Host of JUMP with Traveling Jackie - awarded Best Travel Podcast of 2025 by iHeartRadio - and founder of JUMP Adventures - inviting you on epic adventures to Patagonia and beyond. Join Jackie behind the scenes for podcast news, adventure opportunities, and personal journey updates.
Georgia (the country) photos & podcast! Hiking, wine, and wild landscapes
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I just returned from a girls' trip to Georgia (the country!), and you can hear all about it now on the podcast. Why Georgia?! Scroll down... Fun fact: In that last photo, our wine tasting table (carved from a tree) is older than the USA. 😳 Georgia is ancient... Why Georgia? I invite my friend (and returning podcast guest!) Ginger Cooper to help answer that question by sharing two very different adventures through this mountainous, wonderfully under-the-radar country. Ginger recounts a four-day trek through the remote villages of the Svaneti region, while I share how unexpected snow changed my group’s hiking plans and led us toward Kazbegi, the fortress village of Shatili, and the vineyards of Kakheti. Along the way, we talk guesthouses, local drivers, sketchy mountain roads, Georgian wine, incredible bread, unforgettable tomatoes, and the legendary Svaneti salt. We also explore the value of flexible travel, choosing experiences that genuinely call to us, and how local people and guides can bring a destination to life. Come for the practical tips and stay for a celebration of “third-tier travel” in a country filled with wild landscapes, deep traditions, and plenty of reasons to add Georgia to your list. Happy trails! 💛 Jackie |
JUMP with Traveling Jackie
Host of JUMP with Traveling Jackie - awarded Best Travel Podcast of 2025 by iHeartRadio - and founder of JUMP Adventures - inviting you on epic adventures to Patagonia and beyond. Join Jackie behind the scenes for podcast news, adventure opportunities, and personal journey updates.
This is a good one. I've known Kristen since we were roommates together during our study abroad in Turin, Italy back in 2005 (we were just wee babes of 20 years old!). Scott, her boyfriend at the time and now husband, came to visit, and we've all been in each other's lives these past 20+ years. (Scroll on for photos!) I recently had the honor of hosting each of them, separately, on the podcast, because Kristen's life changed in one magical sip of wine while we were living in Italy, and she...
I just returned from two weeks in Quebec for the Adventure Travel World Summit, my favorite global travel conference. Part of the reason this conference is my favorite is because it always includes an adventure for me during the week ahead of the conference. This year I did a multi-day cycling trip around Lake Saint-Jean in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. It was beautiful and so fun and I'll tell you more about it in a podcast later because the point today is... I crashed my gravel bike....
I hope you (fellow northern hemisphere-ers) had a lovely summer! And if you're a southern hemisphere-er, a lovely winter! Before it all gets too far in the rearview mirror, here's a quick recap of the happenings around here these past few months that you might have missed while you were having fun under the sun (I hope)! And if you're only here for the tutu, scroll down... I met Alex Honnold & Jim Morrison and had them BOTH on my podcast, from a stage at a conference in Utah! I recorded a...