Category : Travel

Visit to the Chino Air Museum (Planes of Fame)

Posted on: 2 September 2008 /
Categories: Travel

First off: best experience on the 91 ever. Ever. It was like the 909 had decided to give up driving completely on Sunday, much to the delight of the 949ers venturing inland. If the 91 were like that all the time, I’d start flying out of Ontario. Honest: *Ontario*. Photos, then brief discussion. As it

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Last Nail in John Wayne (Airport)’s Coffin

Posted on: 25 August 2008 /
Categories: Fascism, Travel

They raised the price of on-site parking, again. This time to $20. In 2001, it was $10. They’re closing down one of the four on-site parking structures entirely. They already maimed two of the four (read: removed the 25% of the parking spaces that were closest to the terminal) in an effort to undo 9/11

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Great Accomplishments in TSA History

Posted on: 24 August 2008 /
Categories: Fascism, Travel

The great thing about quick business trips is that you get to go through airport security twice in one day. Makes it all worthwhile. So in honor of our government’s brilliant new mechanisms put in place in order to ensure every passenger feels sufficiently hassled prior to being allowed to enter the boarding area, I’ve

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Review of Hotel 17 New York City

Posted on: 21 August 2008 /
Categories: Travel

Went to New York in June for a conference. Except that I flew out Saturday and the conference didn’t start till Tuesday, so I was sort of paying for my accommodations for a couple nights and, given how ridiculous that is in NYC, found the cheapest clean non-hostel in the city (per its reputation), Hotel

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My Traveling Nightmare Is Over — For Now

Posted on: 12 July 2008 /
Categories: Travel

Was out of town on three of four consecutive weekends. Chicago, New York, Taos. There were fantastic things about each of those trips, but I’m (predictably) sick now (I’m assuming there’s a correlation), the house is messed up, I probably have overdue bills, I haven’t worked out or gone running since the travel period started,

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All Things Go, All Things Go (Went to Chicago)

Posted on: 12 June 2008 /
Categories: Travel

For work. And I’m not actually a big Sufjan Stephens fan, I just couldn’t get that song out of my head while I was there. Spent Sunday and Monday with my brother and his family before heading to the conference. Returned home last night. Had a good time. Got caught out in a sudden rainstorm

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Cross-Country Road Trip Plans

Posted on: 22 April 2008 /
Categories: Travel

Not sure when I’m going to get around to it, but I’m planning on taking a three- or four-month cross-country road trip. I’d be interested to hear what anyone has to say about where I should or shouldn’t go. Here are my priorities: States I’ve never set foot or tire in (from left to right:

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More B-52 Photos, By Request (Plus a Couple Pics of AMARG)

Posted on: 15 March 2008 /
Categories: Travel

And because, let’s face it, I’m never actually going to get around to putting anything on Flickr.   And because the last set didn’t include any actual photos taken from the boneyard at Davis-Monthan (AMARG — Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group), here are a few. The bus, as mentioned last post, made it tough to

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Pima Air and Space Museum and the Davis-Monthan Boneyard

Posted on: 13 March 2008 /
Categories: Travel

Went out to Tucson last weekend ahead of some business meetings I had in Tempe on Tuesday. Primary purpose: visit the AMARG and the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base airplane boneyard (I think “boneyard” sounds less ominous than “graveyard”, although I suppose maybe it shouldn’t). Tours of the boneyard are facilitated by the Pima Air and

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One Final Kauai Vacation Bring-Down and Advance Planning for Future Bring-Downs

Posted on: 20 January 2008 /
Categories: Self Promotion, Travel

Just FYI, there were a couple days of my Kauai vacation that looked (and felt) like this: Even better: it’s at Wal-Mart. Saw this pic again looking through my photos today. Made me feel slightly better about being, you know, not there. Similarly, any time I think about my Utah house, I try to remind

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