Category Archives: Fun Travel Stories

My Baby Max’s First Trip

Posted on September 23, 2011 by wpengine

The moment before the flight was a little tense for me as I prepared for my first redeye with my newborn son.  I felt like everyone was giving me the “death stare” as I boarded the plane.  I’m sure that … Continue reading →

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North Carolina, Here we come!

Posted on September 20, 2011 by wpengine

I’m a little bit nervous about my flight that I have coming up early on Wednesday morning. It will be my first “redeye” ever, as it will be the first flight that my son takes. I really hope that he … Continue reading →

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The Basque Country – My first foreign love.

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Brad Christensen

“Euskaldun berria naiz.”  It means “I am a new Basque – an adopted basque.”  I’ll never forget descending below the clouds to see the green rolling hills of the Basque Country.  Others know it as a part of Northern Spain, but … Continue reading →

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CouchSurfing.org

Posted on September 10, 2011 by wpengine

I was sitting in the sauna yesterday in Jackson, Wyoming talking with someone from Russia. He has lived in the US for the last 10 years and now owns a small shop detailing cars and doing oil changes. He was … Continue reading →

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Wanderlusting Languages

Posted on September 8, 2011 by wpengine

In the summer of 2006 I took an amazing trip across the world.  I had the opportunity to visit Russia.  It had always intrigued me the fact that they had been communists, and that they had semi converted to capitalism. … Continue reading →

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Trip to Atlanta for the BSU Game: Frequent Flier Miles > Buddy Passes

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Brad Christensen

I have a good friend, and fellow BSU Broncos fan who is a pilot for Skywest Airlines (which services the shorter, smaller plane flights for United and Delta among others).  I wrangled him into using a couple of buddy passes … Continue reading →

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Boise State Broncos

Posted on September 3, 2011 by wpengine

Today is a big day for my Boise State Broncos.  We have a lot to prove.  For the first time in history we are not the underdog in a game facing a team from the SEC.  Boise is starting the … Continue reading →

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