May 23 - May 24, 2017 Our flight home would have 4 legs: La Paz, Bolivia, to Lima, Peru Lima to Houston Houston to Los Angeles Los Angeles…

May 19 - May 22, 2017 We stayed at Hostal Copacabana again, even in the exact same room we had over a month ago. That room was on the 3rd…

May 15 - May 18, 2017 After our trip to Madidi, we took another rest day in Rurrenabaque. I don't remember doing anything besides catch up…

May 8 - May 14, 2017 We arrived back in Santa Cruz in the evening after our visit to San Miguelito. The next day we decided to visit the…

May 4 - May 7, 2017 We got off the plane in Santa Cruz, and took a taxi straight to Nick's Adventures to pay for the tour we had…

April 30 - May 4, 2017 Tarija was our official rest city. It's not a very touristy city, although it does have a nice downtown area and is…

April 28-29, 2017 Tupiza was a little break for us, to recover from our desert tour, and to take a breath, literally. At around 3,00…

April 23-27, 2017 From Potos í we took a beautiful bus ride "down" to Uyuni. Down is in quotes because it really wasn't that far down…

April 21-22, 2017 Our bus ride to Potos í was uneventful. Potos í is a small town that calls itself the highest city in the world. It's…

April 19-20, 2017 We got back to Sucre in the afternoon, and took care of some business. First we dropped off some laundry, and second I…

April 17-19, 2017 We went on a 3-day trek to the Maragua crater, organized by Condor Tours. It was really more a 2-day trek because the…

April 9-16, 2017 After the overnight bus, we arrived in Cusco early and tired. We could eat breakfast at our hostel, but not check in until…

April 7-8, 2017 Oruro is not a usual tourist stop. We just stopped there to break up a long busride. We'd heard some scary stories about…

April 6-7, 2017 In La Paz our hop-on-hop-off bus ticket with Peru Hop ended at the Hostal Copacabana, where we had a nice little room. We…

April 2-5, 2017 We didn't do anything in Copacabana besides eat lunch and use the ATM to get our first Bolivianos. Then we got on a boat…

April 1-2, 2017 Puno is a small town on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. The main reason to stop there is that we took an overnight bus…

March 29-31, 2017 Back in Cusco, we signed me up for a day hike to Rainbow Mountain. The next day we did a little sight-seeing, in the form…

March 26-28, 2017 Ollantaytambo is another small ancient town. It's surrounded by hills terraced well over a 1000 years ago to prevent land…

March 24-25, 2017 We took a day to travel to Aguas Calientes, which is the tourist town at the bottom of Machu Picchu. (The expensive train…

March 22-23, 2017 The bus ride from Arequipa to Cusco was beautiful. We drove through highlands with rolling green hills, herds of llama…

March 21, 2017 After hiking in Colca Canyon, we took a rest day in Arequipa, which was wonderful. We slept in, caught up on journaling…

March 17-20, 2017 Colca Canyon is one of the world's deepest canyons, and just 5 hours away from Arequipa by bus. We chose a tourist bus…

March 13-16, 2017 The overnight bus to Arequipa was a smooth ride. As per usual, I only dozed briefly so we were good and tired when…

March 10-12, 2017 What put Nazca on the map are the Nazca lines , which are a lot like drawings you might have made in the sand with a…

March 9-10, 2017 Huacachina looks like what you get when you ask a child to draw an oasis, but you make the sand dunes taller and add…

March 6-9, 2017 Our bus took a few stops between Lima and Paracas. We're taking the Peru Hop bus, which is a hop-on hop-off bus that…

March 3-6, 2017 After a well-deserved nap, we headed into the busy Lima streets. We stayed at the 1900 Hostel, which is near Lima's old…

More pictures than most will care to see will be up here . I'll keep that pretty updated, so check back if you care for that kind of thing.

March 2-3, 2017 We left our Vegas Airbnb at the very reasonable time of 10am. A short Uber to the airport later, we were in the security…

March 1, 2017 To get to Lima, the cheap flight is: Seattle -> Las Vegas -> Mexico City -> Lima. This could have been accomplished in 2…

I'm reviving my blog because we're going traveling again! Our plan is to spend March in Peru, April in Bolivia, and May in Colombia. We don…

Once again, we went to Oregon for Danielle's spring break. Using the Trendwest points we had , we'd organized a stay at their resort in…

Last weekend Danielle and I went to visit the elephant seals in San Simeon. This is the time of year when the girls give birth, and the…

Danielle's spring break was rapidly approaching, and we hadn't planned anything to do yet. After spending some time on Rip Off America we…

Last weekend Danielle had Friday off, so I took it off as well. Not as early as we would have liked, Friday November 10, we drove off…

Sunday morning Danielle and I drove towards Carrizo Plain. We stopped at Cottonwood Canyon, 7 Mile Road, and finally Shell Creek. It was…

Danielle and I have been saying we want to go to the San Diego Zoo for several years now. This weekend that finally happened. The morning of…

There are a lot of traditions surrounding getting married, and I don't care for most of them. The honeymoon is the best one of the lot…

It was time for our annual summer vacation. Like last year we decided to drive towards Portland, but unlike last year we decided we were…

I've been wanting to go up Telescope Peak for a while. On a clear day you can see both the highest and the lowest point in the continental…

The annual trip to Catalina was organized by Morgan this year. The group consisted of Morgan, Ryan, Anton, James, Gwen, Danielle, and me. We…

Danielle's spring break snuck up on us, so we didn't plan anything until 3 weeks before it happened. We wanted to use my frequent flyer…

A long time ago, Tone and I met WLD at Joshua Tree. He told us about a Yahoo group of hikers who do trips. Once I got home I signed up…

Since Danielle and I spent Christmas apart, we felt the need to do something together before the end of her Christmas break. So on Thursday…

For Danielle's fall break we wanted to explore the northwest. After a little research we found out that plane tickets to Seattle are…

Friday July 11, I drove straight from work to Tone's house. We had a tasty dinner of egg burritos and started driving north on the 101 at…

To celebrate the end of the school year, Danielle organised a weekend trip to Catalina Island . The plan called for leaving Santa Barbara…

For her birthday, Danielle asked me to take her camping the following weekend. Pretty much at random I picked a campground from ReserveUSA…

Last Christmas Danielle and I took a bump to get free plane tickets. Not too long after that we turned them into round trip tickets to…