about us
We're Billy and Trish, a traveling team and the dynamic duo of Bucket Man and Wander Woman. Below is a photo of us on our first trip together in 1997, enjoying sunrise together at the Grand Canyon. Since then we've traveled to dozens of countries on five continents, checking off items from our respective bucket lists, all while holding jobs, raising a family, and being active in our community. Having unique experiences, seeing the world's most magnificent sites, and enjoying wonderful experiences is our passion, and we've only just begun! We hope to help you find the same joy we have by building and pursuing your own customized journey.
Our Mission
To wring every drop of love, adventure, travel, fun and unique experience out of every minute of life we have, and to equip others to do the same.
Our Values
We strive to do and see as much as we can in as thrifty a manner as feasible, while being good parents and grandparents, and active citizens of our community, state and country. Our passion for travel is expressed in the poem I wrote to my wife (below), inspired by James Taylor’s song, “Carolina In My Mind.”
In My Mind, by Billy Riggs
For Trish, Christmas, 2021
In my mind I’m gone with you to China.
I will be your Great Wall,
you my porcelain doll.
Hand in hand, just me and you
from Yichang to Chengdu.
Yes, I’m gone with you to China
in my mind.
In my mind I’m gone with you to Russia,
Aurora borealis illumes the Winter Palace.
But you’re my Faberge treasure of
worth beyond measure,
My Romanov princess forever.
Yes, I’m gone with you to Russia
in my mind.
Trish, you hung the moon and stars.
I’ll whisk you ‘round the Earth,
maybe visit Mars.
Watch Seychelles sun sparkle
on your pretty face.
Red Square, Highclere, Chichen Itza,
Versailles, Moai, Stonehenge, Giza.
I’m seein’ them all with you, Babe, in my mind.
In my mind we’re waltzing across Dublin,
Arm in arm through Xian,
holding hands in Tallinn,
Our Xanadu is Timbuktu,
Phuket and Katmandu.
Yes, I’m seein’ the world with you, Babe,
in my mind.
In my mind we share romance in Maui,
Slow-dance through Tahiti,
stand entranced by Fiji,
Checking off each dream one by one,
Pompeii to Parthenon.
Yes, I’m seein’ the world with you, Babe,
in my mind.
Trish, you are my shining light.
As this blue rock spins in infinite night,
We’ll flit from land to land in lifelong love.
Teammates, roommates, lovers, friends,
soulmates, playmates ‘til the end.
I’m seein’ the world with you, Babe,
in my mind.
In my mind we’re cruising down the Yangtze,
Floating on the Dead Sea,
chanting with the Maori.
Making great memories, just us two,
from Rome to Uluru.
Yes, I’m seein’ the world with you, Babe,
in my mind.
In my mind we’re at the Taj Mahal, Babe.
A monument to true love,
the kind most only dream of,
Where dark-haired wives with chocolate eyes,
Hold their husbands mesmerized.
Yes, I built the Taj Mahal for you,
in my mind.
The life I love is wanderlust,
To roam the whole wide world around
With you until I turn to dust.
And to die as we lived side by side, won’t we?
I’m doing it all with you, Babe,
in my mind.
Leave whenever, go wherever
Roam together, Trish, forever.
Your happiness, my sole endeavor.
I’m gone with you to… everywhere…
in my mind.