Like everyone else in the world, my spring travel plans went kaput due to COVID-19 (or as we call it in the South, "everything going on"). I'm also not working much at the moment. Though I'm a worker in an essential industry, our office is closed temporarily for probably at least a couple more weeks … Continue reading What I’m doing during lockdown

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last month, you are likely aware that international flights everywhere have more or less shut down for the foreseeable future. I've been a regular traveler since I was in my teens, but this was the first time I remember that I had to deal with a … Continue reading What I learned from a cancelled flight

About 10 years ago, I really got into film photography after shooting nothing but digital for many years. Desiring an alternative to the digital photography experience, I spent a good bit of time playing around with a variety of old film cameras. My timing was fortuitous, because used film cameras were cheap and plentiful at … Continue reading Olympus XA review for the lite traveler

A while back, I replaced my sturdy and dependable North Face travel shorts with the Patagonia Stretch Wavefarer Walk shorts (original review here). The original North Face shorts were fine, but they took longer to dry than I liked, and I wanted something in a simpler design without all the extraneous cargo pockets. It's been … Continue reading Update: Patagonia stretch wavefarer shorts

I'll be turning 40 this year. I've been fortunate; I don't have any major regrets or feelings that I've missed anything truly important to warrant having the standard mid-life crisis that you commonly hear of in people approaching 40. Sure, there are some things that in hindsight I would have done differently, but nothing is … Continue reading The most important thing

Hope all of you have a relaxing holiday season. I'll be doing some traveling over the New Year and will be back in January. Safe travels to everyone!

A while back I wrote about some Things I appreciate about home after traveling.  I have a few more things to add to the list since my recent time in Central America. Road quality.  I live in a place with no state income tax.  Having that extra money in my bank account is awesome for sure, … Continue reading Things I appreciate about home part 2