While on your way, you discover...

There they go -- your party of happy-go-lucky fortune-seekers have set out for parts unknown, but between points A and B, there's the ol' bugbear of making overland travel interesting. You don't want to hand-wave the passing of time, but a random nest of badgers doesn't quite instill the sense of wonder and discovery that you've been working so hard to develop in your world.

Just roll a d100 and add a dash of your own special sauce to create a memorable encounter... There's certainly nothing that could go wrong!