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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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…
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Getting the Family Together
I’m flying to Omaha on Friday afternoon, then driving north towards Sioux City. From there I’ll head east to Le Mars, and check in to a hotel. I’m pretty sure this is the first time that I’ve taken care of all my travel plans for a family get together in Iowa by myself. Normally I…
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