Returning to Washington, DC
Over the Easter weekend I visited Washington, DC for the first time as a tourist. Which was kind of interesting. I had only been to DC as a student studying in the capital for a semester, or lived...
View ArticleOne Day in Houston
Last weekend I hit the road to spend the weekend in Houston. Although since I drove down after work on Friday, and came home early Sunday, the goal was really to have one full but chill day in Houston....
View ArticleAfternoon Hike on Montana’s Wild Horse Island
I love it when I get to see something new, especially in a place I visit fairly often. And so many times when I visit Montana, I tend to visit the same places: Traveling through Glacier on the Going to...
View ArticleGoliad’s Annual Tour de Missions and My First Bike Ride
The third weekend in October I took a road trip south to Goliad, TX to participate in my first bike ride. I should begin by noting that I started biking – leisurely – over the summer with early Sunday...
View ArticleNational Parks for the Love of Stillness
This weekend marks the National Park Service‘s birthday, so to speak. It’s the 102nd anniversary of the creation of the NPS (August 25, 1916) and as I looked through my photos to pick one out to post,...
View ArticleNiagara Falls
Niagara Falls was something I would have liked to see, but I have to admit that the sight didn’t come up when actually planning travel – often because I wasn’t planning on being in the area (though...
View ArticleBuffalo and Western New York
Last month I wrote about taking advantage of a trip to western New York to visit Niagara Falls the other year, but my friend and I also did a little more exploring around that part of the state. As...
View ArticleSeattle: An Brief Introduction
I’ve wanted to visit Seattle for a long time. Growing up, I was such a fan of the Seattle grunge scene music and cool, rainy weather seemed like a dream during the hot Texas summers. But interestingly...
View ArticleOlympic National Park: Lake Crescent
I think that the idea of love at first sight is definitely a thing when it comes to travel. There are places I’ve loved from the first time visiting (Glacier National Park, Boston, Paris – though Paris...
View ArticleWhale Watching and the San Juan Islands
I came to learn over those days I spent some time on the water that there is a sound I love. It’s that exhale from a whale as it surfaces to release the old air and take in the new. It’s a powerful...
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