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Marathon Madness!

 Mar, 18 - 2022   MeTravel

I’m cross-posting this from my new family blog, which will chronicle our travels around the world from June 2022 through July 2023. Go there to sign up for email updates and to follow us on Instagram. I wasn’t sure if I’d ever run a marathon. It’s something I toyed with briefly in my late 20s, […]


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My new book, From Hostels to Kids on Camels, is mostly about my travels, but I spend a little time on my childhood in the Introduction. I shared the part about my dad yesterday. Here is the next section about my mother. My mother, Marilyn, in addition to being scary smart, is a great friend. […]


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My new book, From Hostels to Kids on Camels, is mostly about my travels, but I spend a little time on my childhood in the Introduction. Here’s the start of that section, where I talk about my dad. As you’ll read, travel has been a central part of my life, but it’s not the only […]


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As with many people, July 2020 isn’t what we expected it to be. As I write this post, Karen, our three boys, and I should have just left London for a trip to Tunisia. From there, we were planning to head to Greece and then travel up through Ukraine to Russia. We’d intended then to […]


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So when I heard those words as an admonition from the speaker at my conference last week, it finally hit home to me that this new career of mine is maybe a little different than all the other work I’ve been doing the rest of my life.  Certainly, no one has ever used that kind […]


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10 years, 50 countries

 Jun, 05 - 2009   FamilyMeTravel

This past week has marked a couple of pretty big milestones for me, which is nice because they really belong together.  Ten years prior to Wednesday, I met my wife, Karen, at the youth hostel we were both staying at in Dublin, Ireland.  That’s us on that day with my brother Paul (who I was traveling with […]


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Welcome to my new blog!

 Mar, 10 - 2009   China tripFamilyMeRandomTravel

Hello everyone! I haven’t written anything for awhile, because I didn’t really think I had anything too exciting to write about.  Since we’re taking our 10 month old on a 2 week trip to China, however, I thought it was a good opportunity to make a few posts. So!  Check back over the next few […]


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First blog post ever!

 Dec, 21 - 2006   ComputersMeRandom

This is, believe it or not, my first blog post ever.? (I’m pretty sure my mother is really proud of me, although probably not proud enough to leave a comment.) I’m not sure if I’ll end up using this thing very much, but set it up so that I could give updates while Karen and […]


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