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Top 5 reasons you should do a Quest Retreat
Adventures for Nerds Group tours — done right! I know I know. The idea of a “group tour” makes you think of old people in weird sun protective hats shuffling from one tourist trap to another. Or perhaps it brings up decidedly unglamorous mental pictures of...![On being a Nerd](https://www.questretreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/julian-mama-july-2011-copy.jpg)
On being a Nerd
I am a nerd. I am very very proud of being a part of such a vibrant, exciting, intelligent, awesome community of lovely, funny people. I have had the great good fortune of traveling all over the world signing autographs, speaking in large halls and tiny pubs, meeting...![Luck and Leaps](https://www.questretreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Stunt-Pat-1080x675.jpg)
Luck and Leaps
by Patricia Tallman I’m in tears. I leave for Africa in two days. I cannot believe this is my life. I have been asking my higher power to help me to find my way to a point like this. A place where I am overcome with gratitude that my life is the adventure of my...![Accessing the Power of Gratitude](https://www.questretreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/smile-at-rick.png)
Accessing the Power of Gratitude
by Patricia Tallman I just wanted to crawl into a hole. If he said one more thing I was going to snap. Why can’t my son just do the one thing I asked him? I feel like such a bitch. Everything is so freaking hard. I realized I was back in that scary miserable place of...![The Springtime Adventures of Pat and Claudia](https://www.questretreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/FullSizeRender1-1-1080x675.jpg)