San Francisco to San Luis Obisbo on the Pacific Coast Highway, 247 miles of awesome.
Read moreFall Finale 24 hour Adventure Race – 2011
Seats, Strangers & Seclusion.
You see that? It’s the back of the seat in front of you…. It’s the top of a stranger’s head, it’s a fold down tray table; it’s a barrier masked as convenience. It’s how we like to travel in the states, secluded to ourselves, protected from inter…
Read moreEuro Trip Part 3 – Krakow
Krakow, Poland. As the second largest city in Poland, and named the cultural capital of Europe in 2000, Krakow is filled with two things: Beautiful, old Polish historical sites. Beautiful, friendly Polish women. The old buildings can be explained …
Read more48 Hours in Rural Slovakia.
Train comes in slow, letting the last bit of metropolian Budapest feeling fade before stepping off into the country. Our hosts await with smiles and the few words of English they speak “Welcome to Slovakia”. “Welcome to Slovakia”. We travel 45 km …
Read moreAdventure Hungary.
Epic day 1. Rooftop drinks, secret clubs, sunrise over the Danube. Don’t mind if I do.
Read moreIreland, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the cliche.
On occasion it may in fact be true that I try a bit too hard to see, do, and experience the world differently than others. On my most recent (family) adventure though, it became quickly apparent that on a trip to the Emerald Isle this would be an …
Read moreQuick Trip – Austin TX
Tres Gringos. Tres Motos. Una Adventura en Costa Rica.
Imagine yourself, crossing a raging Costa Rican river as it rushes into the pacific on a 250cc dual sport. As you make it nearly half way you begin to feel the current begin to wash you, and the bike out into the sea. Its you or the bike you say t…
Read moreA Year’s Worth of Business Travel.
As I have noted in previous posts, I’ve been traveling a ton this year for my work with Choice Hotels and the Cambria Suites brand. As we wrap up, a quick overview on the last year’s travels: As best I can tell, we covered roughly 40k miles and 40…
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