Mt. Rushmore trip

About twenty years ago we went to see Mt. Rushmore, but underestimated South Dakota’s peculiarities and found it so snowy and cold (in June) that the vacation kinda sucked and failed. Last year we planned to try again, but unluckily scheduled our trip for the...

Disneyland report

I love Disneyland!! It is one of my favorite places to be! Now I will talk about it. Our flight was at 5:something on Tuesday morning, so I went to bed extra early on Monday evening. Of course Monday night sleep is always excessively poor, and being excited for...

England 2

Beaumaris Castle is in Wales, and you can tell you’ve reached Wales because the alphabet explodes (not pictured here). An important thing to know about Beaumaris is that Brits often pronounce the name so that it sounds very much like “bum-arse,”...

England 1

To start out with, airport selfie: On Monday the 19th I flew nonstop from Denver to London Heathrow, and since the flight took off at 1740 and came in at about 240 (940 in England), which was offset my normal sleep schedule by no more than three hours, jet-lag was not...

Disney World and Such

Vacation report, with pictures: I started taking pictures before we even got to the parks, because this hotel connected to the airport in Orlando — with this awesome indoor courtyard overlooked by rooms — is just so badass. I don’t think brother...