If I were the Army, I’d put a gun up here. Oh wait, that’s right. They did! Sixteen inchers in fact. The bullets weighed 2000 lbs and had a range of almost 30 miles. Dude, that’s a BIG gun. Apparently, San Francisco never had to fire these weapons in anger so, in keeping with military [...]
Photo Friday: Lake Berryessa, California
September 25, 2009 By 11 Comments
We began the day bleary-eyed and sleepy at 630am on a Sunday to beat the traffic and weekend warriors. My good friend Danny had purchased this sexy race boat for a song from a dude desperate to purchase ANOTHER blown 454 Chevy speed-boat last year [...]
What Not to Care
September 23, 2009 By 14 Comments
I “met” Sarah Jackson back in the spring when she was preparing to embark on a three-week solo journey through Oz and was a bit weary about things. So she contacted me and I tried (tried being the operative word) to ease her fears. Well, as you can read below, things worked out swimmingly. A [...]
Guest Post Alert! Win a Free Volunteer Vacation
July 27, 2009 By 6 Comments
While I’m off frolicking with polar bears in the Arctic Circle, Travelocity writer/editor Alison Presley offered to fill my shoes and share her recent volunteer vacation to Peru. Visit her blog and my favorite source for travel information, The Window Seat, where along with the rest of the Travelocity team, she shares comprehensive travel tips [...]
Photo Friday: Baku, Azerbaijan
June 5, 2009 By 20 Comments
Not wanting to be outdone by the two adventurous GIRLS* I was classmates with while studying in Europe circa 2005, for my final project I chose to travel to Azerbaijan and write about environmental/oil issues in the Caspian Sea. I was able to justify the project because Europe was (and still is) attempting to get [...]
Photo Friday: Mojave Desert, California
May 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
On a bright and breezy Sunday I slammed into the whooptie* and shattered the silence of the canyon. A whole-hearted expletive was crushed short by the sound of a 1988 Honda impacting the desert landscape, rider akimbo. Sound is such a tenuous thing, and died a quick death against the powdered talc and rotten slate [...]
Photo Friday: Dracula’s Hometown and that Time I Interviewed a Monkey
March 20, 2009 By 13 Comments
*Guest post alert! Compliments of SVV. Sometime back in 2005, Kristin and I took a come-hell-or-high-water road trip across the lower spline of Eastern Europe and deep into the Carpathian Mountains. We spent two days in the bullet-ridden but quite charming Budapest before finding a local car rental and striking out towards the Black Sea. [...]
The Road Less Traveled
March 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’m off to the Cook Islands’ northern gem, Aitutaki, barring any additional weather “systems” (seems like we’re finally in the clear as of last night, though we’re still being pelted by occasional showers). While you writhe in contempt for me, alongside my beau who once again was left at home, enjoy the travel bloggers I’ve [...]
To Travel or Not Travel: That is The Question
October 26, 2008 By 3 Comments
Hello, Faithful Readers of K.! Your dear, intrepid traveler extraordinaire is still gallivanting in Guatemala or Honduras or somewhere else where she’s likely not encased in two pairs of sweatpants, three layers of shirts, and a fuzzy blankie. That would be me, Lindy, aka K.’s non-traveling, non-blogging (and apparently cold-blooded) former roommate. I wish I [...]
When Life Hands You Lemon…
October 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Hello, loyal Camels & Chocolate readers! Lemon here! Most of you know me as Kristin’s confidant and BFF, and now I can add guest blogger to that list (if K publishes this)! In truth, K has asked me to guest blog multiple times, but I’ve always lazed out, in favor of a different set of priorities. Like, [...]
