I took a trip with the Hoofers Mountaineering Club to Red River Gorge in Kentucky. I had been wanting to go climbing there for a long time, but never seemed to find the time. But now with no job, why not?
We drove overnight and set up camp at the famous Read More »
I went with Katie to Minneapolis over the weekend for her friends Lisa and Mark's wedding. Lake Calhoun was still full of plenty of fall colors, and I got to check out the famous cherry spoon sculpture. We… Read More »
Crash The Lou, an event I had been looking forward to for a long time, had finally arrived. Stephen and Kevin came to Madison from St. Louis back in July for our couch crash, and they really talked up St. Louis. They did a good job, too: eight people from Madison drove to The Lou… Read More »
I made an enlightening trek to northwestern Kentucky to visit the Creation Museum. It's housed in a 70,000 square foot building with some amazing exhibits, including dinosaur fossils believed to be several thousand years old, and “Read More »
I made the trek back to Dayton, mainly to help Dr. Turk with his website, but we also had time to stop at a few other places.
We started with Wapakoneta, Neil Armstrong's hometown. A museum dedicated to him was just off the highway, which was housed in a… Read More »
The 2012 Twin Cities Couch Fest was a fun weekend, as expected. I saw with a lot of the people I met last year at the Madison Couch Crash, some of whom will be in town this coming weekend for our latest couch crash.
Highlights of the weekend included seeing a group of Mexican dancers… Read More »
I left the Turk Museum tired, but in a great mood. It was Friday night, and the first major night of the Columbus Couch Crash. For those of you who aren't familiar, a couch crash is an event that has grown in popularity over the last few years on Read More »
After a long drive to Dayton, OH, I rang Dr. Turk's doorbell. The last time I saw him was on a road trip to Florida with my parents in 2006. We had met a few months earlier in Antarctica when he saw my nice camera and asked if he could have some of my photos.… Read More »
Last weekend was the Duluth CouchSurfing invasion. CouchSurfing is a great way to connect with other travelers in your city and around the world. About thirty-five of us made it all the way up to Duluth, Minnesota for a chilly February weekend. Madison has had such a mild winter, it was a… Read More »
April 19, 2008
Day 934
The final day of my trip had arrived. After a long night without much sleep, I couldn't keep my eyes open on the hour-long bus ride to the airport in Cancun. Nothing of any significance happened on my two flights home. People complained about having to wait an hour… Read More »
