Articles Posted in Travel

  • Valparaiso Chile street art and graffiti

    Street art and graffiti photos in Chile

    We visited Valparaiso, Chile for a few days and was awestruck by the awesome street art and graffiti around the city. Valparaiso is a very cool city – it was a major port town, but then they…

  • Chile food and drink - 2012

    Photos of food and drink

    We took over 600 pictures and I don’t want to upload those all at once, or else you might be overwhelmed. So I am breaking out the photos in a few distinct categories. We had…

  • The Andes, Chile

    Chile trip notes coming soon

    Well, we’ve made it back from our long trip to Chile. It’s been a little hectic since our 18 hour flight and I’ll be downloading and selecting between our 500+ photos to share on this…

  • Contestants from the West Coast Beard & Mustache Championship in Portland

    2012 West Coast Beard and Mustache Championship wrap up

    (Click to enlarge the above image – I’m on the right. Photo by 2012 West Coast Beard and Mustache Championship as epic. The people, the beards, the venue, the city were all incredible. I don’t…

  • Photo of a passport

    Your papers please

    Gradually over time, governments purposely make it more difficult to cross borders. I can remember back in college, not needing a passport to make it to the Bahamas. Now that I’m up here in Spokane,…

  • India_market

    India Photos – People and Culture

    Here is the second and final set of photos of people (mostly Anne and I) and cultural activities – like the local market place. Browse through them and hope you enjoy. Post comments if you have…

  • India_places

    India Photos – Places and Things

    Since we had so many photos I broke them out into two different categories – places and things, and people and culture. Here are a few photos from the places we went and the things…

  • Vancouver skyline from hotel

    Trip to Vancouver, BC

    This weekend I had an opportunity to visit Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. This is our second trip to the maple leaf state in two years. Having never been to this city, I was quite…

  • I love the road

    I love the road

    On my 30 mile journey back from Coeur d’Alene to my house I started thinking about how much I love road trips. Generally speaking, if the car ride is 12 hours or less I would…

  • Visited Walla Walla, WA

    Visited Walla Walla, WA

    Anne and I continued our tour of the Northwest this past weekend and headed out to Walla Walla, WA.  For those not familiar Walla Walla is known for it’s fertile land that is perfect for…