Lynn raised $4000 and biked 3,682 miles from Virginia Beach, VA to Canon Beach, OR with 26 people ages 18 to 25. Bike & Build (www.bikeandbuild.org) organizes cross country trips to benefit affordable housing projects.

I found loads of great seasonal jobs on www.coolworks.com and applied for and accepted a summer position as the breakfast/lunch cook at Stehekin Valley Ranch in Stehekin, WA, a wilderness recreation area accessible only by air, foot or water.
What an adventure!

• IMMERSION TRAVELER, adventurer, writer and educator home-based in Weston, CT, Sheryl Kayne travels extensively throughout the USA researching for this website and future Immersion Travel books
• SYNDICATED COLUMNIST -- IMMERSION TRAVELER: STEP OUT OF YOUR LIFE TO MAKE GREAT ADVENTURES HAPPEN, daily, weekly, monthly & bi-monthly columns
• RADIO & TV PERSONALITY & PERFORMER – Camera trained, radio and television personality and seasoned performer. Sheryl will inform & entertain your organization with her inspirational and motivational Immersion Travel know-how
• TRAVEL WORKSHOP FACILITATOR & TRAVEL CONSULTANT
• AUTHOR

BEST IMMERSION TRAVEL USA (Countryman Press, 2008)

QUEEN OF THE KISSES (Greene Bark Press, 1995)

QUEEN OF THE KISSES MEETS SAM UNDER A SOUP POT (Greene Bark Press, 1996)

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How I Became an Immersion Traveler

Staring at the wall map in my 7th grade Geography class I noticed roads leading from where I was in Fredericksburg, Virginia, all the way up and over to Alaska, practically next door to Russia.

“I can drive to Alaska!” I blurted out in class.

“Yes you can!” said the teacher, “but first you’ll need a driver’s license.”

The laughter did not dissuade me from my plan. My father was a traveling salesman and I was very used to car travel. I accompanied him on his sales calls to jewelry stores around the southern states to sell his watchband and earrings lines. I loved meeting people up close and personal, making friends in every town.

Even then I knew the joy of traveling was in getting to know the people, place and particulars of where I visited. I was thrilled when the time finally came for me to drive the 4,664 miles to Alaska by myself in my six year old Toyota Corolla to take a summer job as an Oral Interpreter south of Denali National Park.

My accomplishment of driving myself to Alaska and working there for four and a half months convinced me that Immersion Travel is the only way to go. Next month I’ll be driving to Florida to volunteer my time as the writer in residence in the Everglades National Park.

I’ve discovered the way to incorporate great adventures into my life and what I’ve learned will help you do it too. There’s no better way to travel the United States, and the world, than Immersion Travel -- becoming part of where you go through volunteering, working and learning.