Winter Road Trip through the Southwest For my midwinter February break, I had planned a week in Costa Rica. As much as I wanted to travel internationally, COVID made me rethink my plans. This past summer I enjoyed road tripping around the Western USA but there were still places I … Read more
Driving Route 66 Through Arizona I started on out my trip through Arizona coming across Hoover Dam from Las Vegas. I met up with Route 66 in Kingman, so I missed the first section in Arizona. Note that there isn’t a ton of actual Route 66 you can drive, most … Read more
SingleRoadTrip: Leg 5 – Moab to Seattle Catch up on Leg 4 of my trip here. Day 19 – Moab to Capitol Reef National Park to Richfield, UT – 219 miles My plan was to go from Moab to Capitol Reef National Park in central Utah where I would camp … Read more
SingleRoadTrip: Leg 4 – Montrose, CO to Moab Catch up on Leg 3 of my trip here. Day 16 – Montrose, CO to Grand Junction to Moab – 213 miles Montrose is just outside one of the lesser known National Parks: Black Canyon of the Gunnison. So before setting out … Read more
SingleRoadTrip: Leg 3 – Page, AZ to Catch up on Leg 2 of my trip here. Day 10: Page, AZ to Monument Valley – 124 miles I had hoped to check out some sites between Page and Monument Valley, but with COVID striking the Navajo Nation hard, many sites were … Read more
SingleRoadTrip: Leg 2 – Sacramento to Page, AZ Catch up on Leg 1 of my trip here. Day 5 – Sacramento to South Lake Tahoe to Reno – 160 miles I started off the day with a walk around the Capitol Building in Sacramento, just across from the Hyatt Regency. … Read more
The Loneliest Road in America – US Route 50 Today I drove what Life magazine called the “Loneliest Road in America” — US Highway 50 from Carson City to Baker, Nevada. It is also the route of the old Pony Express and part of the trail of emigrants and gold … Read more
SingleRoadTrip: Leg 1 – Seattle to Sacramento Day 1 – Seattle to Portland – 173 Miles The first day of my trip was a quick Seattle to Portland down I-5. I stayed the night at the new Hyatt Centric Downtown Portland and had dinner with a friend in the area. … Read more
Summer Road Trip 2020 Recently I changed careers, and I now have about 8 weeks off every summer. This is the first summer at my new job, and wouldn’t luck have it, COVID prevents me from flying overseas. So I decided to pack my bags and head out on a … Read more
LimePod: New Car Share Option UPDATE: It looks like LimePod is shutting down operations at the end of 2019. Lime, the company behind the divisive scooters and bikes, has introduced a new product: LimePod. LimePod is a new free floating car sharing option; a direct competitor to newly partnered Car2Go … Read more
Earn Alaska Airlines Miles with ReachNow UPDATE: As of July, 2019, ReachNow has ceased operation. RIP ReachNow Today ReachNow announced they are teaming up with Alaska Airlines to provide Mileage Plan members 50 or 100 Alaska miles per eligible ride. This promotion is running through May 13, 2018, though I … Read more
Problems with ReachNow UPDATE: As of July, 2019, ReachNow has ceased operation. RIP ReachNow I’ve been a ReachNow member since the day it launched. The car share program started here in Seattle and has expanded to Portland and Brooklyn. Owned by BMW Group, it is clear that a ton of … Read more
Car2Go Retiring Smart Car Fleet Car2Go was the first “free floating” car share program in Seattle. Their iconic smart fortwo cars started showing up a few years back all over the streets of Seattle. Slowly they started to introduce luxury Mercedes vehicles to the Car2Go fleet. Now the news is … Read more
Car2Go vs ReachNow vs Zipcar: Which car share is right for you? UPDATE: As of July, 2019, ReachNow has ceased operation. RIP ReachNow. In the very near future, we are going to see the first decline in car ownership in the US. In fact, in some large cities (like Seattle), … Read more
Introducing the Zipcar Commuter Plan UPDATE: ZIPCAR has discontinued their Commute Plan. This is no longer available. Zipcar, the car sharing company, is introducing a new monthly subscription that gives members exclusive use of a car during the work week. Known as the Zipcar Commuter Plan, for $199/month plus $0.45/mile … Read more