Without sounding like a complete bust here, I’ve got a lot of repeat visits coming up in 2016. There’s a reason for that, though, which I’ll get to in a moment. First, what’s on tap for the new year…

The Ghosts of Christmas 2014
When it comes to travel, I’ll be honest, this past year was rather slow, all things considered. I didn’t jet away to some far off foreign land, as I’ve done in years past. I didn’t set foot outside my own country, actually. I didn’t even explore a new destination, really, opting instead to stay around […]

Evening on the Las Vegas Strip
The best time to walk the Las Vegas Strip? In the evening with the Bellagio fountains going off when all of the buildings are lit up.

Updating My Travel Tattoo
As the needle dug into my flesh, I recalled how much a tattoo can hurt. I also remembered that it wasn’t nearly as painful as I first anticipated. And in the end, for a design I truly loved, it was all worth it. I wasn’t at Denver’s Th’ink tank Tattoo, though, for a new tattoo, […]

A Las Vegas Trip to Death Valley National Park
It only takes about two hours to get from the hotels on the Las Vegas Strip to Death Valley National Park, a short and easy day trip from the craziness of Sin City. I stood atop Dante’s View with my friend, happy to have made the drive. We got a deal on a car rental […]

A Weekend at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas
I spent this past weekend at the Venetian Hotel Las Vegas with my brother and a friend. We were in town for the University of Minnesota and UNLV football game. We got a good deal on a rental car, so made the drive out from The Strip to Sam Boyd stadium Thursday night. We had […]