Trip Reports
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Getting Underway On Our Cruise and Visiting Canada (Travelogue)
The ship left San Pedro late thanks to the Coast Guard meddling in our plans, but we were told not to worry,…
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Breaking Down What Norwegian’s The Haven is Like (Travelogue)
And now, back to the spring break cruise from LA up to Vancouver. We had chosen to board early in LA, figuring…
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Norwegian’s The Haven Makes Cruising Tolerable (Travelogue)
I mentioned in my recent WestJet trip report that we went with a strange spring break choice this year. After looking around…
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A Step Back in Time on WestJet From Vancouver (Trip Report)
We did something strange for spring break this year… we took a cold weather repositioning cruise up the coast from LA to…
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Saying Good Riddance to Mesa — and Goodbye to American — in Long Beach (Trip Report)
With the Cranky Network Awards only a month away, we are deep in planning with our presenting sponsor Phoenix Sky Harbor International…
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Southwest, Heroine of the Heart, and a Fluffy Dog (Trip Report)
It was time to get back into the air again, this time for a Cranky Concierge gathering in Phoenix. The timing for…
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A Perfectly Good Flight Home From Oakland on Spirit (Trip Report)
I needed to stay the night in Oakland after my trip up on Delta, but I wanted to get back early. Delta…
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Exploring the New LAX T3 and Flying Delta to Oakland (Trip Report)
This was a business trip that came together with relatively short notice. I say “relatively” because it was right at 1 week…
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Amtrak’s Southwest Chief From Chicago to Los Angeles
Long before my grand adventure through Canada and the Midwest was hatched, I was planning to take the train home from Chicago.…
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Making a Run for the Border in Windsor
My time in Canada was over, and I figured getting back into the US wouldn’t be hard. I was most definitely wrong.…
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: From the Highs of Fergus to the Lows of Guelph
Having made it to the Toronto Airport, I was ready to be done for the day. As the sun started to slowly…
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: A Last Minute Decision to Fly an Air Transat Widebody
After my time in Montreal, I was looking forward to a solo adventure with no known destination. My wife had given me…