| The definition of Armchair Travel is 'to participate | | | | gain information to other places. It can be |
| or experience indirectly or vicariously'. (Vicariously | | | | streamed into one's living room and the |
| means taking the place of another). In other | | | | opportunity to travel to places of interest is now |
| words, from the comfort of an armchair we | | | | affordable for a great majority of people. |
| indirectly participate in the experiences of | | | | Such are the changing ways of life today. |
| someone else. | | | | Armchair travel though, has an element of |
| Armchair Travel - how many of us remember | | | | comfort about it. It is not called 'wooden bench |
| the pleasure we derived from paging through the | | | | travel' or 'wooden chair travel' or 'wooden plank |
| National Geographic, viewing photos of places we | | | | travel.' There's this nuance of relaxation and |
| would never get the chance to see, or reading | | | | comfort. |
| about life elsewhere and enjoying the stimulation | | | | So it is with Armchair fishing. Here comfort is |
| of new sights and unusual shenanigans of others. | | | | taken to the ultimate height. The inflatable Float |
| How many people read the tales written by | | | | Tubes, for all of them at the present time are |
| authors like William Dalrympole and James | | | | inflatable Float Tubes, fill out to look exactly like |
| Michener, authors whose work revealed life, the | | | | armchairs with their comfortable arm rests and |
| odd, the highs, the lows, the marvels of lives lived | | | | padded backs. But how can a craft so luxuriously |
| in places our own feet were unlikely to touch. | | | | stress-free be operated? The designers have |
| Both men left legacies for writers of the future, | | | | thought of that. |
| notably Mitcheners Centre for Writers. | | | | Navigation and tracking are issues which have |
| However, the point is, the audience for this type | | | | been considered and are built in to the design. For |
| of information imparting has grown a lot smaller. | | | | more details about this, visit the site to read the |
| TV channels, broadcasting, but most of all air | | | | information. |
| travel, and in the last 30 years or so - budget air | | | | Here is an opportunity to enjoy your own |
| travel - has changed all that. | | | | armchair fishing experience from your own Float |
| Take a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, for example. A | | | | Tube. No need to hear about it second hand, |
| once in a lifetime concept for Jews or Christians | | | | from the experiences of another. |
| (if they were fortunate, that is). Now over 8 | | | | Of course, some of them are more expensive |
| million make the pilgrimage each year. Before that, | | | | than others, but for a start, they are inexpensive, |
| it was prayer, meditation, heightened imagination, | | | | innovative, comfortable and fun. |
| joining with others of like mind to remember and | | | | Bucks Bags have the 'Teton Inflatable' and the |
| talk about past wonders, reading about and | | | | 'Float Tube' for under $100, and Creek Company |
| following in the footsteps of Jesus or the | | | | have the 'Round Boat Tube' for under $100. |
| Prophets. | | | | For more details about these and others go to |
| One no longer needs to read much in order to | | | | the website below. |