Families spend up to months or even years planning a single trip that will last only a few days.  Sure, finding an acceptable time in between school schedules and extracurriculars can seem impossible, but somewhere between stressing over flight prices and planning your itinerary down to the minute stands the opportunity to travel somewhere on a whim, leading a traveler into more valuable experiences — the question of “What next?”  As I sit in a circle of over fifty third graders, playing “Down By the Banks” during the little Lancer Dancer clinic about a week ago, my mom approaches me.  To read more, click the link in bio. #storybylylaweeks #socialmediabylylaweeks