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A Weekend in Victoria, B.C.

She's back!

Lauren was smart enough to book a weekend away in Victoria British Columbia, using a nice little groupon that let us take the Victoria Clipper up to the Great North. Just so happened that Lindsay and Pat had the same idea. And so it was that the four of us took a quick weekend trip up to Canada.

Memorial Day Weekend, 2010 Road Trip - Sea-PDX-Bend-Redwoods

I've always wanted to hike amongst the Redwoods,

Dublin, Ireland

James Joyce always makes her laugh...

Years ago - oh, I would say maybe 8 years? - I took a week-long trip to Ireland. Dublin, specifically - the thinking

loss.

During my trip to Thailand, the group visited a small school out in the country,

A busy February

Only 28 days to it, but February went by in a blaze. And although this time last year I was knocking out one of my life-long ambitions, tramping through New Zealand, February 2009 did not lack

Work and Travel: How to get paid on the road

I hope that in my previous post I did not make it seem like you had to have a large stash of cash available in order to hit the road for an extended travel tour. The fact is, while savings are helpful, plenty of people travel and find

Opportunity knocks

As you all know, the axe fell today at Microsoft. 5,000 employees are to be let go and it doesn't really look good for my HR bretheren when that department was specifically singled out

Really?

My last goal was to come back and spend the final 2 months of my year doing absolutely nothing - just relaxing, enjoying the summer in the Pacific NW, and concentrate on jobbing come September. I'm happy to say

Stewart Island Photoset

Stewart Island is perhaps the most idyllic sea-side community I had the fortune of traveling through in my journeys. And by idyllic, I mean small and quaint. Your grandparents would love it there. Except when its raining.

Stewart Island/Rakiura track photoset

Brisbane Photoset

Pretty much all post-card shots of the city, I remember not really feeling up to taking pictures. The Seahawks had just been crushed by the Packers in the playoffs, making my 21 hour bus ride to the city to catch the game pretty much ridiculous.

Still, the city grew on me and eventually I found some really cool places to visit - sans camera, naturalich.

Brisbane Photoset