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Magic among Covid
There’s something magical about travel. It is as simple as making you look at ordinary things differently or notice the difference in ordinary things. I had boarded my flight just over 24 hours earlier in Sacramento. Originally I intended to fly to Puerto Vallarta from San Francisco after visiting with my family in Sacramento, but…
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She got the house; I got the world
People often ask me how I got so lucky, being able to travel six months of the year. I like to say there’s no such thing as luck. I prefer to chalk it up to good decision making, like the time I traded a house for a salt and pepper grinder. The salt and pepper…
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The Thai Monitor Monkey
We were driving along a highway on the southern Thai peninsula when we were passed by a pick up truck full of coconuts and a monkey hanging from the side. It was such a spectacular site, I had to speed up so we could get a picture of the preposterous pairing. As we gained on…
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Staying at the end of the Oregon Trail
The day started at the house of a friend and ended at the house of a stranger. As many of you know, I gave up my home last summer to become a permanent vagabond. Today I packed my two bags (one with clothes and one with food) and headed south to Oregon for a week…
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From an island in the sea to an island in the sky; my life during the Covid 19 pandemic
It started off as normal as any year, but as Big Bird once sang, “somewhere in the middle it gets awful queer to me!” I was traveling in the Philippines when the virus first hit the news. Everywhere I went, people would ask me about it, and at the time they were still joking, “you…
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World’s Most Amazing Places
As a classic type A personality, I can’t help but label, compare, and categorize things. In considering all the places I’ve visited, I decided to compile a list of my favorites. Whether you want to armchair travel today or add them to your list for tomorrow, these are all the places I have enjoyed the…
