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Re: Travel thread

Posted: Fri February 16, 2024 3:05 am
by Bammer
96583UP wrote:
Bammer wrote:
96583UP wrote:
Bammer wrote:78* and sunny this afternoon, I’ll be at Waikiki beach. So this is a perfect time for someone to break in to my house.
wow congrats

love that area

morning jog through Kapiʻolani Regional Park

gigantic rainbows in 4K HD IRL
This was a good call. I ran all the way around Diamond Head and by the time it was all over I ran 8+ miles and now I am dead.
nice bro!

it's fking gorgeous

what a planet we live on

keepin' fit
Tack on another 5+ walking (limping) to, around, and back from the zoo. Really, kill me now.

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Fri February 16, 2024 3:22 am
by 96583UP
Bammer wrote:
96583UP wrote:
Bammer wrote:
96583UP wrote:
Bammer wrote:78* and sunny this afternoon, I’ll be at Waikiki beach. So this is a perfect time for someone to break in to my house.
wow congrats

love that area

morning jog through Kapiʻolani Regional Park

gigantic rainbows in 4K HD IRL
This was a good call. I ran all the way around Diamond Head and by the time it was all over I ran 8+ miles and now I am dead.
nice bro!

it's fking gorgeous

what a planet we live on

keepin' fit
Tack on another 5+ walking (limping) to, around, and back from the zoo. Really, kill me now.
that's a lot

you need a coconut daiquiri

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Fri February 16, 2024 3:33 am
by Bammer
96583UP wrote:
Bammer wrote:
96583UP wrote:
Bammer wrote:
96583UP wrote:
Bammer wrote:78* and sunny this afternoon, I’ll be at Waikiki beach. So this is a perfect time for someone to break in to my house.
wow congrats

love that area

morning jog through Kapiʻolani Regional Park

gigantic rainbows in 4K HD IRL
This was a good call. I ran all the way around Diamond Head and by the time it was all over I ran 8+ miles and now I am dead.
nice bro!

it's fking gorgeous

what a planet we live on

keepin' fit
Tack on another 5+ walking (limping) to, around, and back from the zoo. Really, kill me now.
that's a lot

you need a coconut daiquiri
Cold beer

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Fri February 16, 2024 2:19 pm
by spike
Bammer wrote:
96583UP wrote:
Bammer wrote:
96583UP wrote:
Bammer wrote:78* and sunny this afternoon, I’ll be at Waikiki beach. So this is a perfect time for someone to break in to my house.
wow congrats

love that area

morning jog through Kapiʻolani Regional Park

gigantic rainbows in 4K HD IRL
This was a good call. I ran all the way around Diamond Head and by the time it was all over I ran 8+ miles and now I am dead.
nice bro!

it's fking gorgeous

what a planet we live on

keepin' fit
Tack on another 5+ walking (limping) to, around, and back from the zoo. Really, kill me now.
Try having twins

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Sat February 17, 2024 4:25 am
by Bammer
spike wrote:
Bammer wrote:
96583UP wrote:
Bammer wrote:
96583UP wrote:
Bammer wrote:78* and sunny this afternoon, I’ll be at Waikiki beach. So this is a perfect time for someone to break in to my house.
wow congrats

love that area

morning jog through Kapiʻolani Regional Park

gigantic rainbows in 4K HD IRL
This was a good call. I ran all the way around Diamond Head and by the time it was all over I ran 8+ miles and now I am dead.
nice bro!

it's fking gorgeous

what a planet we live on

keepin' fit
Tack on another 5+ walking (limping) to, around, and back from the zoo. Really, kill me now.
Try having twins
I’m pretty sure I gave myself a stress fracture in my foot

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Sat February 17, 2024 11:08 am
by daft twat
Hoping to go to Vancouver for the tour. Taking my youngest son to the shows, but the whole family is coming.

I know nothing about Vancouver except it looks pretty. I do think I’m going to fly to Seattle and rent a car because I’d rather drive a bit than have insane connections like Dallas (to Minneapolis- why?) or Denver (my least favorite airport in the world). So….

Arrive in Seattle Thursday night. Friday I’d like to either go to Rainer or maybe Olympic and drive down the coast as far as Astoria. Any advice?

We’ll head to Vancouver for 3 days from there. Where should we stay, eat, go? We’ll have a full day between shows and the day of the second show to explore.

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Sat February 17, 2024 2:26 pm
by Bammer
daft twat wrote:Hoping to go to Vancouver for the tour. Taking my youngest son to the shows, but the whole family is coming.

I know nothing about Vancouver except it looks pretty. I do think I’m going to fly to Seattle and rent a car because I’d rather drive a bit than have insane connections like Dallas (to Minneapolis- why?) or Denver (my least favorite airport in the world). So….

Arrive in Seattle Thursday night. Friday I’d like to either go to Rainer or maybe Olympic and drive down the coast as far as Astoria. Any advice?

We’ll head to Vancouver for 3 days from there. Where should we stay, eat, go? We’ll have a full day between shows and the day of the second show to explore.
That’s a lot of driving.

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Sat February 17, 2024 2:49 pm
by doug rr
daft twat wrote:Hoping to go to Vancouver for the tour. Taking my youngest son to the shows, but the whole family is coming.

I know nothing about Vancouver except it looks pretty. I do think I’m going to fly to Seattle and rent a car because I’d rather drive a bit than have insane connections like Dallas (to Minneapolis- why?) or Denver (my least favorite airport in the world). So….

