# @squirrelmusttravel on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C14zGHqxM25
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10604604-squirrelmusttravel-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-01-09T17:13:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Evan & Angela Miller / Adventure Travel (@squirrelmusttravel) — https://gondola.cc/squirrelmusttravel

## Caption

Why we decided, last minute, to make a Galapagos dream trip come true 🥹.

As some of you know, the last few months of 2023 were filled with heartache. We fought tirelessly alongside Evan’s Dad, as he battled an unexpected and unknown illness.

By early November the doctors had given up hope, and we slept in the hospital alongside him until his finale moments 💔. 

And in those moments we fully grasped life’s fragility 🙏. 

After, we decided that we needed an escape, and to be in a place where we could reflect, grieve, and cultivate gratitude for all the time we had with him.

Tbh Galápagos Islands hadn’t been on our bucket lists— they seemed SO remote, TOO expensive, and just unattainable. 

But when we searched Google Flights—adding dates for the following month, and selecting ‘Anywhere’ as the destination— up popped Ecuador. Surprisingly inexpensive over the holidays 🇪🇨. 

And, of course, just off the coast of Ecuador, we spotted the Galápagos Islands 🏝️. We booked the flights and researched later. Discovering how to make this last minute trip super affordable, even adding 2 weeks on the mainland (we’ll share how, soon 👍). 

What we found was wide open spaces to reflect, moments filled with gratitude, and opportunities to remember our many good times together. And we know that’s what he’d have wanted 🫶. 

If you’re grieving, remember that there’s no one-size-fits all approach. Give yourself time to feel, reflect, and find activities that bring comfort ♥️. 

And what we learned—
It’s ok to find joy and smile, bc we’re so grateful to be living. 

Do you agree that travel is therapeutic? 

🫶 squirrelmusttravel 

#travelandlife #traveltogether #traveltheworld #galapagos #galapagosislands #exploretheglobe

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traveltheworld, travelandlife, galapagos, galapagosislands, traveltogether, exploretheglobe

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