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Inside Spirit’s November Issue

JayHeinrichs
Adventurer B
november2013How cool is this: Just as I was booking excursions for a Caribbean cruise my wife and I are going on in a couple of weeks, it started snowing. I got more excited about the snow (just a dusting) than the cruise. That shows you where I lie on the winter love-hate spectrum. But I like the contrast more than anything. Beaches and palm trees are that much better when you have birches and snow back home. I like posting pictures on Facebook with the biggest contrasts between places, in the shortest time. What would you call that sort of meme—a twofer? Have some twofers of your own? Post them on Spirit’s Facebook page, and we might just publish them. Meanwhile, check out the November issue for our temp-controlled guide to my favorite season. We take you from sub-freezing (dogsledding in Vermont) to suntan (sunbathing in San Juan, Puerto Rico), with a whole slew of activities in between. If temperate is more your temperature, you’ll find an obsessively detailed set of adventures in Memphis, land of barbecue, Elvis, history, and some amazing culture. So what’s with the cover? Ah, this is the really good part. Alex Sheen has a cause, which is to keep his own promises and help others keep theirs. He wants to change the world, one promise at a time. It’s assistant editor Gabbi Chee’s first cover story and, like all my favorite features in Spirit, renews your faith in humanity. And here are the Numbers. A single mushroom in Oregon covers 5.8 miles. Put that on your salad. More than half of us (55 percent) want to change careers. And 58 percent of kids say they’ll always want to read physical books. If they fly Southwest this month, they’ll enjoy the physical magazine.