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Ticket to Ride 2008-06-06 00:05:11 Nearly a week had passed, and still no tickets in the mail. I was mildly concerned: I knew significant OneWorld fare changes went into effect June 1 and I didn’t want any snafus.
When I called the OneWorld round-the-world desk the ticket agent assured me all was in order: “These tickets take time,” she said. [...] Read more:Ticket
Underneath It All 2008-06-01 20:08:30 My girlfriends all want to know: How many pairs of underwear am I taking on our around-the-world journey?
In my whole life, including all the slumber parties I attended as a girl and lingerie-themed wedding showers over the years, I have never talked so much about panties as I have in the last month.
In making [...] Read more:Underneath
Said William Langewiesche 2008-05-30 00:46:50 So much of who we are is where we have been.”
– William
Langewiesche, journalist, author and pilot
Kids View 2008-05-30 00:45:59 Caroline and Conor have set up their own blog for the trip, where they will be able to share their unique views without Mom and Dad (mostly Dad) looking over their shoulder.
They’ll still be posting to the family blog, but they’ll have free reign on their site. Uh oh.
ADIP: St. Michaels, Maryland 2008-05-27 14:09:03 A Day in Pictures
St. Michaels
, Maryland
We recently crossed Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Bridge and continued on another 40 miles to spend a day roaming around the maritime village of St. Michaels, Maryland.
This little town of about 1,200 people is a major tourist attraction - more than 100,000 visitors come for the crabs, the harbor and the [...]
Observed in Ka Lae 2008-05-22 00:21:28 A gathering of ocean currents just offshore makes Ka Lae (South Point) one of the most popular fishing spots on Hawaii’s Big Island.
Here, at the southernmost point in the United States, more than one fisherman has fallen from the cliffs and been swept away by the powerful Halaea Current.
Capitol Hill Ramble 2008-05-20 00:09:41 We spent a day on Capitol
Hill in nearby Washington, DC, working on our video production techniques. Here’s the result. Read more:Ramble
, Capitol Hill
Overheard in LAX 2008-05-16 00:20:54 Terminal 7, Gate 78 at Los Angeles International Airport, waiting to board an early morning flight to Kona, Hawaii, two twenty-somethings in conversation:
When I was a kid, breakfast at McDonald’s and a day at the park - now that was a great day,” said the traveler as he unwrapped an Egg McMuffin.
“It still doesn’t get [...]
ADIP: The Ka`u Coast 2008-05-13 01:20:13 A Day In Pictures
The Ka`u Coast
on Hawaii’s Big Island
A four day business trip to Hawaii is not the easiest way to travel — especially when you consider it involves two six hour time changes and twenty plus hours in airports and planes. Still, I made every effort to see a bit of the [...]
Into The Wide Wide World 2008-05-09 01:11:42 More than a year ago, when we began dreaming about and then planning our trip we made a very long list of destinations and once-in-a-lifetime experiences we thought we could cram into a year off.
I mapped out an itinerary that had us hop-scotching around the globe, taking in every world wonder we’d ever seen in [...] Read more:World
Let’s Get Social 2008-06-10 00:54:48 A story that I hope doesn’t turn into a metaphor for a couple of aging boomers blogging their way around the world:
Recently a friend was bar-hopping in Georgetown, a trendy neighborhood in Washington, D.C. It’s the kind of place you could find yourself in a restaurant or bar sitting next to a second-tier actor, a [...] Read more:Social
The End of the Beginning 2008-06-13 01:46:22 A new American Idol was crowned. The LOST season finale has come and gone. The long wait for Indiana Jones 4 is over. And the Democrat primaries have produced a worthy nominee.
The first half of the year simply disappeared.
Now, with Caroline completing middle school and Conor finishing elementary school, we have [...]
Father’s Day 2008-06-15 17:26:45 My father was 51 when he died.
In the year after his death, he appeared to me regularly in vivid dreams. But one day he stopped appearing; later I stopped dreaming all together.
A few weeks ago, after nearly twenty years, he reappeared in a dream:
I was on a bus. Something like a school bus. My father, [...] Read more:Father
Fear of Flying 2008-06-18 00:21:52 No. It’s not what you think.
But insects – the flying kind that buzz and click and clumsily bump into you – cause a knee-jerk, gut-level, stone-cold panic in me.
