(Featured Photo: The San Antonio River Walk, San Antonio, TX) While we weren’t officially a thing yet, my spouse and I dove in hard on whether we’d make a good couple: we decided on a several-day-long road trip to Yosemite National Park, the California Gold Country, and the San Francisco Bay Area together. The experience must’ve went well, because we scheduled an even longer road … Continue reading A Pen At Ten (Pt. 2) – Road Tripping
As alluded to in Part 1 of this post, we traveled to California this year without much of a hard-set schedule, and it ended up thwarting our plans to seek out some the Bay Area specific culinary treasures, especially Burmese food. The San Francisco Bay Area is rich with this cuisine, with eateries from Corte Madera to Benicia in the north, to Livermore and San … Continue reading The Neal & Del Award (Pt. 2)
Delaware is more than a Presidential birthplace turned gas station My wife and I have grown to love trips up US 23 into Delaware the past several years. One of the fastest growing small towns in Ohio (with population jumping nearly 20% during the 2010 decade), downtown Delaware still has a very small town feel, something we’ve come to appreciate with other Central Ohio cities … Continue reading Crossing The Delaware (Ohio, that is…)
In a way, Madison, the capital city of Wisconsin, was going to suffer a bit in comparison to Chicago and Milwaukee for this jaunt. We have been to Madison a few times in the past decade or so of marriage, so we’ve knocked off a few things that would’ve been natural destinations (The National Mustard Museum and New Glarus Brewing come to mind.) Also, our … Continue reading A Fine Example of Capitolism (Midwest Travels 2023, Pt. 4)
Many folks I’ve encountered have a distinct tendency to romanticize the past. Everything was more pure and carefree, and times were far more simpler. Truth is this nostalgic-tinged view of times gone by is something of a crock. While there are a number of factors involved, I think the driving factor behind this phenomenon is human nature – very few people actively choose to dwell … Continue reading The Track Less Traveled
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