When you travel, especially when you are outdoors, you are very dependent on the weather and natural elements. I was right to bring lots of light layers, as there were many days where I started out with 4-5 layers in the morning and wishing I had gloves then stripping down to a tank top and … More Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton Part 7: Weather, Scenery, and Reflections
I started out less excited about seeing wildlife than many of my fellow travelers, but I saw so many interesting animals and it ended up being very exciting. All three parks are in grizzly bear territory, and people are very bear-conscious – like the same way we have been trained to be terrorist-aware in NYC. … More Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton Part 6: Wildlife
I did much more than just hiking on my trip! One night in Glacier, after eating dinner out at a Mexican restaurant (it was located on an Indian Reservation and observing a dry-day, so no alcohol) we drove out a bit to look at the stars. They really popped in the dark and we could … More Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton Part 5: Not Hiking
Over 10 days, I walked 65 miles and 174,000 steps, at least according to the app on my phone. Hiking was the primary activity on this trip. I started out strong on the first day with by far the longest hike of my life, covering about 13 miles to Grinnell Glacier in the “Many Glacier” … More Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton Part 4: Hiking
Everyone has their own travel style. I like to mix mine up, but I tend to default to non-car transportation options, hostels, and cheap food. While I didn’t get to ride any trains on this trip, a train is what metaphorically brought me to Montana. In 2014, I took Amtrak trains across the country. I … More Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton Part 3: Transportation, Lodging, and Food
I started blogging to document time I spent traveling alone and filling down time, so it wasn’t on my mind to start writing until I left my travel buddies after Glacier. By that point, I was so in the zone of waking up early and trying to maximize my time in the parks that I … More Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton Part 2: The People
As I travel home from my National Parks adventure of 2017, I can’t stop thinking about memories. I had such an amazing trip, but how can I possibly remember everything I did, saw, felt? I’m running through the days in my head, as I often do at the end of a trip, in efforts to … More Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton Part 1: Overview and logistics
Winter drags in New York, and I found myself spending free time searching cheap flights to warm places. I ended up visiting grad school friend Alison in Tucson, Arizona for a few days in mid April. It was a great dry heat and we did a lot of fun activities. There were some travel issues … More Tucson
The results of the election in November were very hard on a lot of people, and I coped by nearly planning an impromptu solo trip to the Caribbean a few weeks later. I held off, and instead waited til January and booked a trip to Jamaica with my mom for a few days over MLK … More Jamaica
As I gear up for some 2017 summer travels, it occurs to me that I’ve been to a few great places over the last year and never documented the trips. So here are some short summaries and photos of my last few adventures! First, I went west for my friends Cathy and Patrick’s wedding in … More Denver
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