One of the things I miss most about cruise ships is the ease of making friends. You’re stuck together in a small space with all of the other crew members so why not be friends? After a few contracts you begin to know or know of most people who have […]
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Have you ever skipped a rock on a frozen pond? Me neither. Then I saw this guy do it and after I stopped kicking myself for not doing it while I was in Alaska like him, I told my dad that we were doing this when I came home for […]
Back in August my London based friend, Megan, told me she might be crossing the pond for a week in New York City in December. She asked if I could come up and hang out. I said I’d look in to it. Then promptly forgot. Three weeks before her trip […]
People often comment on how my life appears to be straight out of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” They assume that I’m always on some grand adventure and leading a fabulous life. Well, I do go on a lot of adventures and I am pretty fabulous, but my life […]
I can’t believe I’ve already been back from Alaska for a month. I am sooo sorry I haven’t posted more Alaska stories. I have a problem where I can’t stop having adventures long enough to write about the adventures I’ve already had. The first step is admitting I have a […]
Arlington National Cemetery is the most humbling place in the Washington, DC area. In a town that houses the three branches of government represented by the Supreme Court, the Capitol Building, and the White House, nothing looms larger than Arlington. Despite the historic efforts, political skill, and groundbreaking decisions of […]
The Star Spangled Banner was penned 200 years ago today. Here are some star spangled facts I learned on my trip to Fort McHenry in Baltimore last month. How many did you know? 1. The Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812 and less than a […]
In an earlier post I mentioned how I hadn’t visited many of the Pennsylvania parks. I took a day of my vacation to visit the Flight 93 and Johnstown Flood Memorials. As I was researching in preparation for my trip I discovered another park close by that I had never […]
When I tell people my story I start to realize that I must enjoy living on transportation. I spent 2 years practically living on a bus and nearly 4 years living on a ship. Maybe one day I’ll have a private plane I can live out of! I would actually […]
Part of what inspired me to commit to this National Park Challenge was the fact that I’m surrounded by so many parks, but I had so far been unwilling to go see them. Many parks are just a few miles out of my normal routes, and yet I was too […]
Thomas Jefferson is my favorite Founding Father. Is that weird that I have a favorite Founding Father? But what’s not to like? He’s a traveler, a writer, a lawyer, a statesman, a politician, a gadget man, an architect, a gardener, an education advocate, a reader…the list literally goes on and […]
I’d been telling everyone I was going to see the Appomattox Court House. The southern surrender to end the Civil War was signed in the court house of Appomattox, VA right? Wrong! Appomattox Court House is the name of the town that served as the county seat of Appomattox County. […]