Terrell's Travel Journals

I travel as much as a bookseller's salary will allow and, since I like to write, I've kept journals of my trips from the last several years. I'll be adding to this list as I get my handwritten journals typed up.

• I've been lucky enough to be able to travel to Turkey the last three years with Meli Seval of Melitour. In 2004 I did the trip that most people start with. We began in Istanbul, then traveled by train to Ankara where we picked up our private mini bus and driver. We visited Cappadocia, Konya, Antalya on the Mediterranean coast, Pamukkale, and Ephesus, winding up in Kuşadası.

• In 2005 we went to the areas that used to be off limits to travelers in Southeastern and Eastern Turkey. We had a wonderful time seeing Antakya, Gaziantep, Marden, and Şanliurfa, climbing Mt. Nemrud to see the giant stone heads and watching the sun rise on Mt. Ararat.

• In 2006 I started my travels with a few days in London, then I moved up to Scotland for a week traveling with a brother and his family, and then I flew down to Italy visiting with my niece in Tuscany and spending a day in Venice before continuing on to Turkey to join my Melitour group. We started with the Eastern Black Sea coast, visiting Sumela Monastery near Trabzon and spending time in a yayla before heading south to visit Erzurum, Kars, Doğubayazit, and Lake Van. You can read the group journal where each tour member kept the journal for a day  or you can read my personal journal.

• In the spring of 2007 I drove from Seattle via Portland, Salt Lake City, the Four Corner's region and Taos on my way to Dallas. A little family in Portland, a little genealogy in Salt Lake City, a little hiking in Arches National Park and a little snow near Taos made it a great road trip.