October 2022 This past October we did a five day drive cross country. Almost 2500 miles, saw beautiful scenery along the highways from northern Nevada thru Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and finally to Georgia. The cross-country drive east starting along America’s loneliest Road Highway 50 is spectacular, wide open, and way out…
Tag: Travel
Huntington Beach, CA
March 2020 Huntington Beach California. Used to live about 15 miles from Huntington Beach and as a kid took the bus often during the summers to head to the beach with my boogie board to hang out in the surf and sand with friends all day. HB has a beautiful beach front with lots of…
LeBleu’s Landing, Sulphur LA
March 2018 While driving cross country from California to Georgia several years ago, my wife and I stopped for the night in Sulphur Louisiana where we found a really cool old school traditional Louisiana Cajun Restaurant next door called LeBleu’s Landing. Read on….
Two years later
January 2022 It’s been almost two years now since the Corona Covid-19 Pandemic hit the world. I was traveling to Chicago the day the USA got shut down. The Casino I was going to work at was one of the first types of businesses closed. My boss had me stay at the airport after arriving…
Space Shuttle Launch, Cape Canaveral FL
Sept 8, 2000 In late August 2000 I was sent to Cocoa Beach Florida to work at NASA Cape Canaveral for a few weeks to work with another vendor to troubleshoot a storage network problem at their data center. Ended up being there for three weeks but it was one of the best trips I’ve…
Travels in China
Back in 1999 I was sent to Beijing China by my company to train a few local companies how to use and sell our computer storage products. China is a place I would have never gone on my own, never ever had a desire to see the country. Being sent for work brought on a…
Corona Life on the Road
March 2020 Short film of what it was like to fly this past weekend from Reno to Salt Lake City to Atlanta during the coronavirus pandemic. Seeing airports so empty with most shops and restaurants closed up was like being in the twilight zone. Very bizarre. Be safe, stay home. Music credits: Hello, an Adele…
Huntington Beach, CA
March 2020 Worked in Huntington Beach for a week and stayed at the Huntington Beach Inn on Pacific Coast Highway, two blocks from the pier and Main Street. Here’s a short video I made of a walk I took on and around the pier.
Palmettos on the Bayou, Slidell Louisiana
August 2019 Really enjoyed staying in Slidell Louisiana last year while working at nearby Stennis Space Center across the state line in Mississippi. Very nice town. Lots of history here and lots of really good local restaurants with great southern cuisine. One place we went to while there was Palmettos on the Bayou.
Napoleon Scenic Byway, Gulf Coast Mississippi
August 2019 Did an install at Stennis Space Center last year and one day after work took the following scenic route back to the hotel in Slidell, Louisiana where I was staying. This was a very interesting road, read on…
Quarter Celtic Brewpub, Albuquerque NM
January 2019 New Mexico, Albuquerque specifically, has a lot of breweries. Many have won a lot of awards for the fine beers they produce. One such place that has gotten many awards is Quarter Celtic Brewpub in Albuquerque.
Dave's Travels 