Tag: travel

  • 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 of the highpoints in the Northeast in 2013, I didn’t manage to fit in Mount Marcy. It’s a solid day hike, and I just didn’t…

  • Switzerland – Matterhorn and Zermatt

    Our trip to Iceland occurred because I was presenting some research at a conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. We spent a week in Iceland before heading to Switzerland. We flew into Geneva then took a train to Lausanne, where we stayed in a nice apartment (AirBnB) with an amazing view of Lake Geneva. I really only…

  • Iceland – final post – drone footage

    I took my drone to Iceland with us. I knew that there were lots of places where I could fly the drone and it seemed like the ideal opportunity to take advantage of the drone to get shots we couldn’t otherwise get. Here’s my Iceland drone compilation:

  • Iceland – Day 7 – The Golden Circle: Gulffoss, Geysir, Strokkur, and Þingvellir National Park

    We saved some of the most visited sites for our last day in Iceland. Lots of buses take tourists to visit three sights in a single day: Gullfoss, Geysir, and Þingvellir National Park. This is often referred to as The Golden Circle as you can include Seljalandfoss and actually make it into a circle. Since we…

  • Things to Know About Traveling to Argentina in 2016

    I’m on my second day here in Buenos Aires, Argentina and am slowly figuring out how life works here.  Here are a few of the things I didn’t know about that others may find useful. How to get from the airport (EZE) to Buenos Aires: When you arrive at the airport in Buenos Aires (EZE),…

  • Bahamas trip – Atlantis Resort

    Through my work, we had the opportunity to travel to the Bahamas and stay at the Atlantis Resort.  We were somewhat excited by the opportunity, but were also a bit wary as we had some forewarning that Atlantis is expensive, and we don’t really do expensive.  Even so, it was something new and I’m always up…

  • California Trip – day 9 – Travel Town Museum and Griffith Observatory

    This was our last day in California.  Debi was in her conference most of the day, so Toren and I went on another adventure.  I found out that the Travel Town Train Museum was giving free tours in the morning.  Toren likes trains but doesn’t love them.  I thought it would be fun and it…

  • California Trip – day 6 – down day

    Debi’s first conference ended on the evening of the 8th and her second began in the afternoon of the 9th, so she and Toren spent the morning of the 9th swimming.  By the time Toren woke up from his nap, it was too late to go anywhere in LA traffic, so we went swimming again…

  • California Trip – day 5 – Riley’s Farm and Heart Rock

    We headed out of Anaheim again on the 8th.  Toren has never really spent any time on a farm. We visited a milk cattle operation once, but Toren is growing up in the city.  I thought a farm might be rather novel for him.  A recommendation on red tricycle suggested Riley’s Farm in Oak Glen.…

  • California Trip – day 4 – Sturtevant Falls and Reese’s Retreat

    Debi’s conference started on the 7th and I had no intention of going to evil Disney.  Instead, Toren and I once again took advantage of California’s hills and did some hiking.  Our first hike was to Sturtevant Falls: Here’s a video I took of the “falls”: Given the time of year, they aren’t really falls.…