Tom and Kristi Manus are freelance travel writers who find the next road trip irresistible, whether in the United States or anywhere else. They thoroughly enjoy exploring culture, history, and nature by road trips on backroads and two-lane highways. Tom and Kristi believe spontaneous travel without agendas leads to extraordinary experiences. For example, a peaceful picnic lunch alone with a grazing elk herd inside Glacier National Park, discovering a path only known to locals resulting in an experience alone on an Iceland glacier, and arriving as the season’s first hikers to a lake below Maine’s Mt Katahdin, then watching scores of moose meander to the lake. Along with international travel, Tom and Kristi have visited 48 states, with only Hawaii and the elusive Rhode Island remaining. They recently moved back to their home state of Wisconsin after living across the United States for over twenty years. Tom and Kristi are the authors of Secret Wisconsin by Reedy Press, which will be published in the fall of 2023. They are members of the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA), the Midwest Travel Network, and TravMedia. Along with various publications, they write for Travel Awaits, Food Wine Travel Magazine, and their website smalltownplussize.com