North America Travel Blogs - Page 9

This blog focuses on hiking Kalalau on the island of Kauai and cultural concerns for all of Hawaii --- if you are primarily interested in Kalalau you should proceed to the second entry and skip this potentially uncomfortable first entry. I think discovery is a relative term, because when Captain…

Sometimes I just wanna share what I am experiencing while driving my ford escape... Can't always stop on the side of the road for a picture :P:P

Well, it was home time for the Scots in NYC. The other good thing about the Continental flight to Glasgow is it leaves at about 8pm, so you're also got most of the day in the city, and it's not a day really spent in the airport. We checked out and left our bags in the hotel until mid afternoon, wh…

Today it was back to the daily grind of endless chores, emails, paperwork and stress.  I was definitely missing my TB's today and got random emails/texts/calls throughout the day letting me know that I'm missed and thought of.  Plus the endless smiles from this blog.  I'm glad I'm ab…

Wow...moving day got moved up yet another month.  Due to some personal issues w/the ex that got out of hand, we needed to get me out of the house early.  Brett ended up flying out the night before to help with last minute details as Thursday was likely going to be a crazy day.  …

Tuesday was amazing. The like of which I have never seen in America before. Everyone was full of nervous energy and perfect strangers were first partners in anticipation and then in celebration. I yelled myself hoarse with joy, and I was not alone. It was certainly a big day for America. They…

In the Western world, people fear growing old but where I come from, people grow old gracefully, and growing old is prestigious. I have always wanted to have a birthday party. Growing up in a family of many siblings birthdays were a simple affair. Many times we remembered to wish each other 'Happy …

Here are some various facts and demographics on the KC area: Metro population is over 2 million The annual per household income is $67,000 Per capita income is $37,331 Median home price in Kansas City is $153,000 The average age is 36.1 89.4% of KC residents have a high school education …

I expected to be stuck in traffic for the late afternoon/early evening ride home but the traffic was very light...what a relief.  I don't think I would have been able to stay awake if we were in bumper-to-bumper traffic.  Aside from dodging merging 18-wheeler trucks, the brief sandstorm, …

That year I booked and purchased a ticket to Spain, my cousin was getting married and we arranged everything to attend the wedding. Sometimes you plan everything in anticipation, had everything set, but at the end things just don't turn the way they should.  One month before the trip, from all…

There are a lot of fun things to do with the help of Mother Nature's resources. There are so many things you can do & see. Vermont takes time to see! Enjoy favorite pastimes in the Summer such as hiking, biking, swimming, fishing, or paddling and of course playing a round of golf on smoothly gr…

  SAN FRANCISCO TRAVBUDDY MEETUP –   I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO!   Saturday evening, January 12, was a special night in the Bay area. Over 40 friends left their hearts in San Francisco, but took back warm memories of the largest TravBuddy Meetup so far.  &nbs…

The Old School TSTAM-“Trip Start Time Accelerator Machine makes it possible for TravBuddies to move between different moments in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space  sending objects forward from the present to the future without the need to experience the i…

The Doloris Alba in Mérida is an ideal place to make your home base to explore the surrounding area; Progresso and the beaches, Sotuta de Peon a functioning henequen hacienda, Celestun and the Flamingos, Hacienda Yaxcopoil, Muna a town of Mayan potters,  caverns, numerous colonial churche san…

Yaxuná is a large second-rank Maya center at (20°27′ North X 88°40′ West) that is 13 miles south of Chichén Itzá This is about the geographic center of the Yucatan. Yaxuná is older than Chichén Itzá by at least 500 years. A recent survey has documented more than 650 structures in th…