Time for another biking adventure. As I may have mentioned before, we are lucky enough to live on the Youghiogheny Bike Trail. This trail is a rails-to-trails project that was started in the 1980s to make use of unused railways…
Day Tripping with Rick – Niagara Falls
Living in Pittsburgh is not convenient to many places. One place we can get to without much trouble is Niagara Falls. (I can never say “Niagara Falls” without thinking of the Three Stooges.) “Slowly I turn….step by step….inch by inch”.…
Day Tripping with Rick – San Francisco Going North
Last Week my travel-loving hubby guest posted about one of his favorite day trips out of San Francisco going south. And this week he is going to tell you about one of his favs going north. We took this trip with my…
Day Tripping with Rick – San Diego
Nuclear engineers are a small club. Our technical society, the American Nuclear Society (ANS) has two big meetings per year. The winter meeting is usually held in Washington DC, and the summer meeting is held at a variety of pretty…
Day Tripping with Rick – San Francisco Going South
Today my wonderful, travel-loving husband is guest posting with one of his favorite day trips out of San Francisco. He is my favorite person to travel with for many reasons but one is that he knows what he’s talking about…
Daytripping with Rick – Orlando – Escape from Mouseland
Every year millions of Americans and pretty much the entire population of Great Britain descend upon Orlando. They come to spend. And spend they do. Multi-day passes at Disney. Multi-park passes at Universal. Sea World, Legoland, Cypress Gardens, the list…
Day Tripping with Rick – Biking the Burgh – Pittsburgh, PA
Today’s trip is one of our favorites. We live near Pittsburgh. Our rivers define us. The Monongahela from the south, and the Allegheny from the north meet at Point State Park to form the Ohio. When I was a kid,…
Day Tripping with Rick – Bryce Canyon National Park
Our last day in southwest Utah is the best of the lot, a trip to Bryce Canyon National Park. National parks are like the story of Goldilocks. Most, like the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone are way too big for a…