North America Travel Blogs - Page 8

Still being new in town, I wanted to check out some of the lesser known areas near Sacramento and one of my co-workers suggested visiting some of the caves/caverns in the area that offer tours!  WHAT?!?!  I had no idea such a thing existed near here!! I thought this would be an awesome wa…

Monday was a sad day...I had to leave this incredible place and incredible TB friends behind.  On a high note, Melanie and I met up with Sal (sincitytraveler) for lunch at the Florida Cafe inside the Howard Johnson's hotel on the strip.  This was a Cuban restaurant and the food was very t…

Last week I noticed that a TravBuddy from Ukraine, Alyona (TravBuddy - Alyonushka), was going to visit Honolulu.  Her profile mentioned that she was traveling alone.  I thought it would be nice to be the Ambassador of Aloha again and make myself available for visitor orientation.  Sh…

Way back in February 1998, I took a trip to San Diego to visit my best friend, Dennis. This trip was to blow off steam. I, along with everyone else at my company, had gone through the worst year of our careers. I will save the specific whining for the blog that covers that trip, but the bottom line…

The last time I went for a run was in Selcuk, Turkey, some nine and a half months ago.  I’m beginning to regret my decision to abandon the effort on the road.  I mean, I did manage to get some exercise while traveling.  I stomped around Europe, climbed a mountain, trekked to Machu …

Here I am, sitting in Terminal 4 at JFK Airport! I arrived in from STL at 10:30 AM local time and my flight to Johannesburg doesn't board until 4:30 PM. So, I have around 4 hours to kill...and what better way to kill it than starting my Africa blog. The morning started at 2:30 AM (Missouri time) an…

Every year, there is a pre-approved list of names for tropical storms and hurricanes. The Hurricane list has been generated by the National Hurricane Center since 1953. At first, the lists consisted of only female names; however, since 1979, the lists alternate between male and female.  Hurric…

I've lived on O`ahu all my life and I'm still discovering new things here. =)

This was going to be the last day in Dallas and I had to take Jaime touring the downtown area. Our first stop was the White Rock Lake, taking advantage that Mother Nature gave us some time without rain. The lake is nice and beautiful, and we enjoyed taking a walk there. Unfortunately we saw there w…

The Mayan Puuc Trail is a small geographic area southwest of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico by about 50 miles. This blog will provide the plan to visit Uxmal, Kaban, Sayil, Xlapak, Labna, Edzna, Hochob, Xcalumkin and Dzibilnocac. There are also two historic caverns to visit Loltún Caverns and Xtacumblixu…

Dan (dancr~http://www.travbuddy.com/Dancr) and I (row-zzzzz~ http://www.travbuddy.com/row-zzzzz) left Calgary, Alberta around 11:00am to meet-up with Keith (aloha_keith~http://www.travbuddy.com/aloha_keith) and Ally (allyflower~http://www.travbuddy.com/AllyFlower) who were already in Banff.&nb…

In early 2001, Drew's Boy Scout troop worked on the Hiking Merit Badge by taking a number of historic themed hikes. The first of these was to hike through the Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland. (See Review, below.) Others were to include Manassas National Battlefield and the National Captia…

What a week (or 3). Ever since school started I haven't gotten home before 10:30 3-4 nights a week and my weekends have been spent helping to develop that non-profit. All my Cancun guidebooks (I got 3!) came in today and I've been marveling at the pretty pictures, flagging the best restaurants in t…

Fun timesSilly timesCrazy timesWacky timesAfter a week in the office, the weekend calls for time to let loose and have fun!

I took these pictures about a week ago...I was not thinking of putting them up, but after seeing Rudolph's and Marit's  photo's I couldn't help myself.  I realised then that just before the bloom...holds many, many, many magical moments that we can miss or forget if we don't thake the pic…