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England, Norway, Denmark & Sweden

August 2025

August 16 - Tulsa to London: Off on Grand Adventures!

August 16 - Kansas City to Kansas City: Change of plans for my travel partners 

August 17 - Day 1: London: A Blur of Jet Lag, Markets, and Worry 

August 18 - Day 2: Windsor, Stonehenge, Bath, England - Castles, Rocks, and Baths (and the World’s Longest Bus Ride) 

August 19 - Day 3: London - A Royal Affair 

August 20 - Day 4: London - Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears 

August 21 - Day 5: London - Crowns, Boats & Busts (Literal and Figurative)

August 22 - Day 6: London - Jewels, Bridges, Heights & Hakuna Matata

August 23 - Day 7: Southampton - Boarding, Backpacks & a Kiwi Named Hillary

August 24 - Day 8: At sea (I was in the spa all day which was great for me, boring for you.)

August 25 - Day 9: Kristiansand, Norway - Benedict Betrayal, Spa Salvation, and a Very Vintage Train 

August 26 - Day 10: Oslo, Norway - Vikings, Ski Jumps & Naked Statues Everywhere 

August 27 - Day 11: Copenhagen, Denmark/Malmo, Sweden - Canal Views, Tivoli Choices & “Oops I’m in Sweden” 

August 28 - Day 12: Skagen/Grenen Denmark - Standing in Two Seas at Once (Because Why Not?) 

August 29 - Day 13: At Sea

August 30 - Day 14: Southhampton to London to Tulsa - Homeward Bound  



The Emerald Isle of Ireland

April 2025

April 2025

February 25 - Nashville to Dublin: When life is wierd...

February 26 - Thomastown:  Ireland is Already Showing Off! 

February 27 - Dublin: Sunshine, Whiskey & One-Way Street Chaos: A Day in Dublin 

February 28 - Dublin: A Cozy Morning, A Wild City, and the Ties That Bind 

March 2 - Dundalk: Reflections: Graves, Murals, and the Ocean

March 5 - All good things must come to an end.

 

October 2018

October 11 - On our way! Girls Trip!

October 12 - Dublin: Chasing storms ROUGH landing!

                    - Driving on the other side

October 13 - Waterford

October 14 - Blarney & Butlers Chocolate

October 15 - Galway

October 16 - Northern Ireland Game of Thrones fans and Giants Causeway

October 17 - Dublin to the country

October 18 - Kingscourt - Cabra Castle

October 19 - Family day...this is my tribe

October 21 - Dublin Heading home


Check out my Travel guide to Ireland here!







Panama Canal Cruise

April 2024

April 3 - Long Beach, CA: Breaking Free

April 4 - Long Beach, CA: Queen Mary & Good Friends

April 7 - Baja Cabo San Lucas

April 8 - Solar Eclipse at sea

April 10 - Huatulco, Mexico

April 11 - At Sea

April 13 - Puntarenas, Costa Rica - Sloths, Botanical gardens & Ox carts

April 15 - Panama Canal 

April 16 - Cartagena, Columbia 

April 18 - Grand Caymen - my first trip to Hell

April 21 - DFW lines

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Transatlantic Cruise [NCL]

April 2023

April 1 - Tulsa to Chicago

            - Chicago to Toronto

            - Toronto to Lisbon

April 2 - Lisbon, Portugal

April 3 - Cadiz, Spain: Gonzalez Byass and city

April 5 - Wandering the globe

April 6 - Las Palmas de Canaries: Maspalomas Beach & Traveling sand dunes

April 8 - Fushal, Madeira: Wine and beauty

April 10 - Parque Terra Nostra: A volcanic meal & tea in the Azores

April 15 - Bermuda: Sunset over the harbor

April 16 - Bermuda: Crystal Caves

April 18 - NYC - Museum of Natural History (Night at the Museum)

April 21 - Breakfast and departure

April 21 - One last tour...let's go see the gators

April 21 - Atlanta back to Kansas City

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Colorado's Rocky Mountain Highs

October 2024

September 28 - Heading out on a Work Trip

October 1 - Casa Bonita

October 2 - Garden of the God's & Manitou Cliff Dwellings

October 4 - Girls lunch and failed attempts

October 5 - Colorado Springs

Alaska

August 2023

August 3 - KC to Seattle

August 3 - Seattle: Sightseeing

August 4 - Seattle: Chihuly Gardens, Space Needle

August 8 - North to Alaska (Princess)

August 12 - Seattle to Kansas City (Evan's take)


August 2008

August 6

Mediterranean Cruise

May 2018

May 19 - Enroute!

