It Started With One Step

Katherine Connor and friend                                                           Peggy Dyer

National Geographic Traveler's picks for its 2013 Travelers of the Year include the American author of The Volunteer Traveler's Handbook, an Englishwoman who founded an elephant sanctuary in Thailand, and a young Australian family that is spending the year driving through Africa (slideshow, links to interviews): http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/travelers-of-the-year-2013/photos/
   Back on the home front, a travel blogger helps underserved girls ~ and now families ~ get their first passport. "I think travel should be available to everyone, particularly children," she says. "The sooner they explore, the better for the world": http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/travelers-of-the-year-2013/tracey-friley/