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
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!
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!
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
April 2023
April 1 - Tulsa to Chicago
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
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
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
-Dreams Jade Resort - Puerto Morelos, Mexico -
May 4, 2021 - Damp undies
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
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
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
May 2013