We took a nice road trip up the coast so I could run yet another half marathon. I visited San Jose for the first time back in 2015. Along the way, we stopped at Paso Robles and Monterey Bay. For this race, I was not as enthusiastic as I have been for other events. Initially, I planned to just hike the distance. The starting line excitement got the better of me and I...
We took a trip to downtown Cabo to do some shopping, take a boat ride, and celebrate my birthday (early). While it was mostly a tourist trap with rather aggressive salespersons, it was kinda fun to see some of the historical locations. We had lunch at the original Cabo Wabo Cantina. This is the place made famous by Sammy Hagar and Van Halen. Starting in 1990, it has...
Today we spent our time visiting the Chihuly Glass display, the Modern Pop Culture museum, and the Space Needle. It was nice that these were all so close together. I knew nothing about Chihuly, but think my artist friend David had the best description that this person was to the glass art world what Michael Jackson was to the Pop Music world. The Mo-Pop museum had...
One of our family friends suggested that we spend a weekend visiting Seattle, Washington. Thanks to my business travel, I have flown through SEA many times; however, I have never really spent any time in this famous city. I was really excited to finally have some dedicated time to explore. We started with some breakfast at Biscuit B#$%&. While I am often...
Just passing through…
Due to the long distance from LA and SA, I find splitting up the trip with a night of restful sleep in London makes the journey much easier. Also, I get a rare opportunity to take a walk of one of my favorite cities.
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My work trips this year have been rather limited so I was super excited to finally get to hit the road again. This week has me in the general area of Denver. It seemed like I got an amazing sunrise every day. I enjoyed Cherry Creek Lake park for some running. There were a lot of prairie dogs. Later on, in the week, I took a trip to Downtown Boulder to visit a really...
Some years I look at my travel and have to make a tough decision to make what is called a Mileage Run (MR). It is where you take a flight somewhere and back for the sole purpose of earning frequent traveler status. This year I found myself about 400 miles short of Delta Platinum. While I am saddened to lose my top Diamond status, I might still have an international...
This journey marks my 3rd trip to South Africa. All of my trips have been to Johannesburg for 1-2 weeks of work. My first trip gave me a bad impression of the country primarily because of a painfully long flight and and the culture shock. On my second trip, I found an easier way to travel and had some friends along. For this trip, I decided I need to see somewhere...
I spent a long weekend in Edinburgh (pronounced Ed – In – Burr – AH) because about 6 months previously I had signed up for the Half Marathon. This is one of my destination/dream/bucketlist races because I love visiting this city. I had also invited my Uncle Mike McKay to make his first trip here, but sadly he was not able to travel. This is my 5th...
I am finishing up a second week of work in good ol’ Deutschland. Once again I am really starting to miss my home in sunny California. My co-workers in the Irvine office make fun of me. “Why did you move to CA if all you do is travel for work”. I guess in the end, when work slows down or I choose to travel less, CA is where I want to be. I am trying...