The second stop on our cruise was in Marseilles, France. Given that it was France, I was expecting a very nice city, like Paris. I was a little disappointed. Our…
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Europe Trip – Mallorca (Day 4)
Rosemary arranged for a very nice excursion while we were in Mallorca. We boarded a catamaran with about 50 other people and headed out away from the city to a…
Europe Trip – Boarding the Cruise Ship (Day 3)
Rosemary (Debi’s mom) arranged a transfer to the cruise ship from our hotel. Getting checked in and the luggage situated took a bit, but we were on the ship by…
Europe Trip – Barcelona (Day 2)
It was the birthday of one of my nephew’s and he really wanted to go kayaking. So, we went kayaking. I think we all were hopeful that sea kayaking in…
Europe Trip – Barcelona (Day 1)
My in-laws took the whole family on a trip to Europe again (see the previous trip). This time, we flew into Barcelona, spent two days there, then embarked on a…
WA-Mt. Rainier
Summit Date July 31st, around 6:30 am Party Ryan Cragun & Tom Triplett (plus our guides – Travis and Matt – and two other clients – Drew Herdener and Olivier…
Salkantay Trek
For my work, a colleague and I decided to propose a new travel study course that would involve a combination of our interests – sociology of sport (hiking, specifically) and…
Greece – Mount Olympus
Traveling all the way to Greece for a week-long colloquium for work without taking any time to do some touristy stuff seemed like a waste of a flight across the…
Greece Trip – Metochi
Thanks to my work on nonreligion and atheism, I was invited to participate in a week-long colloquium (May 13th through May 20th) in Greece by LeRon Shults in which I would…
NY-Mount Marcy
Summit Date August 12, 2017 (around 11:00 am) Party Ryan Cragun, Mark Woolley, Tom Triplett Trip Report In my big swing across the US that allowed me to complete most…