Category: Travel Info

Yuki joins “The Pack” at Priority Dog

Yuki and the Pack at Priority. Susan at Priority Dog(http://www.prioritydog.com) has a “balanced” pack of around 9 dogs which help to train other dogs by them seeing how dogs are supposed to behave. We have only taken Yuki there 3 times and we already see a difference in his behavior. He also is totally exhausted …

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Checking For Sensor Dust on your DSLR

I always seem to forget these steps so I am summarizing them here… Set focus on lens to infinity. Set aperature to smallest opening(largest # e.g. f/22) Set exposure compensation to +1 stop Take picture of a uniformly lit wall or the sky. Exposure may take a bit, but it does not really matter. Check …

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18 Things You Don’t Need on Your Packing List : TravelBlogs.com

Windows Live Tags: travel , packing light , pack Some helpful packing tips. Although I don’t agree with the suggestion on jackets and towels. I usually bring a good breathable rain jacket, which serves as rain gear as well a windbreaking shell. Couple this with a good fleece and you are good to go down …

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Costa Rica Volcanoes & Surf 2009 – Trip Recap

Every time we go on a trip somewhere, people always ask me “would you go back there again?” and my reply is usually always that there are so many other places I want to visit that I may not get back around to go there again. Well, I guess Costa Rica has become the exception. …

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Thailand Hike, Bike & Kayak Trip Recap – Part I – Getting to Bangkok

Preparing, traveling, and our first day in Bangkok, Thailand.

Thailand Packing List

In preparation for my 14 day adventure trip to Thailand, I have come up with the following packing list. I will be using a 48L Osprey Kestrel backpack which when full, should be around the limit of most carry-on restrictions. I am hoping to not totally fill up this pack on the trip over there, …

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Boston Travel Notes

Boston Trip Highlights

Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Excursion

This past weekend, Denise and I headed down to the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, MD. We stayed out at the Hampton Inn by the BWI Airport. The room was really nice and reasonably priced too. They provided a shuttle service which dropped us off at the BWI Business District Terminal of the Light Rail which …

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