United States Travel Blogs - Page 2

After I spend all my time yesterday on and around the National Mall I decided to try to go and see a bit of the other part of town. I figure there's got to be more to this place than just the big museums and government buildings - like houses and private citizen's cars.   Hence I d…

HERE I GO........I don’t know what came over me. I wanted to update my map on TB. Unfortunately, I forgot my TB handle and password. I had to start all over. On June 9, 2007, I created a new account.  i started to browse on TB more. I started to welcome new TBs. my BF at the time was out on …

Despite the brisk competition from other wonderlands in Maine, Acadia wins the top spot for natural beauty in my heart.  There is something special about mountains on the ocean.  Even if the mountains are relative midgets (Cadillac Mountain is the highest point here at 1,530 feet - sti…

Every man knows a way to a woman's heart (or at least mine) is great Korean food!! =)I get a call from John yesterday - seems he's in town for 1 day to go to the Korean embassy before heading back to LV and then off to Korea. This is the LAST TIME I'll John for a long long while. It is only appropr…

I woke up ay 3:00 am in preparation for my 5:00 a.m. flight: don't ask, I don't know why I booked a flight at such an ungodly hour - could be because the price was right. I'm not an early riser and I do not like getting up early when I'm on vacation. I did so however and was ready by 3:30 am when m…

YEAH...it's road trip time! Tracy and Will are on their way and it's time for us to head out ourselves.  Unfortunately, despite what Old School Bill (OSB) preaches about NPP, sometimes plans and schedules are good!!! LOL.  Our mini detour ended up taking us on a 16 hour road trip ver…

I met back up with Shane in LA before we headed home to Australia. We did a bunch of touristy things, like Universal Studios but the most exciting thing was waking in middle of the night to find the hotel being all shook up by an earthquake. I have only been in one other earthquake before this …

The very first Rodeo show I ever saw was at the Santa Cruz county fair grounds? Well, at the beginning of 2004 after relocating from England to this little town in the middle of nowhere and marrying a self proclaimed cowboy he decided to inaugurate me into the western culture. I was forced (not lit…

Woke up at 3.45 AZ time after sleeping for about 3 and a half hours. Damn.. tried to go back to sleep, but it proved hard to do. I just couldn't, so I guess Adrian will have to live with me sleeping a bit in the car on our way to Kayenta. lol.. Anyway; I was up and found USA Today hanging on the d…

Our family has a tradition of an annual camping trip.  This particular trip was planned by my sisiter-in-law the location,Ute lake, in New Mexico, was chosen due to it's midway point.  Normally I'm all for camping, I love it!  This particular year though I had a 4…

Exploring my home state of Minnesota and all that it has to offer. Big, small, popular, off-the-wall and more. Land of 10,000 lakes, the greatest State Fair, home of Paul Bunyan, the world's largest ball of twine and much more.

  Every trip turns up something that is not planned, or unusual, or just plain weird.  Well our summer vacation trip this year included a few things that fit into that category.  This year we had seven such things.       1. Game Crossing   Being out in midd…

My intentions were to sleep very deeply and long, since I went to bed at 5am! But, my phone rang at 9am (8am) in Lima. It was one of my customers wanting to talk about business. Ok, I’d take care of this later. I was thinking about what to wear and remembered the nice top Mel gave to me. Thank…

One of the hard and fast Kretzer Rules of Travel is “If a city has a subway system, use it” This is because it will suck to try drive yourself around. I know this. I have learned this the hard way in Washington DC, and a little bit in Chicago. I have been to Boston before, and used the subway. …

Can't believe it's already morning and it's time for me to head out to the Sacramento airport...I am flying to Juneau Alaska for 4th of July weekend! I am really excited but nervous at the same time as I know I will be on my own for much of the trip since my friend is working the whole time I am he…