Category: Travel
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Arizona: Phoenix and Agua Fria National Monument
I flew down to Arizona for a long weekend with my friends Alex and Danielle (and Bomber Dog). After a couple days in the Scottsdale area we loaded up Alex’s military surplus M1078 LMTV and Danielle’s Jeep with camping gear and telescopes and headed north up to the Tonto National Forest and Agua Fria National…
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Sorry for the silence
My last post here was on May 1, a relatively standard update on my goals. But in a lot of ways things kind of went to crap after that, and I haven’t really felt inclined to write. But Sam’s been on my case for a while, and so here’s an update. My silence this summer…
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Goals and adventures, February 2015
It’s been a month since I wrote anything, so I thought I’d put together a little ski trip report and summary of what else happened in February. Other than the ski trip it was a pretty ordinary month, just snowy. Not a lot of cycling, but I still kept running. Whistler ski trip The fun…
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Fall update
I haven’t written in a while, so I thought I’d give a general update of what I’ve done so far this fall. I traveled far more often than usual in the last two months, and wrote less often than I intended. South Carolina Although technically still summer, I’m going to count our post Labor Day…
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Twin Cities Memorial Day
It was time to take a few days away from work, so I flew off to the Twin Cities to hang out with Ben, Sam, and Liz instead. Memorial Day weekend seemed like a good time, and I took two days of vacation to make it a 5 day trip in total. I thought that…
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My first trip to Spain
I had the opportunity at the end of January to travel to Spain for a series of meetings and site visits related to a wind project I am working on. The business parts of the trip went well but are not terribly interesting to write about. But it wasn’t all business, and I did get…
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A New Year’s Update
I took a long and sorely needed break for Christmas at the end of the year. I drove I70 across Kansas to the Kansas City area the week before Christmas and stopped for two nights at my aunt and uncle’s in the charming little town of Weston, Missouri. The big snowstorm happened the night before…
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Minneapolis Spring 2012
Despite the big travel shuffle that ended with me changing my plans and attending my brother’s small wedding, I did make it out to Minneapolis. Only one week later than planned, too! I really like this town. I like that it is covered in trees. I like that the streets make no sense. I like…
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The Last Weeks of 2011
I’m sitting here listening to Back to Work, drinking RoS, and thinking about how nice it is to sit at the table on a weekday morning doing exactly what I’m doing. I’m very glad I took this time off and just hope everything is going smoothly back in the office. But I’m not going to…
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Choosing Luggage
Both of my primary pieces of luggage are dying a slow death. I have an Eddie Bauer-branded wheeled carry on that is now about 5 years old.It’s been all over the place has has been pretty reliable, but the handle isgetting wobbly, I’ve lost a few zipper pulls, and one of the tie-down clipsbroke. It…