EXCLUSIVE94-year-old grandmother who had NEVER traveled before 85 始める，決めるs out on an incredible 使節団 to visit ALL seven continents with her grandson - after the pair earned viral fame by traveling to all 63 US 国家の parks

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A grandmother who made headlines after visiting all 63 US 国家の parks with her grandson is now on a 追求（する），探索（する） to visit every continent.?

Joy Ryan, 94, from Zanesville, Ohio, who is known affectionately as 'Grandma Joy,' started traveling for the first time in her life in 2015 after?自白するing to her grandson, Brad, that she had never seen a mountain 範囲 or been （軍の）野営地，陣営ing.?

Since then, the 二人組 have racked up thousands of miles on their travels and Joy told DailyMail.com that the adventures had helped her to 'get out of my 慰安 zone and 直面する my 恐れるs... such as 存在 on the water.'

The nonagenarian - who got her first パスポート at the age of 91 - says that traveling has also taught her the 力／強力にする of 関係. She explains: 'My grandson and I have grown our 関係, and we have also connected with people everywhere we go.?

'The 国家の parks have given me a chance to connect with diverse people, and the ありふれた ground that we 株 絶えず reminds me that most people are inherently good.'

Joy Ryan, 94, from Ohio, started traveling for the first time in her life in 2015 after 自白するing to her grandson, Brad, that she had never seen a mountain 範囲 or been （軍の）野営地，陣営ing. Above, pictured together at Denali 国家の Park and 保存する in Alaska

The nonagenarian - pictured on a ziplining adventure at New River Gorge 国家の Park & 保存する in West Virginia - got her first パスポート at the age of 91

Joy and Brad 提起する／ポーズをとる with a 巨大（な） tortoise during a 最近の visit to the Galapagos Islands

The traveling 二人組 snap a photo from a lofty 高さ in?Hawai'i 火山s 国家の Park

The 二人組 finished their 追求（する），探索（する） to visit every US 国家の park May 2023, with their finishing point 存在 the 国家の Park of American Samoa.?

They said the 業績／成就 was 'bittersweet' at the time as it （機の）カム just one week after Brad's dad, and Joy's eldest son, passed away.

Veterinarian Brad 公式文書，認めるd that by reaching the final step in their 国家の park 旅行, they showed the world that 'you are never too old to show up and live the adventures life of your dreams.'

Now the pair have 始める，決める themselves the challenge of visiting all seven continents, with North and South America already 完全にするd.?

Most recently they wrapped up their South American adventure with a stint in Chile.?

In one of her most 最近の Instagram 地位，任命するs - where she uses the 扱う @grandmajoysroadtrip?and has more than 100,000 信奉者s - Joy touches on some of the trip 最高潮の場面s.

Photos of her ワインing and dining feature the …を伴ってing caption: 'We love 見本ing new food while traveling and it's 平易な to see why Chile is a popular 目的地 for foodies.?

'Chilean cuisine is a melting マリファナ of many cultures: Spanish, French, Italian, and German, to 指名する a few. Chile is also renowned for its plethora of vineyards.?

'We visited some incredible vineyards and restaurants while we were in Chile, 含むing the Ol? 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 and Food at Ol? Santiago Providencia.'

To date, Joy's other overseas travels have taken her to Samoa, Canada, Kenya, and Ecuador.

She says one of the most surprising places she has visited so far is American Samoa because 'it's part of the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, but you would never know it.'?

Joy 追加するs: 'Our 国民s there could use a lot of support, and I hope our story puts a spo tlight on the 経済的な difficulties that 存在する there.?

'My grandson is a veterinarian, and he wants to go 支援する and help with the feral dog problem there.?

Joy, seen with her grandson during a boat excursion to the Channel Islands 国家の Park in California, says she is 'so 感謝する' to have him in her life

While Joy has got into the social マスコミ groove of things and embraced 科学（工学）技術 in a 企て，努力，提案 to 奮起させる others, she says one of her favorite travel items is a 地図／計画する

Looking ahead, Brad and Joy are 現在／一般に 人物／姿／数字ing out where to go in Europe, Antarctica, and Australia to 完全にする their 追求（する），探索（する） of hitting every continent

Joy, pictured above with a guide in the Galapagos Islands, hopes her travels?will teach people that 'it's never too late to try something new'

ーに関して／ーの点でs of her most epic experience to date, Joy says that whitewater rafting in Alaska made for a 特に memorable 遠出

'We met with the 知事 of American Samoa while we were there, and I'm 楽観的な we can make a difference there. Many people are working hard to make things better there.'

ーに関して／ーの点でs of her most epic experience during her travels, Joy says that whitewa ter rafting in Alaska made for a 特に memorable 遠出.?

She explains: 'During our trip to Alaska, I had the 適切な時期 to go rafting in Class III 早いs on the McCarthy River in Wrangell-St. Elias 国家の Park.

'This activity helped me to 打ち勝つ my 恐れる of water. When I was a child, I nearly 溺死するd, and I've been afraid of water ever since.?

'But Brad has given me lots of 安心 to 直面する this 恐れる and, in return, I have helped him 直面する his 恐れる of 高さs.'

While Joy has got into the social マスコミ groove of things and embraced 科学（工学）技術 in a 企て，努力，提案 to 奮起させる others, she says one of her favorite travel items is a 地図／計画する.?

She muses: 'Believe it or not, a good old-fashioned atlas still comes in handy.?

'You never know when your GPS signal will go away. Thanks to our 信用d atlas, we never got lost.'

Looking ahead, Brad and Joy are 現在／一般に?人物／姿／数字ing out where to go in Europe, Antarctica, and Australia to 完全にする their 追求（する），探索（する） of hitting every continent.

While they started out their travels on a shoestring 予算 - which 含むd 'eating a lot of ramen noodles and 蜜柑 oranges' - the pair have 徐々に 増加するd their social マスコミ に引き続いて and they now have sponsors who help to support trips.?

Joy says she hopes her travels will teach people that 'it's never too late to try something new.'

Asked what she would tell her younger self, she 明らかにする／漏らすs: 'I would tell myself to stay 肯定的な にもかかわらず the losses and 後退s, and one day, I will be living a life I never imagined for myself. I believe in the 力／強力にする of 肯定的な thinking.?

'It's hard not to look on the sunny 味方する of life when a stranger smiles at you as you watch the Old Faithful geyser 爆発する into the sky.?

'I feel 楽観的な as a result of my travels because I realize my own 可能性のある without 存在 限られた／立憲的な by my age.

'The 国家の parks have given me a chance to connect with diverse people, and the ありふれた ground that we 株 絶えず reminds me that most people are inherently good.'?

Before 調印 off to 協議する her 地図／計画する, Joy puts in a word of thanks for her grandson. She muses: 'I am so 感謝する to have Brad in my life.?

'We were estranged for 10 years, so I was very happy to mend that 関係 between us. We're closer than ever now.

'I want his 未来 to be happy and healthy. 権利 now, I'm helping him 令状 his memoir about our 国家の park adventures. It's been fun to work on that.?

'I hope when his 調書をとる／予約する is finally published that our 旅行 will 奮起させる other families to 追求する adventures across the generational divide.'