Arrive in Seattle Thursday night. Friday I’d like to either go to Rainer or maybe Olympic and drive down the coast as far as Astoria. Any advice?

We’ll head to Vancouver for 3 days from there. Where should we stay, eat, go? We’ll have a full day between shows and the day of the second show to explore.
I'll type you up a list at some point..

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Sat February 17, 2024 3:17 pm
by bart
Driving like four hours south on Friday and then another couple hours to Vancouver…that’s more than I would want to do for fun

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Sat February 17, 2024 4:18 pm
by Higgs
Bammer wrote:
daft twat wrote:Hoping to go to Vancouver for the tour. Taking my youngest son to the shows, but the whole family is coming.

I know nothing about Vancouver except it looks pretty. I do think I’m going to fly to Seattle and rent a car because I’d rather drive a bit than have insane connections like Dallas (to Minneapolis- why?) or Denver (my least favorite airport in the world). So….

Arrive in Seattle Thursday night. Friday I’d like to either go to Rainer or maybe Olympic and drive down the coast as far as Astoria. Any advice?

We’ll head to Vancouver for 3 days from there. Where should we stay, eat, go? We’ll have a full day between shows and the day of the second show to explore.
That’s a lot of driving.
I love driving.

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Sat February 17, 2024 5:11 pm
by daft twat
bart wrote:Driving like four hours south on Friday and then another couple hours to Vancouver…that’s more than I would want to do for fun
They’re different days, and I’m from the Midwest. We drive to everything. I’m not going to pass up an opportunity to see a great national park because it’s a few hours in a car. I thought Ranier was less than 2 away. If I went the other way, I understand going as far as Astoria is more of a hike, but that drive might be part of the fun. I love the ocean and live about as far from it as you can.

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Sat February 17, 2024 7:33 pm
by spike
I did not know commercial flights went anywhere near the earth’s poles. You can fly from Santiago, Chile to Sydney, Australia in 14 hours by passing very close to the coast of Antarctica. There’s a flight from Seattle to Dubai that flies over the North Pole.

Just seems like it’d be dangerous, especially if a plane went down. Not a ton of assets n the areas. But I guess minimizing jet fuel and time trumps all.

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Sat February 17, 2024 7:45 pm
by doug rr
spike wrote:I did not know commercial flights went anywhere near the earth’s poles. You can fly from Santiago, Chile to Sydney, Australia in 14 hours by passing very close to the coast of Antarctica. There’s a flight from Seattle to Dubai that flies over the North Pole.

Just seems like it’d be dangerous, especially if a plane went down. Not a ton of assets n the areas. But I guess minimizing jet fuel and time trumps all.
I love flights like that...I have the map on the whole time and am always glued to it...I google places that ive never heard of of those canyons in the ocean that you fly over..cool stuff

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Sun February 18, 2024 3:41 am
by spike
doug rr wrote:
spike wrote:I did not know commercial flights went anywhere near the earth’s poles. You can fly from Santiago, Chile to Sydney, Australia in 14 hours by passing very close to the coast of Antarctica. There’s a flight from Seattle to Dubai that flies over the North Pole.

Just seems like it’d be dangerous, especially if a plane went down. Not a ton of assets n the areas. But I guess minimizing jet fuel and time trumps all.
I love flights like that...I have the map on the whole time and am always glued to it...I google places that ive never heard of of those canyons in the ocean that you fly over..cool stuff
ugh fuck the map

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Sun February 18, 2024 10:19 pm
by doug rr
spike wrote:
doug rr wrote:
spike wrote:I did not know commercial flights went anywhere near the earth’s poles. You can fly from Santiago, Chile to Sydney, Australia in 14 hours by passing very close to the coast of Antarctica. There’s a flight from Seattle to Dubai that flies over the North Pole.

Just seems like it’d be dangerous, especially if a plane went down. Not a ton of assets n the areas. But I guess minimizing jet fuel and time trumps all.
I love flights like that...I have the map on the whole time and am always glued to it...I google places that ive never heard of of those canyons in the ocean that you fly over..cool stuff
ugh fuck the map
for our flight tomorrow, flighaware has us way up into the Canadian northern territories and over Greenland...looking forward to it..9-10 hours, booze and a bed

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Sun February 18, 2024 10:21 pm
by doug rr
also, I have not packed or cleaned much of the house and we leave for the airport in 24 hours..not that its dirty but friends are staying here to take care of the dog..

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Tue February 20, 2024 5:02 pm
by doug rr
made it to London...already been to a pub for a whiskey and some fries with malt vinegar and some bone marrow gravy..

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Tue February 20, 2024 5:39 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
doug rr wrote:made it to London...already been to a pub for a whiskey and some fries with malt vinegar and some bone marrow gravy..
If you are near the King's Cross area, check out the Wilmington Pub. In Clerkenwell. Cool area with some pedestrian streets nearby, but they have a really good Scotch Egg there.

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Tue February 20, 2024 8:45 pm
by Chris_H_2
also, do yourself a favor and go to the bunkenshire area of new florksten. there's an awesome place there called merkinford that has great food.

Re: Travel thread

Posted: Tue February 20, 2024 8:47 pm
by dad
Chris_H_2 wrote:also, do yourself a favor and go to the bunkenshire area of new florksten. there's an awesome place there called merkinford that has great food.
hard to believe a place with merkin in the name is appetizing.