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 …
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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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Counting Down My Undergrad OU Games: 20-18 – Blow Outs and a Bowl
This is my favorite time of year. Each August, as college football season approaches, I get a big burst of anticipation. It’s like some people looking forward to Christmas, or others looking forward to Spring Break. Me, I count down until college football is back. And when I’m doing that countdown, it’s a perfect time …
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Rehoboth 2023
This year’s Beach Week, due to my chronic lack of annual leave, is more like a long beach weekend. Elizabeth and I flew in late Saturday (very late: I worked a full day on Saturday and we arrived at the condo at 2:30 in the morning) and we have until Tuesday afternoon (tomorrow already!) before …
California 2023: Pacific Coast Highway
Michael Scott and Rascal Flatts put it best: “Life is a Highway”. And if that’s true, then there’s no highway I want to ride more than the Pacific Coast Highway. The PCH runs for 656 miles across the state of California from Orange County up to the northern part of the state. It’s a famous …
Blog Update: So Many Stories, So Little Time
27. That is the number of blog posts that I have written in 2023. In a way, it’s pretty impressive. My posts probably average 1,500 words or so, which means I’d be shocked if I had published less than 30,000 words. There have been several series to work on and a few weekend trips completed …
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Wedding Diary
Below is the results of 15 minutes of dedicated writing each day (that I could manage to do so): Monday, July 17 We leave for Colorado in 2 days. I suppose I should have done more wedding-related packing today, because I did about… zero. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t gotten anything useful done, just …
Life Update: Getting Married!
It’s unbelievable to me that this is almost certainly the last blog post I will write before I become a married man. On Saturday, July 22, Elizabeth and I will finish our 2 long years of engagement in Estes Park, Colorado. I don’t know if I’ve even had time to unpack my thoughts and feelings …
Pinnacles National Park: High Peaks Trail
Dawn light filtered into the cabin Elizabeth, Stephen and I shared. After a surprisingly decent sleep given how much I’d shivered, this morning felt like one to jump out of bed and greet the day with enthusiasm. I checked my phone and realized it was only 6:00 am. Now, you have two choices when it’s …
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