My friend Briand took a trip to the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) with his wife, Erin, a few years ago and talked it up big. They really enjoyed their time there, particularly in Belgium, so I was excited to get there and see a bit of the country myself. My father and I […]
Touring France with My Father
It’s about one year to-the-day since I was in France on holiday with my father. It is a trip of which I have such fond memories. One of them occurred within our first few days in Paris. We had just landed and were standing on the bus on the tarmac, waiting to be […]
Hawaii with the Judo Guys
I really now do understand why there are huge guidebooks that are printed just for travel to Hawaii. We saw so much on O’ahu that I can honestly say it’d be easy to take a week or more for each of the islands. There’s just so much to do and see it’s really quite insane. […]
Visiting Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons
Out of all of the drives I’ve done in the mountains, and even some on the wrong side of the road on international trips, I’ve never been nervous about the road…that is until now. U.S. Highway 212 runs into Yellowstone National Park from Montana, starting just west of Billings, via Beartooth Pass. Beartooth Pass, at […]
A Drive Through Teddy Roosevelt National Park
After driving through the extremely scenery deprived east side of North Dakota, I finally came upon a rest stop called Painted Canyon. It also said it was an overlook for the badlands of Teddy Roosevelt National Park. To back track a bit, I should say the park was really nothing I had ever heard […]
Remembering the Sand Dunes
After a long drive, it was still relatively early in the morning at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. I was entertaining guests from London, England two-and-a-half years ago, and they wanted to see something scenic in Colorado. So, since I had taken them to Rocky Mountain National Park on a previous trip, […]

