What's the opposite of travel?

With travel becoming increasingly expensive, environmentally destructive, and unfulfilling, what's the alternative if we want to keep exploring?

Let’s get the big news out of the way: I SWAM WITH A WHALE. Not in the sense that I went on a whale watching tour and intentionally sought out a whale to swim with. No: I got in the water a mile away from my home one morning before my kids woke up, and then suddenly: HUMPBACK WHALE.

At the risk of sounding dramatic, this is one of the best things that h…