Friday Feb 3, 2020 Steve (DOS) and I are currently on the California Zephyr, Amtrak’s cross-country train which travels from Chicago to Emeryville, California. We left yesterday from Union Station in Chicago, and are currently going thru the beautiful Colorado…
Blizzard on The Big Island! No power at Volcano House!
I’m writing this offline (no internet at the moment) at the Volcano National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. It’s Sunday, December 5th, and we’ve been on the Big Island for four days now. In what is a moment…
Spring forward 2019!
I’ve gotten way behind in blogging lately as this year has been so busy. I last left off on our snowmobiling adventure in Lapland, Finland, which was way back in early February. I still have to finish the posts for…
Huskie Sledding in Lapland
On our second day in Inari, Finland (Lapland), Steve (DOS) and I went on a Huskie Sledding Adventure at our hotel, The Wilderness Lodge, Inari. We both agreed after getting home, this was the highlight of our trip, and everything…
SIIDA Museum of SAMI Culture
Winter in North Dakota
I had another busy work week of travel; this week in Dickinson, North Dakota. Like last week I was quite busy all week, and between a 2am cutover on Wednesday and the 2 hour Mountain Standard Time, I was a…
Freezing in New Jersey
After a wonderful Way-Cation weekend in Miami and LA, I flew up to Newark NJ Monday morning. As I had an 8:30am flight on American Airlines, I took the7am shuttle from the Hilton Miami Airport to the terminal, and quickly…
Lifetime Hilton Diamond status!
It’s Wednesday night as I write this in frigid Somerset, PA. I got here on Monday after flying into Pittsburgh, and driving nearly two hours thru the snowy and foggy mountains. While I can deal with the cold (but don’t…
Back to Pittsburg – Flight anomolies
It’s Monday morning, and I’m halfway up on my morning commute; this week to Pittsburgh. I’m in the Charlotte USAirways Club (now Admirals Club) and my connecting flight leaves at 11:45am. My first flight was on a US 767 widebody…