             - Airport dining has stepped up

             - Barcelona

May 20 - Onward to the ship!

May 22 - Amalfi Coast Birthday Celebrations

              - sites of the coast

May 25 - Cannes France - No Florence for you!

              - Order a helicopter via Uber

May 26 - Palma de Mallorca

May 27 - Home and my bags are lost in Paris 

Other Epic Adventures

April 23, 2025 - Earl Gray meets Daddy B's BBQ

August 22, 2024 - College drop off John Brown University

August 1, 2021 - Miami Versailles with friends

May 12, 2021 - Cancun, Mexico -

May 11, 2021 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico 

May 9, 2021 - Puerto Morelos, Mexico

May 5, 2021 - Cancun, Mexico - Cinco de Mayo & my head in a bucket

                       -Fresh catch!  

                       -Dreams Jade Resort - Puerto Morelos, Mexico - 

May 4, 2021 - Damp undies

                      - Lunch of champions

May 3, 2021 - Travel delays 

                      - Our own version of "Terminal"

March 4, 2021 - Texarkana airport run

February 15, 2021 - Texas Snowmageddon

February 12, 2021 - New Braunfels, TX

October 17, 2020 - Phoenix, AZ - Rental car bad decisions.

September 16, 2020 - Miramar Beach, Fl - Vacationing with Jim Cantore

                                    - Hurricane Sally in Florida

September 15, 2020 -  Miramar Beach Taco Party

August 22, 2020 - Boston Homeward Bound

August 14, 2020 - Merrimack, NH

August 13, 2020 - Plymouth, MA: Mirbeau Inn & Spa

April 24, 2020 - Tulsa, OK and building a gazebo during the pandemic

April 25, 2020 - Trapped in Quicksand [Bixby]

February 24, 2020 - San Diego Club Marina

November 9, 2019 - Scottsdale, AZ

October 28, 2019 - Boulder, CO

October 4, 2019 - Boston, MA

September 22, 2019 - New England

September 10, 2019 - Boston's North End

September 11, 2019 - Newton, MA

September 9, 2019 - Boston, MA

June 10, 2018 - Boston, MA

February 24, 2018 - Touring Boston

December 13, 2017 - Chambersburg, PA

December 11, 2017 - Baltimore, MD Big 70 Birthday dinner for mom!

December 4, 2017 - Ohio

September 20, 2017 - Sioux Falls, SD

October 23, 2017 - Baltimore

June 6, 2017 - Santa Cruz, CA

May 26, 2017 - New York, City and family geneology

May 25, 2017 - New York

February 26, 2016 - Las Vegas, NV

September 27, 2015 - New York

September 25, 2015 - Port Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

September 24, 2015 - St John's Bay, New Brunswick, Canada

September 23, 2015 - Portland, Maine

September 22, 2015 - Boston, MA Segway Tour

September 20, 2015 - New York City

March 17, 2013 - Key West St. Patrick's Day

February 26, 2010 - Rodeo Drive

Annual Fishing Trips

Brainerd, MN

June 9-21, 2025 - Annual Fishing Trip - Brainerd, MN - A Tragicomedy in 12 Damp, Dice-Filled, Dock-Flipping Acts

2023

August 19, 2023 - Portillos [Madison, WI]

August 20, 2023 - Here Fishy, Fishy

August 23, 2023 - Ain't kissing no more frogs


2021

July 17 - Wisconsin and Portillos

July 18 - North Long Fishing

July 19 - Dad is winning the big fish contest

July 20 - Northern Pike

July 21 - Baxter for Grizzly's

2020

July 19 - Nisswa, MN - Quarterdeck Grill with pals

July 15 - Brainerd, MN 

July 14 - Brainerd/Baxter, MN

July 13 - Crappie catch!

July 12 - Rafferty's pizza 

July 10 - Poncho & Lefty's

July 9 - Portillo's


2021

July 20 - Brainerd, MN

July 19 - North Long Lake fishing

July 18 - Boating

July 17 - Portillos


2019

June 28th, 2019 - Zorbaz...can't fish become one.

June 29, 2019 - Maple Grove, MN - Portillos

June 26, 2019 - Fishing with friends

June 25, 2019 - Towed home

June 24, 2019 - Bilging the boat

June 23, 2019 - Bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work


2017

June 29, 2017 - Fish rapture

2016

June 28th, 2016 - Good catch

June 29th, 2016 - Fishing....

June 30, 2016 - Fishing time

Rome, Italy

May 2013


May 6, 2013 - Walking to the London City Airport

May 7 - Vatican City

A journey of a thousand miles
begins with a single step. - Lao Tzu
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