One of the highlights of our Labor Day motorcycle trip was spending a day in Mesa Verde National Park. Brian booked us a room at the Far View Lodge, which is about half-way into the park, so we technically had a late afternoon/evening as well as most of the following day for our visit. That …
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Brian planned an awesome motorcycle trip over Labor Day weekend that took us south along the backside of the front range in Colorado, over to Four Corners, and back north through Eastern Colorado. We ended up riding 1,348 miles across 5 states - visiting 3 national parks - and happily the weather cooperated the majority …
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When Brian's annual tradeshow in Paris circled around, we decided to add on a weekend in Monaco before his work events, and a week after for our own exploration. We've both spent quite a bit of time in Europe so I started brainstorming a new country we could sneak in (Andorra, Liechtenstein, and San Marino …
Our second biggest hike in Wales - following our memorable trek to Yr Wyddfa in Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park - was summiting Pen y Fan, the highest peak in Brecon Beacons National Park. The forecast was not looking good for our days in Brecon Beacons but after our wet and windy hike in Snowdonia, we …
We spent a couple days in Brecon Beacons National Park during our recent trip to Wales. Following time in Snowdonia National Park and Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, it was great to round out our travels by visiting the third and final national park in this small country. This area has so many sub-regions with distinct …
One of my bucket list items during our trip to Wales was seeing wild puffins. As luck would have it, we were in southern Wales smack dab in the middle of their nesting season (mid-April to mid-May) - a prime time to see loads of puffins as well as other nesting seabirds. I quickly booked …
After several incredible days in the northern part of the country, we relocated to southern Wales and set out to explore the second national park of our trip - Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The Pembrokeshire Coast is one of the smallest of the UK’s National Parks but don’t let the size fool you, you’re at …
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Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
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