It’s road-tripping time again! This year I’m meeting up with a former teammate from China (the indomitable Amy) in Wyoming for some much-needed R&R in the mountains outside of Yellowstone. We’ve had some crazy adventures together in Asia over the years (beach vacations in Thailand, a Thanksgiving in Hangzhou, and a train ride to Mongolia, […]
A Week in ADK
It’s road-tripping time again! This week I and the fam are exploring the gorgeous Adirondack Mountains (ADK). Our plans to go west having been thwarted (once again) by fires and smoke, we turned our sights eastward in search of a destination that none of us have been to. We settled on Adirondack Park, a large […]
Random Observations on Traveling During a Pandemic
Last month I and a friend ventured out for a road trip to see the sister national parks of Yellowstone and Grand Teton. After being hunkered down for months on end, we needed to do something to fend of stir craziness! We drove 2980 miles in 7 days, and loved every minute of it. I […]
Protein Product on a Stick
Eating on a road trip in the era of Covid provides its own level of adventure. Fast food drive-through is always an option, and I must admit we’ve done that once when we were speeding across Wyoming on Saturday. Fortunately we’ve had great weather so have been able to eat outside at local eateries, one […]
Driving the Beartooth Highway
I’ve driven a lot of the great scenic highways in North America, but somehow the Beartooth Highway, between Red Lodge, Montana and the NE entrance to Yellowstone National Park had eluded me. Until Sunday, that is. Let me just say that, despite the smoke that was beginning to waft in from California, the highway did […]
Yes, Minister
Another Newfoundland story. The day we went to St. Carols to see the iceberg that we’d read was in the little harbor, there was well-dressed man climbing around with us, taking pictures of the ‘berg. We struck up a conversation with him, and it turned out that he was the Provincial Minister for Tourism, Christopher […]
