Photo Credits: TrekHound.Com With tons of atmosphere and folk character, their own line of specialty hot sauces, and a Wednesday night dinner and movie combo, this place rocks!
Dave’s Travel Cell Phone Uses
December 21, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Compujeramey We were having quite a time chuckling last night over just how far a cell phone will take you in a travel pinch. I asked David to jot down his list and I would slap it up on the blog. Here’s what he came up with for his V3 Razor:
Day 8: A Bit of Catch-up Posting to Do . . .
December 21, 2006 By
Photo Credit: Wili Hybrid Hello everybody. Since our last trip entry, lots of ground has been covered.
Canine Hotel Review: The Village Inn in Harrisonburg, Virginia
December 21, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: Trek Hound If you haven’t had a chance to check this place out yet for pet travel, here are our impressions.
Carving Out the Cash: David’s Fuel Strategies
December 21, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Riza One area that can rapidly spiral out of control in both travel and household budgets is automobile fuel consumption. Since this in an area David takes care of almost exclusively, I asked him to brainstorm with me both the household strategies and the ones he’ll be using on this cross-continental drive [...]
Day Four: Nashville, Tennessee to Harrisonburg, Virginia
December 16, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: Tostie 14 Ah, life on the road.
Nomadic Pets: The Power of Public Rest Stops
December 16, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: Clearly Ambiguous While letting the dogs out at gas stations is fine in a pinch, there’s rarely a suitable area for them to stretch, and the chaos of multiple vehicles going in multiple directions is a bit nerve racking. We prefer rest stops when possible. Here’s why.
Day Three: Dallas to Nashville
December 16, 2006 By 1 Comment
Photo Credit: John Althouse Cohen A bit of a late start due to some thick morning fog, but we’ve successfully navigated our way through Dallas and are on our way to Tennessee by way of Northeast Texas and Arkansas.
Day Two: El Paso to Dallas
December 16, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: Two Blue Day With very little sleep but lots of enthusiasm, we drove from El Paso to Dallas – Fort Worth. There’s not much in West Texas, including traffic.
Drury Inn by the Airport in Nashville, Tennessee
December 16, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: Trek Hound How did we feel about the pet friendly atmosphere of the Drury Inn in Nashville? Read on for details.
Canine Hotel Reviews: Best Value Inn, El Paso
December 16, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Looking for a suitable pet friendly room for the night? This one could go either way.
Day One: Tucson to El Paso
December 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: Phineas H. All others by TrekHound.Com We’re off! The Outlander’s packed, the dogs are medicated, and we’re just about ready to fire down the computer, check out of the room, and hit the highway.
How to Be a Road Warrior: Solving Hotel Email Problems
December 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Daquella Manera During a recent hotel stay, my outgoing emails on Outlook Express started bouncing back with error messages. While the incoming mail from various accounts continued to arrive without incident, the situation with the outgoing mail became rapidly critical. Here’s how it all got solved.
Nomadic Pets: The Doggie Diaper Bag
December 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Tanakawho Having trouble staying organized on your pet trek? Consider a doggie diaper bag.
Canine Hotel Reviews: The Air Force Inn at DMAFB
December 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment
For the past two weeks, we’ve been staying with the dogs in Tucson, Arizona at the Air Force Inn at Davis Monthan Air Force Base. How have we fared?
Nomadic Pets: Welcome to the Hound Dog Hotel
December 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: KangoTraveler Now that we are actually in our first hotel with the dogs, we’re finding several strategies helpful. Want the scoop?
Nomadic Pets: Preparing for Long Term Pet Care
December 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: My Boy Dodger Whether you’re traveling with your pets, or arranging for them to receive care while you are away, there are numerous issues to be addressed.
Airport Comfort: Accessing Executive Lounges on Bargain Tickets
November 26, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Mark Hillary I’ve read about this several times over the last year, and I’m starting to think there’s something to it. Apparently, most of the major airlines will let you pay a yearly or lifetime fee (as well as a daily fee) to use their executive lounges.
Saving Space on Cosmetics: A Foundation for Success
November 25, 2006 By 1 Comment
Photo Credit: Amazon This space saving make-up tip comes from my friend Lisa in Florida. Thicker bottles of liquid foundation take up an awkward amount of space in your hanging toiletry bag, and include the risk of breaking. Nobody wants to deal with that mess at any time, let alone on the road. And now [...]
Saving Space on Cosmetics: A Blushing Alternative
November 25, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Coat Hanger Wings Trimming down on toiletry items for a long trip is necessary, but just how much do you want to go without? I don’t know about you, but there’s only a certain level of frumpiness I’m willing to tolerate.
Travel Tip #4: Ziplocks
November 25, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Tanakawho OK, you don’t need to care if they are the actual brand or not. But these things are great for keeping your pack organized even when the airport security personnel empty your carefully and efficiently packed bag all over the counter and don’t care that you can’t get everything back in [...]
Travel Tip #3: Caribiner Clips
November 25, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Toc A friend and former hiking enthusiast turned me on to the many uses of these things, available for non rock climbing use in varying sizes and colors at your local hardware store.
Travel Tip: Plastic Coffee Can Lids
November 25, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Nate Steiner I picked up this little gem of wisdom during a long round of internet travel research.
Travel Tip: Safety Pins
November 25, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Lainey’s Repertoire These little marvels come in handy for more things than I can cover in this entry.
Recipes for the Road: Two Simple Menus
November 20, 2006 By 2 Comments
Flickr Photo Credit: Blmurch We hope to have this category grow to include some really nice yet simple meal ideas for use while traveling. For now, here are two quick ideas to have a little atmosphere with your nourishment.
Sweet Eats: A German Bakery in Nova Scotia
November 20, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Jared B. While discussing potential blog categories, David and I thought it might be fun to include a section on fun places to eat around the world. While the business cards and information on many of our favorites were packed up by the movers before we started this blog, I did find [...]
Family Packing: An Online Support Document
November 8, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Jellaluna Hi all! When reviewing a student support journal referred to me by a colleague, I came across this document on the same site.
How to be a Road Warrior: Getting Ready
November 8, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Re-ality One of the most frequent questions David and I have received is, “How are you doing this? What have you done to ensure this trip was even possible?”
How to be a Road Warrior: The Latest on the Roll Up Keyboard
November 6, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: ThinkGeek.Com Well, our rolled keyboard arrived from Think Geek, and as promised, here’s the follow up. . . so far it’s working like a charm.
How to Be a Road Warrior: Researching the Alternative Keyboard Question
October 29, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Declan TM OK, have spent the morning researching the portable keyboard option further, and think I have enough information to go for it.
Mom and Dad Theriault’s Visit With Us to See the Leaning Tower of Pisa
October 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credits: TrekHound.Com Myscha’s Mom and Dad took a trip with us to Pisa while they were visiting us in Desanzano, Italy. Here are some highlights from the day.
How to Be a Road Warrior: Reflections on Alternative Blog Uses
October 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Jacob Botter Hello, everyone! I was brainstorming with a friend and colleague yesterday about the public and private configuration options for this blog software.
How to be a Road Warrior: More on Email and Business Data
October 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Night Star Romanus Several of you have asked about the specifics of corporate email on the road, and how we are deciding which format we will use.
How to Be a Road Warrior: More on Remote PC Access
October 27, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Hitachi Data Systems Hello, everyone. Just got done chatting with one of my techie colleagues, Mike Davidson, regarding accessing our PC remotely while on the road.
