I have a little time to kill standing in line for the first position on the roller coaster Volcano at Kings Dominion. The crowds are light, Its 70 degrees and sunny. Things look up! Literally. The coaster shoots straight up…
9 days in Italy for Spring break?
I spent several boring hours over labor day weekend on the couch (with a cold) and came up with a gem: four tickets to Italy over spring break for 40,000 miles each! Europe tickets are usually 60,000 and black-out/brown-out dates…
Video: Jordan Valley Pool and Dead Sea
Here is a video from our first few days at the resort in Jordan. The original blog is here.
Camping and thrill rides next weekend
One of our post-Middle-East-trip pledges is to do more local travel. Cheaply, if we can. The Billygoat trail hike in August was awesome and it reminded us how much we like camping. We have a shed of hiking and car…
Video: Sometimes the best places are close to home.
We spent the day along the Potomac hiking the upper section of the Billy Goat trail. This would have counted as an amazing hike if it had been Peru, Mozambique or Cambodia. But it’s in our backyard. Go Maryland! Made…