Travels

Closing out 2022 with my annual Year in Places. A list of locations where I spent at least one night away from home. As have been the pandemic norm, travel was fairly light again this year. I did have a major shakeup in my career, going out on my own, so we played smart with the finances. However, we did head to Florida for and end-of-the-year trip, but most of my travels stayed close to home in 2022. Featured photo is from Kennedy Space Center. … Read Full Post

Closing out 2021 with my annual Year in Places. A list of locations where I spent at least one night away from home. After the first pandemic year of 2020 in which I had no travel, we loaded up the van and headed out west for a few weeks of travel & remote work. The featured photo is the view from our VRBO rental in San Diego, our home away from home for nearly three weeks. Without further ado, my 2021 Year in Places: Fill … Read Full Post

Closing out 2020 with my annual Year in Places. A list of locations where I spent at least one night away from home. What a year it has been. My travels for 2020: That’s it. That’s all. I’m having a hard time even mustering up a quote for this year. I hope you are all safe. We had three fantastic getaways planned for 2020. Every single one of them was cancelled due to the pandemic. Featured photo is a throwback shot I caught with my … Read Full Post

In my ninth year of recapping my travels during the year – dubbed the Year in Places – I hit a new low. And in fact, it is so low I really need to go back through my year and confirm that it is indeed accurate. Update: Yep, it is accurate. Featured photo for this post is from the Big Slick 10 event with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. 2019 was a challenging year personally, and professionally. I’m happy to be in 2020 … Read Full Post

Closing out 2018 with my annual list of travels. Things were a little light this year in terms of travel. Following up on my wife and I’s camping trip to Zion National Park, we took the kids this year. Here you go. Multiple nights indicated by an *. Home base is Omaha. Omaha, NE* (Home base) Green River, WY Cedar City, UT Zion National Park, UT* (camping) Springdale, UT Rifle, CO Carroll, IA My quote for this year’s recap is a little different. While we … Read Full Post

Closing out 2017 with my annual Year in Places. A list of locations where I spent at least one night away from home. Notably absent this year was a night in Kansas City as I didn’t make it down for a single Royals game this year. But I did manage to best my record low of six from 2016. 2018 is shaping up for a good travel year already as well. Without further ado, my 2017 Year in Places (multiple trips indicated by an *): … Read Full Post

As the year draws to a close, it is time to recap my travels. This is an annual tradition going back a few years and the rules are simple: Catalog every city in which I spent at least one night. 2016 saw a record low for me in the 16 years I’ve been keeping track. While I didn’t move around a whole lot, I did have some seriously awesome travel experiences. A few days in Kansas City with my parents, my siblings and their families. … Read Full Post

There are only a couple of days left in 2015, but I think it is safe enough to say my Year in Places is complete with no more pending travel. While I didn’t hit as many overnight stops as I did last year, It was a fantastic year travel-wise. Road trips with the family, a trip to Disney World, a Wold Championship by my beloved KC Royals and more. Without further ado (multiple trips indicated by *): Omaha* (home base) Carroll, IA* Kansas City, MO* South … Read Full Post