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The closer we got to our trip, the more it looked like Mother Nature was against us.

Weather forecast, Saturday high of 99F
The Big Meadow Fire closed our camp (Crane Flat Campgrounds)

We were lucky and change our camp site to Wanwona Camp Ground. Being further south and 45 minutes away from the trail head forced us [...]

We spent the last week here in Kona on The Big Island. It’s been super relaxing and I wish we could stay another week or two. Unfortunately, one has to pay the bills…
I’m a bit rusty on blogging so I’ll just give you a list of highlights and let you browse the photos we have [...]

Yeah that’s right. I single handily fixed two of my shirts today. Which have been out of commission for a little over a month now…

Look at that craftsmanship! I don’t need no stinkin’ girl to sew on my buttons!
In other news: I’m heading back East for the next 5 days. 2 days in NYC to [...]

The train ride from Lake Como to Munich was pretty uneventful. Of course the Alps are amazing, but I would have rather been riding my bike though them than gazing at them through the train car windows. Suppose that’ll have to wait until the next trip.
We arrived in Munich around 11pm. The initial plan was [...]

We have Jeremy to thank for our stop in Lake Como. The latest Bond film has a scene where 007 is housed up in a super swank hotel overlooking the lake. I’m not sure if it was the beauty of the location that caught Jeremy’s eye or Daniel Craig on the beach. Either way Lake [...]

We only spent one night in Venice. This limited the exploring, but seemed to be plenty of time since Venice tends to be more of a place for couples and not a group of four guys.

I was able to get a few shots while we were wandering though the city trying to find a restaurant [...]

I meet up with my friends John, Jeremy, and James in Rome. We will be traveling together for the next couple of weeks until they end their trip in Munich for Oktoberfest. I rolled into Rome a couple of days early to wander around the city on my own. Traveling in small groups can slow [...]

After three solid weeks of sight seeing in some major cities, I finally found myself some sun and a beach. I’m really enjoying myself traveling, but at times it’s not exactly relaxing. I’m finding it hard to get myself to just kick back and chill, there is too much to do and see in each [...]

After spending 3 solid weeks of sight seeing in London, Belgium, Amsterdam, Pairs, Florance, and Tuscany I felt it was time to relax a bit. The plan was to head to Amalfi for some beach time.
One way to get to Amalfi is to take a bus from Naples, so I decide to stop their for [...]

Sorry it has taking so long to get you all up to date with my travels. Looking at the date stamped on these photos I seem to be 2 weeks behind. YIKES!
Well I spent two full days driving around Toscana with Allyson and her co-workers. We visited about 4 or 5 different hill towns, some [...]