Trip Snippets – Joe's Bucket List

Trip Snippets: Cozumel, Mexico; Aboard the Disney Wonder

Joe — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 03:20:50 +0000

Back in 2022, we got to take a cruise with our good friends Drew & Courtney. This was during the height of COVID’s Omicron wave, which spooked most people away from taking cruises. It did not spook us, though… and we were one of 343 lucky passengers (who had passed their COVID tests) aboard a Disney cruise ship meant for 2,400 passengers. Needless to say, by the end of the cruise…

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Trip Snippets: Key West, Florida

Joe — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 23:05:23 +0000

In this trip journal entry, I take my family on a quick weekend trip down the Florida Keys, focusing on Key West, but stopping at Islamorada. I was driving late at night through some forgettable place when fatigue hit, so I pulled into a truck stop for what Taco Bell might call “fourthmeal.” The café offered a questionable selection: sad, pre-made sandwiches…

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Trip Snippets: Padua & Arriving in Venice

Joe — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 04:38:49 +0000

For my inaugural “Trip Snippet,” here’s the first day I ever spent in Italy. Only minimal edits have been made to the original trip journal entry, and mostly to protect the inno–err–the identify of the rather odd people encountered. I woke up around 5 AM. I had initially planned on doing some trip journal writing, but I figured it was more expeditious to do some research…

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Introducing: Trip Snippets

Joe — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 23:45:13 +0000

Every journey has a story, and every story deserves to be told. For me, the tradition of documenting travel experiences started long before I ever set foot on an airplane or packed my first suitcase. It began with a small, black book, tucked away in the pocket of a U.S. Marine during World War II. My grandfather was that Marine. He served in the Pacific Theater, including in Japan…

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