Category: Travel
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From the wheelhouse
We are just hanging out in the wheelhouse.
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On the ferry
We grossly underestimated how far our hotel was from ferry dock. we thought it was 3 miles or so and it ended up being 6+. the bad news was that kristen and I had decided to walk it… and we only had an hour. we were so going to miss the ferry… putting the whole…
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Anacortes
We have made it to our day 1 destination of anacortes washington. its pushing midnight and we have to be up pretty early in the morning to catch our ferry to friday harbor. a couple of quick observations. first, dean force defines hospitality. he picked us up from the airport and drove us up here.…
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We are here in atlanta
Nothing really to share. boring flight and a micro-layover. our flight to seattle leaves in about 1 hour.
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The emergent blessings of not making plans
Kristen and I are infamous "non-planners" when it comes to vacation time. Rather, we aren’t the type to make elaborate plans months in advance of a trip. And to be honest this is mostly my trait and Kristen has just learned to go along with it. As a result, we are always amazed at how…
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One week until vacation
In just a week Kristen and I are off on our second big vacation of the year. This is a great vacation year for us! We’re headed off to a cruise in the San Juan Islands on the Pacific Catalyst with Bill and Mama Shan. We’re spending serious quality time with some friends from YMX.…
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Forbidden Blizzard
I don’t know if I’ve properly talked about my addiction to Mynameisbill.com. But it’s fascinating to see this filmmaker make his way around the globe and video blog his experiences. Today’s installment is unreal. To think of being able to get Starbucks and even DQ in the once forbidden city.
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A weekend at camp!
This weekend I am off to upstate New York to help out at a great retreat. I’ve never been to this part of the world, so I am pretty excited to see what "the camp capital of the world" is really all about. I also don’t get to go to a lot of retreats… so…
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My Name is Bill
I have a new web addiction. It’s called, mynameisbill.com. Bill describes himself as an "Interactive World Traveler." Basically, he blogs and posts videos about his travel and responds to users suggestions and comments. Once at a location, he does a little video blog and links to the unique things he’s discovered. It’s worth checking out.…
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10 day post
I’m not even going to try to recap the last 10 days of “blog silence.” I will say that it was quite nice to not have a computer for the whole of my vacation. Even though I could have easily taken it I chose not too and it was a pleasant break for that reason.…