This week I took a quick solo road trip to Moab, Utah to explore some trails and see the southwest under a light dusting of snow (it’s hot as heck in Moab 6-9 months per year). I know every guidebook says to only go there March-October, but I’d been watching the weather for weeks and …
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The Milky Way
When I was 19, my uncle Joe—who lived in Arizona—asked if I wanted to join his twice-yearly backpacking trip down into the Grand Canyon. I’d never hiked more than a couple miles in my life, and he was asking if I wanted to sign on to pretty serious trip: five days of hiking about 40 …
There’s a sweet new Antarctic blog in town
I did my undergrad in environmental science and during my senior year I did a lake water chemistry research study. During this time, a friend mentioned someone he grew up with ended up at the research station in Antarctica and had the wildest stories. It was 1995 and I was intrigued. I remember tracking down …
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Silver Falls south rim
End of trip: Disneyland day 2 and thoughts
Some thoughts from this trip to Disneyland Downtown Disney restaurants are almost all closed. This is good, since I never set foot in most all of them and why was a rainforest cafe even there in the first place? I saw Salt & Straw going in so that’s a good sign they’re taking food …
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Using a prepaid Koodo iPhone SIM in Canada (as a traveling American)
Note: This is a guide aimed at getting a fast, semi-cheap, data/voice/text plan for Americans with unlocked phones traveling in Canada and information is up-to-date as of November 2013. Whenever I travel to another country, about a week before the trip I hit up the prepaid SIM travel wikia page for info on cheap options …
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San Francisco summer trip
I spent the last week of my daughter’s summer vacation taking her to San Francisco to have fun for a few days. What follows is a summary of things I liked, tips, and a few photos from the vacation. The California Academy of Science is pretty amazing, combining an aquarium, a natural history museum, a …
Glacier National Park, Montana
Last month, I took a family car trip over to Glacier National Park in Montana. I’d never been to Montana before, but since it was within 12 hours of driving from Oregon, I figured it’d be a nice experience for my 8 year-old daughter that mirrored all the mini vacations I took with my parents …
My trip to Italy
I just returned from Italy, visiting Rome, Florence, and Venice over the course of two weeks. I went with my immediate family, along with my Aunt. Originally, the trip was meant as a sort of “reward” for my mom when she started to get a bad diagnosis about her cancer last year. When she was …
Yosemite iOS apps (yes, really)
Last month I had a lovely time in Yosemite with my family. I grew up in Southern California so I’ve been to Yosemite a dozen times before, but I really love going in the Winter because barely anyone is around. You can hike to many places in peace, you can get dinner at every restaurant, …
A Whole Lotta Nothing 