Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Denmark, Getaway, Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2017
We awoke to partly cloudy skies and a stiff breeze. Since we had time before needing to head to the ship, we went out for breakfast and walked about the city. We strolled the Stroget from City Hall to the Nyhavn, which had Copenhagen’s most iconic city views of sailing ships moored along a colorful […]
Posted in Delta Airlines, Europe on Jun 10th, 2017
We’re back in Europe for the first time in two years! That’s a crazy long break for us, but we opted to finish the 50 states last year with our visit to Hawaii and our epic road trip through the Mountain West and Great Plains. Honestly, we enjoyed that so much I can’t say that […]
Posted in Colorado on Jul 4th, 2016
I’m writing this at 31,000 feet en route to Tampa. Our travels from Denver have been uneventful since leaving the hotel at 5am. Indeed, I’d call the flights “pleasant” overall — both to and from Colorado. Although I think of this as a “two week vacation,” we’ve actually been traveling for 18 days. It feels […]
Posted in Colorado on Jul 4th, 2016
This morning we drove up to Rocky Mountain NP, which is about 1.5 to 2 hours north of Denver. I was surprised by how pleasant the drive was in terms of traffic. The only logjam we hit was at the entrance to the park itself, though the roads and facilities inside the park were all […]
Posted in Colorado on Jul 2nd, 2016
This morning we drove up from Alamosa to Colorado Springs. In planning the route, I opted for the somewhat slowler yet more scenic journey on US Route 285 / US Route 24 through the mountains versus the flatter and faster I-25. The drive was pleasant, though I suspect it would have been more spectacular had […]