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Tag: travel

  • Winging It: The Flying Experience

    Does anyone care about air travel anymore? People obviously still use it and do so regularly. But does the act of rising off the ground and hurtling through the sky at hundreds of miles per hour still bring any thrill to the passengers? From simple observation, I would say, “no”. I feel the ability to…

  • Dude, Mountains

    Have you ever just been thinking about those huge piles of rocks cutting through the country and think, in your best stoner voice, “Mountains, man. Mountains.” I tell you what, mountains are absolute wonders when you think about it. Here are these massive, miles high protrusions of Earth’s crust. They have the power to completely…

  • The Old North Church

    As I log off from another hour spent exploring the Commonwealth in Fallout 4 and now sit watching Nicolas Cage go crazy trying to steal the Declaration of Independence, I reminisce about a recent trip to the heart of the American revolution. Boston is a nest of history, full of sights and stories. A visitor’s…

  • Weekend Wander: Minneapolis

    Take note: one of my ideal weekend getaways involves watching baseball and watching people. This is the ideal “two birds with one stone scenario” as I often spend the majority of my time at a baseball park watching people rather than the professional athletic display in front of me. (Describing some of the viewed teams…