Category Archives: Travel

Airplane Reading

My airplane reading for this trip was G. K. Chesterton’s Napoleon of Notting Hill.  The book’s been on may shelf for a couple of years.  I was looking for something on the shorter side, and I wanted it to either … Continue reading

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Snoqualmie

The third phase of my spring break travel came to a close yesterday.  The final stop was Snoqualmie Pass, a ski resort area east of Seattle.  We drove up Sunday afternoon.  The drive was snowy and wet, which made for … Continue reading

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Bellingham

The second phase of my spring break journey came to a close Sunday.  Bellingham was the heart of the trip, as it included a wedding.  The drive from Anacortes to Bellingham was quick.  I even took Highway 11 instead of … Continue reading

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Anacortes

The first part of my spring break journey came to an end Friday.  I flew into Seattle Wednesday evening and made my way north to Anacortes.  It was great seeing the mountains, particularly on the interstate by Everett.  The sunshine … Continue reading

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Spring Break Start

Spring break has sprung.  And it is much-needed.  The third quarter of the year is always a little rust.  This year especially so.  Every day felt like an avalanche.  No matter how prepared I was (some days more than others, … Continue reading

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Gas in the Tank

One of the questions you are asked when renting a car is whether or not you want to prepay for gas or if you’d rather fill it up right before you return it.  Over the years,  I’ve settled for the … Continue reading

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Return to the Lake District

I’m almost a little ashamed at how excited I was to see this today: Between this and the new Around the World in 80 Days series that starts this Sunday, there’s a good bit of British television to enjoy!

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Itinerant Itinerary

My day started yesterday around 4 in the morning with an email from Delta that my flight out of Nashville had been cancelled and that they had already rebooked me: later flight out of Nashville and then connections in the … Continue reading

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Look! New Photos!

If you look to the right side of this page, you’ll notice that I’ve updated my Flickr account with some new photos- the first new batch in over a year, I think. This past weekend I took a quick trip … Continue reading

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Sunday’s Best: Spacial Intelligence

Turns out there’s intelligence on both sides of the console, Caulfield and Frazz . . . Today’s outer-space Frazz reminds me of my current fiction read: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.  I was lucky to read Weir’s first book, … Continue reading

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