Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel Show, broadcasting live from the historic Homestead Inn in Twentynine Palms, California, gateway to Joshua Tree National Park.

This episode features traveler and author Tom Mattson who discusses his global adventures and new book, “The Other Worlds: Offbeat Adventures of a Curious Traveler. “ From Japan to London, and Cuba to Guatemala, his enthralling accounts of his days traveling the world allow readers to experience new cultures and meet new people, discovering that we are, at our core, all alike in some way or another. The book will bring back fond memories for those who have traveled and will invite others to pack a suitcase and head out on their own adventures. You can read a portion of "The Other Worlds" on Text Cafe.

Featured music is “Traveler” By the Walk-A-Bout Band.