learn how the blog got its start and how it has impacted the rest of her work. Chandler describes her travel…
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004 — Island Time
In this episode, hosts Chandler O’Leary and Mary Holste discuss their many island adventures. Locations mentioned include: the San Juan Islands, Vashon Island, Madeline Island on Lake Superior, Mont Saint-Michel, South Bay Island, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton Island and Meat Cove, Scottish...
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003—Paris, je t’aime
In this episode, hosts Chandler O’Leary and Mary Holste discuss the City of Light. Topics including the Eiffel Tower, Sainte-Chapelle, the Museum of the Middle Ages, the Lady and the Unicorn, the Archeological Crypt, catacombs and ossuary, Museum of the Decorative Arts in Paris (and elsewhere),...
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002—Solo travel vs companion travel
In this episode, hosts Chandler O’Leary and Mary Holste discuss the differences between solo travel and traveling with a companion or a group of companions. Topics and locations discussed include Chandler’s dislike of group tours, Victoria’s Butchart Gardens, tours in Israel, the Neon Boneyard in...
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001—Why we travel
In this introductory episode to the Miss Adventure podcast, hosts Chandler O’Leary and Mary Holste discuss why they travel. Topics and locations discussed include Chandler’s travel sketchbooks, her work on her West Coast Atlas (due in 2019), day trips to Seattle, Orcas Island, active recovery,...