Tag: trip
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2010 Journal – Chapter 14
Loch NessHappened May 3rd 2010, writing on May 5th 2010Inverness, Scotland So on Monday I took the train from Stirling in straight shot to Inverness and arrived about 1:30 for a one night stay. I was damn determined as well to make it out to see Loch Ness a bit before having to go onto […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 5
Everyone remembers their first beet fest. Or you remember a lot of it until you are several beers deep. Everyone also remembers random encounters with people when they’re single. Mario was mine. Really the only one that holds a mystical sense for me. He was the only one that wasn’t around long enough to get […]
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2010 Journal – Chapter 4
Paris was the first big city I visited EVER. Denver was large around 2010, but nothing like the scale and scope of Paris. I was in such awe of everything that I witnessed that my eyes were probably the size of dinner plates as I explored the city. I remember the emotions I felt so […]
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Memento Mori
I have a habit of seeking out odd things. By odd I mean things like mummified cats (not the Ancient Egyptian kind), Surgeon’s museums, and Operating theaters. I like searching out the oddities in the world, the weird places that get missed by the tourist trail. Some of it’s a love for seeking out gems […]
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Don’t Plan Too Much
As a follow up to my last post, Plan Ahead, Avoid the Headache, I wanted to share the opposite problem for travelers to ponder, planning too much. Flash to January 2010 and I am a nervous 18, almost 19 year old, planning their first trip to Europe. I was working in a small gift shop […]
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Adventure of the Week- Amtrak Train Journey
Earlier this month I took a road trip to Iowa to attend a cousin’s wedding. The first half was spent on the never ending drive through Nebraska with my great aunt Jayne, her granddaughter Ivy, and my stepdaughter Lily. We stopped at the Omaha Zoo and made a comfortable adventure of the journey. To return […]
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Arepa Barn – Gluten Free Heaven
note: this restaurant closed in 2018 It is rare in this part of the world to find a restaurant that is catered to a specific type of regional food. Though it is increasing and improving with Thai, Ethiopian, Moroccan, Mexican, Chinese, Korean etc. becoming more and more common in Colorado. However, an hour North, into […]
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Road Trip Survival U.S.A.
Growing up in the west, we take a lot of what the rest of the world would see as “road trips”. This could mean just a shopping excursion in the biggest city for 300 miles (Denver) or traveling state lines to get to family, friends, or just out of your bubble. Growing up in a […]
