Rural Mexico is no place for kids. Let me rephrase that. Rural Mexico is no place for fair-skinned, television addicted, perpetually protected American suburban children. Nor the grown up version. But with constantly applied 50SPF and a few mishaps, we endured. And then got relatively comfortable. And then rather content. Then we had to leave. [...]
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Our friend and co-worker, Rich, was recently in NYC and was inspired by the many bikes he saw hanging around SoHo. Here is his visual gallery for your viewing pleasure.
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I was walking home alone after dropping off some friends at their hotel and I happened to pass the bar where Joao Gilberto & Tom Jobim wrote the song “The Girl from Ipanema”. Gotta go there and get a drink right? I go to the bar, it’s more of a restaurant than a bar, so [...]
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Went to Seattle recently. And, let me tell you, if you’ve never been to Seattle in the summertime (Late June – early September) you’re missing out. It’s 72 beautiful degrees everyday and no rain in site until late September. People think it rains all the time in Seattle, and it does. Kind of. It’s more [...]
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Made it out last weekend for our annual high lake trip. Brought along a few new guys which made this trip much more enjoyable. It’s always nice to see the look on the new faces as they catch a lot fish in such beautiful country. Got to the trail head (in the Zirkel Wilderness) around [...]
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Since receiving a cryptic message in a fortune cookie that read “Find yourself in nature” I’ve been having the strangest feeling that I should go hike or camping or something. I almost decided to ignore this fortune, based on a previous snowshoeing episode where I got lost with a friend and ended up a refugee [...]
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Sometimes I miss the smell of hay, dirt, grass, BBQ, conservatism, ignorance and grease. So, I return to Kansas City, MO. (not to be confused with Kansas City, Kansas. Don’t ever go there. It’s bad. Real bad. ) My roots. Sort of. I’m from a small town outside of Kansas City, which no one knows [...]
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Enjoy these :30 second vacations from a fearless female traveler. We shall all travel vicariously through her. more at: Travel Betty
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I woke up in a campground on a beach in Portugal after riding 115 miles along the coast the day before. Laid, played and swam in the Mediterranean till mid afternoon. Then rode 85 miles into Sevilla, Spain with these other two guys from Germany. I locked my bike outside of a hotel. We checked [...]
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in the last 72 hours i camped in a massive lightning storm, waded through waist deep water, hitched a ride in a dump truck, went to the small village of tarabucco, took a 12 hr bus to la paz, a 3 hour bus to a little town on the shores of lake titicaca [where all [...]
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