Imaginary Road Trip ( #AtoZChallenge )

  I stare at a map tracing my finger along the road--a road which I have traveled before. Now, that journey is in my mind, in the depths of imagination and memory.  In my dreams I travel roads of my memory; in my memory I dream of my travels.



Imaginary Road Trip

           Imaginary road trips make for some of the most economical of traveling experiences.  You don't have to worry about gas or wear and tear on a vehicle.  You never have to leave the comfort of your own home.  It's a lazy way to travel.  You don't get the same impact either.  But when it's what you have at the moment and enjoy putting your mind to work then imagination can take you wherever you want to go.

         Not only where but when as well.  The mind is the only real time travel device that I know of.  Slip inside and you can relive travels of your past.  Look at the map.  Do you remember that place?  Or that place?

        The road has been my addiction.  If I'm not on it, rolling down some expanse of roadway, I start to feel that lure--that attraction that draws me to travel.  Or to dream of travel.  Or to escape on an imaginary road trip.

        I'm not sure where that road might be going in the more immediate sense.  But I'm in this life for the long run.  Or at least the longest run that this life will let me have.

       In the meantime, it's up to me to make the most of the journey. 

 
        Do you ever take an imaginary road trip?  What stirs your thoughts to dreams of travel?   Do you keep photo albums or scrapbooks of past travel experiences?   

Imagination (Elements of Blogging) #AtoZChallenge

        Imagination can be found on most blogs, but a blog can focus on imagination as well.  Blog topics designed to develop greater creativity might include prompts as well as tips on strengthening the power of the mind.   Some bloggers might use their sites as a showcase for sharing their own imaginative creations with the world.

         A blog is an ideal forum for brainstorming and developing ideas, innovations, or inventions. The input we receive from others can put our ideas to the test.   We can provide inspiration to others as well as receive inspiration to continue to be motivated in what we are working to achieve.   The support we can receive from blogging friends and associates can be something that we might have a difficult time finding from our friends and families.

          Do you find it easier to express your imagination on your blog than with the people in your daily life?    Have you ever developed an idea that started on your blog and was helped along by others who had read what you had written about that idea?     Can you think of some other blogging elements that start with the letter "I"?