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Taking the Long Way Home.

I had every intention a couple days ago with being able to give you this great end-of-year little US road trip experience. I’m headed back to NY from TX to see mom and dad for the holidays. Having made the drive numerous times, I decided to diverge a bit on the way and see some friends. The first leg of the road trip was decided on home in Texas up to Chicago… Read More

Category: Travel Tags: apathy, beer, Chicagoland, enjoying life, killing time, laundry, mom and dad, New York, Road Trip, Texas, Travel, USA

Going Home.

Having come back to America from the Middle East, there was a requirement to head back home and see mom and dad. I utilized the initial couple weeks being back in the USA to handle the things that need to be handle after a year abroad. There was finding an apartment, rifling through loads of mail, miscellaneous doctor visits and the like. Having the necessary items in the bag, it was time… Read More

Category: Travel Tags: Adirondack, Chicago, desert, friends, Middle East, mom and dad, new experiences, New York, pizza, Texas, Travel, USA

Picking the right side-hustle.

A couple posts back I was promoting the idea that everybody needs a distraction from what they are doing, now and again. My normal distraction from the realities of daily life is writing fictional novels. There are many times when fiction is much more comforting than the drudgery of reality. This is especially true in the Middle East. The problem with escapism is when it too becomes reality. (I don’t mean as… Read More

Category: Travel Tags: author, distractions, Ex-Pat, international travel, Middle East, new adventures, novel, publishing, Travel, USA, writing

Off on the road again.

Since the theme of this blog was supposed to be about travel. And, travel by adults. I decided, once again, to try and take my own advice. I always think this is a good idea, until it actually happens. Then, I think twice about it. This time, I decided to embrace the expat lifestyle and go abroad for work. Its been something that I’ve been considering for some time. I wanted to… Read More

Category: Travel Tags: Ex-Pat, Middle East, new adventure, new job, Texas, Travel, USA

US road trip 2017, Day 1

I’ve been hanging out for a while now, in between projects. So, in an effort to take some of my own advice, I’m going on a road trip. I figured that I’d take a little time and go see some places I’ve never seen. I would mix those with some places I haven’t been in a while. Should be a good couple weeks. As with everything I do, the day started with… Read More

Category: Travel Tags: Allosaurus, art museum, eqypt, Houston, natural history museum, T-Rex, tilted kilt, Travel, USA

Seeing your own country.

The object of most travel scenarios is to escape. Escape has many different faces, but it usually boils down to two basic ideas. They would be to escape the situation you are in (career, relationship, weather, emotional state, etc.) for a while, and to escape to some other place (different country, region, continent, etc.). I get both of them. I use both of them for justification on almost a daily basis. So,… Read More

Category: Travel Tags: Autobahn, culture, French, fun, German, museums, Route 66, Spanish, speakin the language, Travel, USA, USA-Canada Border, your own country

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