travel

One Year Lived – Would you take a year off to see the world?

04.12.2013
Would you consider an around the world trip?

What do you think about taking a year off to travel around the world? I hadn’t even heard of this concept until I met a bunch of round-the-world (RTW) backpackers at a hostel on the Cook Islands. They were all young Europeans and they were all having a great time on a tiny budget. At the time I thought – what a great idea! However, I didn’t seriously consider putting my career on hold for a whole year to go gallivanting around the world. I still think it’s a great idea, but it’s even more difficult now because we have a kid and Mrs. [...]

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Traveling is more fun when you are young

02.18.2013
traveling is more fun when you're young

Happy President’s Day everyone! I hope you get the day off or at least can sneak out a little early to have a little fun. Playing hooky is one thing I miss from my working days. Today we are heading to the Portland Japanese Garden to take advantage of their free admission day. We’ll have to get there early because the parking spots fill up very quickly on these free days. We’ll be done pretty fast though. The last time we went, Baby RB40 blasted through the whole contemplative 5.5 acres in less than an hour. The Portland Japanese garden [...]

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The Cost Of Our Summer Vacation

06.27.2012
yurt road trip

Whew! We are back from our road trip to California. It was great to see family and friends, but baby RB40 really hated the long drive. We had to stop a lot more often than usual to calm him down and let him stretch his little legs a bit. Usually we would just drive straight through to San Jose in one day, but this time we had an overnight stop and the drive was a lot more leisurely (meltdowns aside). We visited old friends along the way and it was great to see them. Once we arrived in San Jose, [...]

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Hotel Cost Saving Strategy

06.20.2012
save money on hotels

We haven’t traveled much in the past few years because baby RB40 wasn’t really a great traveler, but now that he’s getting a bit older we can start to travel once again. We decided that our first big trip would be to drive down to California to visit family and friends, with an overnight stop along the way.  Hotels can be a big cost on a trip and you never know how nice the hotel will be. You can stay at the Four Seasons and be sure that your room will be great, but many of us do not have [...]

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