We like learning about local culture, visiting local restaurants & farmer's markets, walking, hiking, and watching birds, and cycling in different areas (but of course)! We rarely travel more than one time zone at a time. On road trips, which is mostly what we do, we do short days and spend 2-3 days in each town/city, usually, if not a week or a month, so one time zone at a time. And where we are in Mexico is either 0 or 1 hour off from Eastern time, depending on the time of year. So I do get that. I feel icky when crossing more than one time zone too.

The last time we flew back east from Hawaii, I started having visual anomalies that next morning (after pretty much losing a full night of sleep traveling), and I was only 30 then! All was cured with a good night's sleep, but I had to take an extra day off work I felt so "off" and didn't even trust myself to drive. I can only imagine how well I'd do in my 50s. I decided after that trip that I'd prefer island destinations closer to home, so when we have gone to the tropics since, it's been the Caribbean.

Having lived in NC most of my life, over the pat few years I have been surprised to learn what a nomadic subculture there actually is out there. In addition to the obvious (RVers and sailboat cruisers), when we moved to Belize, we learned about other couples and families who were moving around nomadically with no set home base. We met two couples there who were living this lifestyle, which was all new to us. One couple moves to a different place every three months (they're now in Malta), and the other stays from 6 months to 2 years in any one place (they're now in Bali). And meeting them opened our eyes to how many others are doing just that -- from digital workers in their 20s to retirees. There are a ton of blogs written by these various nomads.

Since we have a dog, it's much harder to travel internationally, and thus we've limited our travels to within the US, plus Belize and Mexico so far, both of which are easy to take a dog in and out of. Most of the nomads we know of are traveling without pets unless they are doing it in an RV.

Crankin, I don't think there's a thing wrong with you for wanting to limit your travels to 1-2 vacations a year. I think most people feel just like you: they are ready for the comforts of home after being away for awhile. We're the odd balls -- not you!