Des Moines Travel Blogs

It seemed as though I had been on hiatus from skiing, and in reality, I had! For the past six years, I had left skiing in the dust in exchange for trips overseas:) It lay by the wayside pleading for me to take it back, hoping that I would once again see the light and realize how much I loved flying…

Today we did something totally WILD. We got up, ate breakfast, and went to Des Moines, Iowa. Seriously, it doesn't get any crazier than that. When you have the ability to fly free or cheap, who among us can't take a day trip to New York City and buy fake hand bags, or have lunch in Boston, or take …

I've come to the conclusion that perhaps I should begin packing a week or so in advance in order to make sure that I am not running around and staying up until all hours of the night the week I'm scheduled to leave the country:) I'm not quite sure as to what to pack considering I have a plethora of…

It started innocently enough; I visited Juneau, Alaska in June 1993 and explored the State Capitol building. A few months later, It was Montgomery, Alabama's. In the course of time, it became a hobby. Near the end it became a bit of an obsession. Then, in August of 2006, I visited my 50th US State Capitol building in Pierre, SD. (Yeh!) Yes, I know, I'm a geography nerd.... All entries are maintained in on the 'first visit' date.

I returned from teaching in Central America for a year with a dream that I meant to pursue... to travel throughout Europe! It just so happened that my sister recently graduated from the university and was up for an adventure as well, so we agreed to travel in the fall of 05! Temp jobs gave me a lit…

Over the past couple of years I have travelled a lot and I have taken many pictures from all over the world. As I do not have time to write blogs I decided to post a selected range of pictures here. up-date will be done not regurarly but from time to time. Please note some pictures have not the best quality as older (1997 - 2000)ones are basically scanned negatives. Should I mixed up any place or so please let me know. Looking forward to any comment or hint. Have fun and enjoy!

We are so tired we get a call from Chuck asking where we are and neither of us can pronounce Des Moines,  Is it Dezz money no its Da Monies.... Chuck helped us out with our pronunciation after we told him we were in Iowa...

Stopped to take a few photos of the Capitol grounds. Another city I drove through without stopping for the day. I also stopped her to buy a few lottery tickets. Ouot of the thirty states I traveled through, I bought lottery tickets in most of them, and won a total of about firty five dollars. Of co…

When I woke up this morning my dad was already gone. He had gone back to the campsite to hang up our sleeping bags we had left drenched on the picnic table. When he came back to the hotel it started to rain again so we rushed back to the camp ground and tossed all our sleeping bags in the car. We g…

Some pictures of my travels through the mid-western United States during the Summer of 2007.

I drove with a friend for two months all around the country when I turned 18. We left with about $35.18.

As anticipated, the Dash to DeMoines on I80 was a straight line. For 16 hours and 798 miles we buckled-up,pushed the throttle forward, clicked on autopilot, set the cruise at 75 and sat back to enjoy the farms, cows and corn fields. My Co-Pilot, Susan, took a 2 hour snooze in the sleeper cabin and Geepis (GPS)our First-mate didn't have much to say. The picture of the farm can be imagined in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana or Iowa; did I mention they grow corn out here!?

Some of you may have heard of the Hezbollah crisis: I was there in the midst! Many people hear about the turmoil in Israel, however, most people rarely hear of the hospitality of the people or of their amazing generosity. I experienced the Hezbollah crisis as well as the turmoil between the Arabs and the Jews as I traveled through uncharted territory and heard the story from the people who live it out on a daily basis. It is something that will forever be etched upon my mind.

The PHL to PDX Ride to Benefit CancerCare is a result of the perseverance of Lauren Cocco and Chris Froberg. Leaving Philadelphia on June 20, they are riding (and documenting) their bikes 3,000 miles to Portland in honor of Lauren’s grandfather, Anthony Cocco and have named CancerCare the beneficiary.