Rocket Trombone

Rocket Trombone

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Entries Tagged ‘vacation’

“Uh…did you say Utes?”

My wife and I have been wanting to visit the Southwest US for quite a while, and decided that this was finally the year to do it.  There’s a ton of stuff to see in the Southwest, but it turns out that it is all very far apart (I’m from Delaware, so this is a [...]

“I Can See Russia From My Vacation!”, Part 2: The Turf

This post continues the story of our Alaskan vacation, picking up as we disembark from the ms Ryndam in Seward.  The latter half of the trip was spent wandering our way north from Seward to Fairbanks in a rental car, visiting Anchorage and Denali National Park along the way. Seward: We spent our first few [...]

“I Can See Russia From My Vacation!”, Part 1: The Surf

A few weeks ago, Shelley and I went on our big vacation for the year, a 2 1/2-week trip to Alaska!  The basic plan of the trip was to start with a cruise of the Inside Passage, departing from Vancouver and arriving in Seward, and then to rent a car and drive to Fairbanks.  Shelley’s [...]