The contract is signed, so it should be safe to let you know about this travel opportunity: I have a gig lined up this August to lead two trips for the Road Scholar Program along Lake Superior. I learned about the job from an email forwarded by a friend who knows about my outdoorsy and traveling nature.
Road Scholar is a nonprofit travel organization designed to inspire older adults to learn, discover and travel. Their learning adventures “engage expert instructors, provide extraordinary access, and stimulate discourse and friendship among people for whom learning is the journey of a lifetime.”
These Lake Superior trips are based in Superior, Wisconsin. Travelers will learn about the history of the Twin Ports (Superior and Duluth) and enjoy field trips to historical sites and presentations by local Indigenous elders and historians. Experience hands-on learning, explore the aquatic creatures of the Brule River State Forest and surrounding natural wonders through canoeing and hiking.
There are a few spots left for the two trips I’m leading in August. If you’re over 50, have $2,000 lying around, and want to spend six days meandering with me, consider signing up! It’s rated as a vigorous trip, so you’d need to be in shape. You can learn more at this link: A Superior Exploration: Lake Superior’s History & Ecology. [UPDATE: The 2026 trips are all sold out now!]
I can’t wait to share my love of Lake Superior with fellow travelers.
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Congrats. I’m currently on a Road Scholar trip to Italy. I highly recommend the company. Hope you get a full house for the tours. It was called Elderhostel back in the day.
Hi Marie. I’m glad to hear you have a good opinion of Road Scholar. I hope you’re not too hot in Italy! We left France just before the heatwave hit.
My parents took many Elderhostel trips, so I was aware of the name change. If they were still alive, they would heartily approve of my new trip leader gig.
What a great idea, and must be so rewarding 😀
We’ll see how it all works out. This is a first for me.
I think you’ll love it, people can be so appreciative when you’re guiding them 😀 Can’t wait to read how it went!
This is a wonderful opportunity for you and interested parties. I’m sure you will have many people sign up.
Hi Swabby! It took me only a nanosecond to decide to apply for the job, I was so excited by it. The trip we just returned from in France was also a Road Scholar trip, so, as it turned out, I received a good introduction to the organization that way.
Splendid! I’m glad everything dovetailed together.
We enjoyed meeting you and Russ in France. Best of luck with your Group Leader role. I know you will bring great depth and appreciation of the Lake Superior area to the participants.
And we enjoyed meeting you and Dave! Thanks for signing up for my blog and for your trip-leading wishes. Hope you had a good trip back home.
What a super initiative! Do let us know how it goes – obviously with respect for the participants.
Hi Helen, I’m sure the experience will make it into my blog somehow . . .
Sounds wonderful! I’ll bet you have fun, too.
Getting paid to travel . . . ah yes!
How wondereful!
I e always wanted to see the Great Lakes.
this sounds awesome, i don’t qualify but give me a few years…
I highly recommend the program!
Thanks
Congratulations!
Thanks, Vickie! August is going to be busy…
I have read about the program. Sounds like a wonderful job for you, Marie! Yay!
I’m looking forward to the experience. It sounds like I’ll have a good backup staff to help, so that takes a lot of the anxiety off my shoulders.
I can’t wait to hear about it!