{"id":52,"date":"2025-03-03T19:11:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T02:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelswithbruin.com\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2026-01-06T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:22:09","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/travelswithbruin.com\/?page_id=52","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hi, I\u2019m Robert Cooke. By sharing my travel experiences and photography, I hope to encourage you to explore, and engage with our fascinating and diverse world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The website title is a play on one of my favorite travel audiobooks, John Steinbeck\u2019s Travels with Charley: In Search of America<\/em>. The book describes his adventures across America in a camper truck with his poodle, Charley. I similarly love traveling in my Land Cruiser with my companion Bruin, a Norfolk Terrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m fortunate to have visited many wonderful places, but apart from a few trip reports for a mountain club, I haven\u2019t recorded them. I am correcting this by writing these blog articles to document my travel and share what I learn from the various experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I welcome feedback to improve both my photography and writing, please send me your thoughts on how I can do better. Suggestions for places to visit are appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blog articles do not provide specific location details as it is generally easy to find the information on the web, and the secret locations should stay that way. But I will be happy to provide more information directly via email when I understand your travel goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please subscribe to the website on the Contact page<\/mark><\/a> to receive quarterly emails with links to recent articles and updates on my travels. I will appreciate you sharing the site link with people who may be interested in the content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rob <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robert and Bruin, image by Gil Barroso, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Hi, I\u2019m Robert Cooke. By sharing my travel experiences and photography, I hope to encourage you to explore, and engage with our fascinating and diverse world. The website title is a play on one of my favorite travel audiobooks, John Steinbeck\u2019s Travels with Charley: In Search of America. The book …<\/p>\n

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