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Category: Travel Log

Here you’ll find over a decade of travels, all neatly sorted by hat! The travel log contains stories and photos that you just won’t find on the rest of the site, along with misadventures and lessons learned along the way! Pick your favorite hat, and let the adventure begin!


 

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Johnny Day, Chasing the Clouds Away!
Oct 20Dec 3

Johnny Day, Chasing the Clouds Away!

Lewis & Clark and a Rocky Trip down the Oregon Coast!
Oct 19Feb 5

Lewis & Clark and a Rocky Trip down the Oregon Coast!

Scree Scrambling up Wheeler Peak!
Aug 25Dec 3

Scree Scrambling up Wheeler Peak!

Chasing the Sun to Nevada’s Last Glacier!
Aug 24Dec 3

Chasing the Sun to Nevada’s Last Glacier!

Dinosaur National Monument: America’s Jurassic Park!
Aug 21Mar 19

Dinosaur National Monument: America’s Jurassic Park!

Feed Rocky Mountain Wildlife? Don’t Go There, Squirrelfriend!
Aug 20Jan 2

Feed Rocky Mountain Wildlife? Don’t Go There, Squirrelfriend!

Touring American Myths: Big Horns, Big Bears, and Big Heads!
Aug 19Mar 19

Touring American Myths: Big Horns, Big Bears, and Big Heads!

On Sand Dunes and Sunflowers!
Aug 18Mar 19

On Sand Dunes and Sunflowers!

Pikes Peak, Florissant Fossils, and the Chokecherry Volcano!
Aug 17Mar 19

Pikes Peak, Florissant Fossils, and the Chokecherry Volcano!

Back to Los Angeles: Safer at Home?
May 14Dec 3

Back to Los Angeles: Safer at Home?

Reading and Roadtripping across Utah!
May 13Mar 19

Reading and Roadtripping across Utah!

A Perilous Pandemic Perch at Black Canyon of the Gunnison!
May 12Mar 19

A Perilous Pandemic Perch at Black Canyon of the Gunnison!

The Windy, Winding Way through Colorado National Monument!
May 11Mar 19

The Windy, Winding Way through Colorado National Monument!

One Giant Leap for Beaverkind at Craters of the Moon!
May 3Mar 19

One Giant Leap for Beaverkind at Craters of the Moon!

Wonderstone and Utah’s Soft Reopening!
Apr 25Mar 19

Wonderstone and Utah’s Soft Reopening!

Firstbud in the Time of Coronavirus!
Apr 19Mar 19

Firstbud in the Time of Coronavirus!

COVID’s No Joke on April Fools’ Day!
Apr 1Mar 19

COVID’s No Joke on April Fools’ Day!

Escape from LA: A Coronavirus Tail!
Mar 24Mar 19

Escape from LA: A Coronavirus Tail!

A Leap Day Plaque for San Joaquin City!
Feb 29Apr 30

A Leap Day Plaque for San Joaquin City!

One Rocky Road Trip to Quartzsite!
Feb 16Jan 2

One Rocky Road Trip to Quartzsite!

Pecos Bill’s Fort-ified Road Trip!
Jan 20Jan 2

Pecos Bill’s Fort-ified Road Trip!

Taos and the Secret Cities of New Mexico!
Jan 19Jan 21

Taos and the Secret Cities of New Mexico!

The Enchanting Rock Art of Albuquerque!
Jan 18Jan 28

The Enchanting Rock Art of Albuquerque!

An Abe-venture through the Lands of Lincoln!
Oct 20Jan 2

An Abe-venture through the Lands of Lincoln!

The Wright Time to Fly in Dayton!
Oct 19Jan 2

The Wright Time to Fly in Dayton!

Mothman Forever!
Sep 2Jan 2

Mothman Forever!

A Cheesy, Corny, Buckeye Roadtrip!
Sep 1Nov 17

A Cheesy, Corny, Buckeye Roadtrip!

Rockin’ Architecture in the City of Superman!
Aug 31Jan 2

Rockin’ Architecture in the City of Superman!

The Great Argentine Eclipse of 2019!
Jul 2Nov 16

The Great Argentine Eclipse of 2019!

The Triassic Parks of Talampaya and Ischigualasto!
Jul 1Jan 2

The Triassic Parks of Talampaya and Ischigualasto!

A Summer’s Winter Day in Córdoba!
Jun 30Jan 2

A Summer’s Winter Day in Córdoba!

Indiana Dunes and the False-Faced T-Rex!
Jun 16Jan 2

Indiana Dunes and the False-Faced T-Rex!

Evacuated at the ChicaGO-Fest!
Jun 15Dec 1

Evacuated at the ChicaGO-Fest!

The Salt of the Earth in Southern Israel!
May 4Mar 21

The Salt of the Earth in Southern Israel!

The Walls of the West Bank!
May 3Jan 2

The Walls of the West Bank!

Jerusalem, the Labyrinth of Peace!
May 2Feb 21

Jerusalem, the Labyrinth of Peace!

The Long, Dusty Road to Amman!
May 1Feb 21

The Long, Dusty Road to Amman!

Beyond the Khazneh: Petra’s Valley of Temples!
May 1Mar 21

Beyond the Khazneh: Petra’s Valley of Temples!

A Dune Zoom Through Wadi Rum!
Apr 30Jan 2

A Dune Zoom Through Wadi Rum!

Pompeiian Circumstance!
Apr 29Jan 2

Pompeiian Circumstance!

Assisi, Porziuncola, and the California Connection!
Apr 28Jan 2

Assisi, Porziuncola, and the California Connection!

A Foiled Florentine Frolic!
Apr 28Jan 2

A Foiled Florentine Frolic!

A Turn around Tuscany!
Apr 27Dec 1

A Turn around Tuscany!

V Is for Vatican… and Val d’Orcia!
Apr 26Jan 2

V Is for Vatican… and Val d’Orcia!

Be It Ever So Ancient, There’s No Place Like Rome!
Apr 25Jan 2

Be It Ever So Ancient, There’s No Place Like Rome!

Going Pains of the Cane River Kind!
Feb 18Jan 2

Going Pains of the Cane River Kind!

A Drizzly Zig-Sog up the Mississippi Delta!
Feb 17Jan 2

A Drizzly Zig-Sog up the Mississippi Delta!

All Is Belle Ante the Mississippi Bellum!
Feb 16Jan 2

All Is Belle Ante the Mississippi Bellum!

The Flintstones of the Alibates Quarries!
Nov 4Jan 2

The Flintstones of the Alibates Quarries!

Snapping Pics down Route 66!
Nov 3Apr 26

Snapping Pics down Route 66!

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