Chasing the blue dot to find adventure…
In May 2017, I headed to the National Harbor area to attend the STC Summit conference. My conference buddy and I always arrive one day early so we can do the tourist thing. We got up early enough to wander around the streets near the National Harbor Carousel. The only people on the streets were … Continue reading Washington, D.C.: National Harbor and National Mall memorials (2017)
In June 2015, my then employer held a week long training at the company headquarters in Milwaukee. I arrived on Monday afternoon, and headed back home on Thursday night. The next day, I was flying out from the Phoenix airport to Columbus, Ohio for the STC Summit. I brought my camera with me in case … Continue reading Wisconsin: Milwaukee sights (2015)
On Saturday during Memorial Day weekend in 2014, we traveled to Montezuma Castle National Monument & Sunset Crater National Monument. On Sunday, we traveled to Jerome and Prescott. Jerome State Historic Park Some of the best views of Jerome are from the historic state park, so we ventured there. From the road leading to Jerome, there … Continue reading Arizona: Traveling on 89a (2014)
In May 2014, we spent Memorial Day weekend in the Camp Verde area. Camp Verde is a convenient jumping off point for visiting Flagstaff and Sedona areas. One of the weekend days, we headed to Montezuma Castle National Monument in Camp Verde, then drove up past Flagstaff to the Sunset Crater National Monument. Montezuma Castle … Continue reading Arizona: Montezuma Castle National Monument & Sunset Crater National Monument (2014)
For the first time since we arrived at our current destination, we received emergency alerts for a tornado warning. This is also our first ever tornado warning. 🙂 This tornado warning was very specifically for the SE area of Polk County. We calmly walked to the nearest laundry room building, and found we were not … Continue reading Texas: Tornado warning (2020)
About a month after we moved Arizona, we took a day trip down to Tucson and checked out the Pima Air and Space Museum. We had been wanting to visit this museum for several years, as they have an outdoor exhibit dedicated to Bob's time in the Air Force. The icing on the cake was … Continue reading Arizona: Pima Air and Space Museum (2014)
In November 2011, we went to Austin to attend the LavaCon conference and added a few vacation days afterwards. State Capitol We visited the state capitol and I believe it was mostly empty. I'm a pretty patient photographer, but I didn't have to wait too long for places to clear to get some images. These … Continue reading Texas: Austin (2011)
Every 2 years, in the even years, the Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Arizona hosts an airshow called Luke Days. In March 2018, we attended Luke Days on St Patrick's Day weekend. Luke Days, like any airshow, had static displays and other airshow performers, but we really went there for the Blue Angels. It … Continue reading Arizona: Blue Angels at Luke Days (2018)
When you visit Las Vegas, one of the amazing unique experiences to check out is the Neon Museum. In July 2018, we went to Las Vegas to meet up with my Mom, and took her to the see the Brilliant experience. This experience was created by an artist in the Adobe Creative Cloud residency program, … Continue reading Nevada: The Neon Museum – Brilliant Experience (2018)
