09 JUL 2018: I finally said farewell forever to two of my closest friends. They’d been at my side on journeys to the far corners of the globe, through airports big and small, on everything from cruise ships to canoes, always up for another adventure.
Sure, they were only suitcases — a roll-aboard that easily slipped into overhead bins and a larger bag to check for long trips — but they were trusty road warriors for over six years.
Now, they were bruised and battered and it was time to shop for new ones from among hundreds of luggage options. I learned a lot in my research: