Tag: road trip
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3 Pro-tips for Your Road Trip
– Things We’ve Forgotten, NPS EditionAs folks get rolling out to the U.S. National Parks and the rest of the great outdoors for Summer, here are three things to know plus one bonus idea. 1. Watch for the AM radio sign for the latest updates and tune in! This is usually posted as a road sign as you’re driving in…
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Driving the East Iceland Fjords
< Previous: Jokulsarlon Short Video AirBnb in Holmur On Wednesday morning, a good breakfast spread included with our stay gave us a peek at the restaurant space at the AirBnB in Holmur (photo after the jump). It was easy to imagine it as a lively popular affair in the Summer. This was perhaps the best hosted breakfast…
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Pro-Tip Tuesday:
Alt Uses for a Water Bottle While on the Road 1Discovery in the desert, Moab, Utah near Arches National Park: While on the road, you can use a large Nalgene bottle (or other water bottle) as a stand-in for a foam roller to roll out your thighs and other muscles, a great plus if you, say, went for a hike while car camping and have sore muscles! For…
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Southwest Road Trip Correspondence
Me (via email): We appear to have entered some anomaly in the space time continuum. Kris’ watch says 10pm, mine says 8, and the car says 9. Who knows what time or what age we will return to after our road trip… My brother: Woah.
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Pro-Tip Tuesday: Make Creme Fraiche on the Road!
Looking for a dessert you can bring on the road to impress your friends? Here’s one I made in an AirBnB over a visit to my home state. It takes very few ingredients, little predictability in equipment, and you can bring it with some fruit for a dinner party:
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Video Post: the World is Your Oyster!
Just Try One…The last stop coming back south from Bellingham was at Taylor Shellfish Farm. I was not fond of seafood as a kid, and growing up in the Land of 10,000 Lakes and no saltwater, who could blame me for only eating the fresh sunnies and walleye my parents would catch on a day off?
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Run Away and Nurse Your Broken Heart in the Woods with a Hot Toddy
Sometimes, don’t you just want to set the world on fire? No? Well, maybe at least shake it around a little to tell it to behave itself better? Doesn’t the state of it just break your heart some days? Let’s go back to setting things on fire. I extra-think plenty on the things that are hugely…