How to see Los Angeles in 8 hours or less… and still get churros!

Greetings! I hope everyone is enjoying beautiful weather like I am here in the mountains of West Virginia. It's been perfection here lately and I've had a slow travel schedule the past month and have had lots of time to enjoy the lake, the mountains, and laying at the pool with a book. Coopers Rock …

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Travel Resolutions and the Ghosts and Biscuits of Savannah

I'm not sure if you've noticed, but I tend to not make timely posts (i.e. - holidays post in mid-January, writing about trips months or years after they happen). And this post is no different! I don't typically make New Years resolutions, but I decided that I had some definite goals this year - Develop …

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Holiday Round-Up, Y’all!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. Yes, I realize it is mid-January but darn it, I have some good December travels that I need to share! I needed to be in Washington DC, Fresno, and the Bay Area for work during two weeks in December and I decided to mash …

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A Suitcase Full of Nothing, Body Odor, and Some Perspective

Happy holidays!  I'm writing to you from my parents' house in Columbus, Ohio where I'm currently relaxing on the couch with some college bowl games and the company of my parents, sister, brother-in-law, their dog, and a sleeping niece upstairs.  I've been traveling most of December and threw a move to another state in the …

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Vampire Tacos, the Devil’s Not-So-Easy Chair, and Adventures in the High Desert

With my tail between my legs, I continued on from Joshua Tree to Orange County.  My spirits were greatly lifted though as I drove by Palm Springs and saw 4,000 silent sentries, arms rotating gently as they stared blankly from their post on the San Gorgonio Mountain Pass out upon the Coachella Valley.  WINDMILLS!!!  Actually, …

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