As a three-time expat (Bahrain, Japan and the Netherlands) and enthusiastic traveler, Sheila Scarborough is equally comfortable looking for plastic food on Kappabashi Dori in Asakusa, Tokyo, boot-scooting at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth or enjoying high tea at Fortnum and Mason, London. A full-time freelance writer, she blogs about family travel for BootsnAll and Disney, and NHRA drag racing for Fast Machines. Married with two children and retired from the Navy, she thinks everyone ought to have a passport and experience jet lag.

She has written for National Geographic Traveler, Texas Highways, Transitions Abroad and the San Antonio Express-News. Her BootsnAll Family Travel blog was a “Best of the net” (Best Practical Blog) in the UK’s Guardian newspaper in March ‘07.