 We all want to retain our youth, and in our travels, we have found the top 3 ways that travel will keep you young.
 As our readers know, Sandra and I are a couple of “Boomers” who love to travel around Florida. And in our adventures, we’ve found that a lot of what makes our trips so much fun and exciting, also keeps us young.
1. Keeping Your Mind Active
 When we go different places, there are a lot of decisions that need to be made. Where are we going to stay, where will we dine, what points of interest do we want to experience? All of those are just the start of things that we must ponder both while we are visiting and while we’re traveling to and from our destinations.
On more than one occasion, we have seen a place that looks interesting. This may call for “a legal U-turn” as our GPS says, for a circle round to get a better look. Some of our most interesting finds have come from just spotting places as we drove by.
  Other times, there are places we have wanted to go, but could not. Perhaps they were closed, or maybe the weather did not cooperate. In any event, we had to make quick decisions on what to do instead.
  The point is, traveling has kept our minds sharp. We are always looking and always discussing what we want to do next. This is the kind of thing that helps us stay young and active.
  Moreover, travel has made us more organized. Check our picnic basket and travel basket.
2. Physically Active
  Active? Yes! Both mentally and physically. Traveling has taken us many places where we get to walk around. Maybe it’s a museum, perhaps a botanical garden. On some occasions we have walked an entire downtown area. And while we are out, we may have picked up a few souvenirs to carry around.
  This is the kind of physical exercise that is so coupled with fun, we barely notice it is exercise.  I can tell you that more than once Sandra and I have taken long walks on the beach. We have enjoyed sun rises, sunsets, wildlife, fisherfolks, kids in the water and all manner of boat traffic while we listened to the sounds of the surf and got some great exercise.
  My wife will be the first to tell you that walking without your shoes on the beach is great foot therapy.
3. The Chill Factor
  In fact, travel is great therapy, inasmuch as it relieves stress. In the past, we’ve said that “we take our fun with us.” That means we can make the best of any situation. The weather is not always ideal, but there are ways around that. One of my favorites was the time we were held captive in our room by a major thunderstorm, and we had a picnic on our king sized bed in the motel room.
  And yes, getting away with your love adds romance to your life. And if romance does not keep you young, we don’t know what will. Sandra and I have attended street dances, watched rocket launches, enjoyed street fairs and other events arm-in-arm. It is a wonderful way not to be old and sedentary.
   So, how does travel keep one young? It keeps the mind active with new sights, sounds, and gathering new information.  and it keeps one’s body active as new places are explored and enjoyed.  Travel relieves stress while it burns calories. Finding fun new places breaks the monotony and adds romance to one’s life.
  In the end, travel helps to keep us young – and what a fun way to do it.
