Posted in Travel on Aug 22nd, 2010
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Saturday, Aug 21: It wasn’t until I was laying on the toolbox of my truck gazing at the stars from the side of the road that I realized I found a solitude I hadn’t been looking for. Up until now I was tired from driving all day, a bit gloomy from [...]
Posted in Travel, Uncategorized on Aug 2nd, 2010
This weekend lead me on a last minute trip to Houston, and ultimately to New Orleans. The drive surprisingly wasn’t bad, roughly 500 miles and takes about an hour longer than it does to get to my parent’s. I-10 going east is certainly much nicer scenery than it is going west, more green and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2010
Monday, June 28: Monday morning I departed for Boston for the flawless, epic road trip. There was a storm system rolling in on the east coast, so both legs of the trip were delayed for a couple of hours. While waiting at the gate at EWR, some old woman was getting irate at the gate [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 23rd, 2010
I’m excited! Monday I fly to Boston to co-pilot a friend who is moving from Boston to Seattle. I was kicking myself that I didn’t go on the last BOS-SEA trip with H, so this is my last chance in the foreseeable future. Around 3,050 miles, roughly the length of my Wyoming [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 16th, 2010
I’ve been really burned out here lately and was in desperate need of changing things up by getting out to visiting the crew in the PNW on Friday. Coincidentally, this was the same weekend that Alex flew to BOS to co-drive with Hilary across country (see: here and here). A smarter person would have put [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 1st, 2010
I’ve been wanting to wander around Wyoming for a couple of months now and finally decided to go last weekend. No real planning, the only requirements were to see Jackson Hole and some big mountains. Friday morning I took my truck to the mechanic to have the transmission and differential fluids changed. I picked it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2010
Now that I’ve sort of solved north for the time being, I need a new destination. I’m told I absolutely must go catch a shuttle launch before the fleet is retired later this year. This may or may not be possible with a standard road trip. The remaining launch dates are on Thursdays and Fridays, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 19th, 2010
Friday I decided to go on a roadtrip after work. I basically wanted to see how far north I could make it in a weekend. The dream for a while has been to make it to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, which is due north of me. After doing some map work, the mileage says this is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2009
Aftermath
BM affected me a bit on the personal level this year. We always giggled at the “welcome home” mantra, because “home has running water.” This being the 4th time, BRC did feel like home. I really wanted to be there. I was glad to be there. It [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27th, 2008
In a fit of three-day planned spontaneousness, I drove to Denver this weekend. I left work at 7 PM on Friday and hit the road. The V1 managed to save me three times on 183 before I even got to 183. It was well after dark by the time [...]