Once, driving my Miata on a curvy parkway at night, a huge, loud cicada dropped onto the dash and if it weren’t for Craig grabbing the wheel [...] Read more:Flying
Shedding Our Skin 2008-07-02 00:57:24 We didn’t have to call the folks at Junk in the Trunk, but we could have. Instead we stuffed our Ford Freestyle with 15 years worth of things we probably didn’t need to begin with and delivered the load to a local charity. (And soon the Freestyle will be gone too).
As we purged belongings [...]
Comings and Goings 2008-06-25 01:54:45 It’s become habit.
Each morning I log on to my computer to check for dispatches from the dozen or so families and travelers I have been tracking around the world.
RSS reports arrive from far-flung places like Puerto Montt, Tokyo, Cairns, Siem Reap, Cappadocia and Durban. Each post brings a new adventure, a new lesson or a [...] Read more:Comings
Toot & Puddle 2008-07-20 00:29:34 When our kids were toddlers, Dani and I would take turns reading to them each night. Both loved to hear the adventures of Toot & Puddle
, two endearing pigs from Woodcock Pocket.
These two best friends couldn’t be more different. Toot is an adventurer, longing to see the world. Puddle is a homebody, most content [...]
Gearing Up 2008-07-14 00:33:05 I’m the first to admit it’s a bit twisted to talk about the gear we’re buying for this trip so soon after I’ve written about how good it feels to get rid of our belongings. What can I say? I’m a walking contradiction.
Not to mention a gadget freak.
So here are some of my [...]
Roadschooling Too 2008-07-09 00:56:03 When we last discussed the issue of roadschooling, we were considering working with Learning Community International, a Maryland-based organization that initially seemed excited about working with us.
But when the time came to put together a course of study, we felt their interest in working with us had waned (to put it charitably), and we decided [...]
Heating Up 2008-08-05 00:03:02 “It’s global warming.”
Until that moment, our native guide at Cotopaxi National Park had only spoken to us in spanish. But she had learned enough english to point out the environmental threat to Ecuador’s second highest peak.
Pictures in the national park’s museum clearly showed how far the snows had receded over the past thirty years.
On the [...] Read more:Heating
ADIP: Otavalo Day Trip 2008-08-01 00:01:36 A Day In Pictures
Otavalo Day Trip
On Saturday we took a day trip north of Quito to the Otavalo Market and surrounding area.
Otavalo has been a crossroads and market town for thousands of years. Today tourists from around the world visit by the busload to bargain for rugs, sweaters, jewelry, art and local crafts.
While the market [...]
A Beautiful Surprise 2008-07-29 22:15:56 None of us knew what to expect of Quito. Frankly, I’m not sure I knew it existed before we decided to travel to the Galapagos as part of our round the world journey. But it has been a beautiful surprise.
Flanked by volcanic peaks, blessed by near perfect weather and home to friendly and helpful people, [...] Read more:Beautiful
, Surprise
Kids’ First Ecuador Adventure 2008-07-27 21:36:52 Caroline and Conor have published their first posts on their blog - be sure to check them out.
Also, we’ve posted our first batch of pictures from Ecuador
. Read more:First
, Adventure
Finally, Quito 2008-07-25 11:55:29 After a tearful goodbye to friends and family and a long day of travel, we arrived safely in Quito last night. We were able to get a good night’s rest and awoke to a beautiful day. We are taking it easy today, acclimating ourselves to the altitude and planning our time in Ecuador. [...] Read more:Finally
The Story So Far 2008-07-23 08:56:15 If you’ve just arrived and want to know the backstory to this adventure, check out the posts we link to below. Or you can skip ahead to Quito using the link in the upper right hand corner of this post.
Since this blog first launched in November 2007, subscribers to this site have:
Met the James [...]
Galapagos Day 2008-08-20 00:53:11 [Special thanks for Brantley Tillis for the use of his terrific underwater footage.] Read more:Galapagos
Where Animals Rule 2008-08-18 17:22:24 On the public pier in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal Island, we encountered a slight bump in the road.
At least a half dozen sea lions were blocking our way, lounging on the steps we needed to descend to board the dinghy that would take us to the Cruz del Sur, our home for the next [...] Read more:Animals
Chillin’ in Banos 2008-08-14 00:13:23 Banos is the kind of place a person could go to disappear for a while. That’s what American expats Marshia Jackson and Jim Redd appear to have done.
The pair left Chicago in 2004 and bought the Banos B&B Posada del Arte, where we had the pleasure to stay during our visit to this picturesque adventure-filled [...]
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