Author’s note: Yes, I realize that I have like 5 different blog series going on right now. They’ll get done when they get done. Fortunately, Elizabeth and I have no major travel plans in 2024 so far, so maybe I can get caught up. I’m 26 years old now! Closer to 30 than 20, managing …
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Oregon 2023: Newport to Pacific City
When I set out to start writing this close to two weeks ago, I’d planned on a super-post covering everything my parents, Elizabeth, and myself did on October 14, 2023 in Oregon. Over 2,500 words later, I realized that that was a fool’s errand. We just did too much, saw too much, and I have …
Iceland Honeymoon: Blue Lagoon
Blue Lagoon. It’s the great white (blue?) whale of all aspiring travel influencers who descent on Iceland. Located out on the Reykjanes Peninsula between Reykjavik and Keflavik, the Blue Lagoon is in a favorable position to catch everyone from casuals who are spending a couple of days in Iceland to hardcore travelers who stop there …
Oregon Coast: Day 1
There are 50 states in the U.S. Over my lifetime, I had visited 39 of them. That put me 9 states behind my parents, who are looking to wrap up their trip to every state next summer in Hawaii. Before they can reach 50, they have to get 49. And to get to 49, they …
Glacier National Park: St. Mary
There are two different types of campgrounds. The first type is the campground that exists for the purpose of camping. You stay there with friends or family, maybe in someone’s RV. You make campfires and roast marshmallows. During the day, you swim in the lake. You tell your friends about the time you went camping. …
Iceland Honeymoon: Glacier Climbing
We approached our honeymoon sort of like it was a multi-step process. We had to build up to the greatest adventure of them all. If getting to Iceland was like the first step, and driving the Snaefellsnes peninsula was the next, and walking into a glacial ice cave was the second-to-last step in the adventure …
Wedding Weekend – Old Fall River Road
July 23, 2023. It was my first full day as a married man. How did I spend it? Perhaps relaxing in my honeymoon suite with my bride, enjoying our hot tub? Maybe with a romantic dinner for two? Nah, that’s not how the newly designated Meisters roll. We had a whole list of things to …
Iceland Honeymoon: Ice Cave Tour
Believe it or not, there is ice on the island known as Iceland. This may come as a shock, I know. While glaciers are in retreat worldwide, it’s going to take a couple of centuries to melt some of the great icecaps on the southern end of Iceland. The locals have long made a tourist …
Waterton Lakes National Park: The Prince of Wales Hotel
Situated at the foot of Upper Waterton Lake is a bluff. From this bluff, one can look basically down the length of the lake all the way back to Glacier Park. It was designed as a luxury hotel for tourists stopping along the Canadian transcontinental railway way back at the start of the 20th century. …
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Iceland Honeymoon: Snorkeling at Silfra Rift
This is a whole new experience for me. Normally when I blog about a trip, I pick up the narrative right where the previous post left off. There’s no introduction, no denouement, just writing until a stopping point, then stopping. So imagine how it must feel to be writing about my honeymoon, and picking the …
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