Dayton, United States Travel Blogs

Packing List
Aug 3, 2009

Tomorrow I will be off to the Middle East on an 18 day trip that covers Athens, Greece; Egypt; Jordan; and New York City. As a result of the extreme temperatures in August at these places, my packing was pretty simple to accommodate. Temperatures in Egypt ...

3 Weeks to go!
Apr 24, 2006

Ni Hao everyone, Well I officially leave in three weeks for Shanghai. I'm learning some basic Chinese phrases and symbols (like the one for the ladies restroom!) and finishing up with my schoolwork for the semester. Other than that I'm working on the pre ...

Final Comments and Tally
Aug 30, 2009

After I came home I had quite a job on my hand, organizing pictures, showing everything to the family, and working on the blogs.  Here is a final tally of everything: Total Planned Budget [Tour, Airfare, Spending $]: $4083 Total Actually Spent: $4142 ...

Ohio Friends:0)
Jul 8, 2008 (10 photos)

On Tuesday morning Karla, Austin, Jerod and I said farewell to Toni.  People are dropping like flies on this trip.  It was a wonderful time but Steve Sr. was very sick and we thought it was time to keep the party rolling.  It took us around ...

Day Five
Jun 10, 2009 (16 photos)

The Daytons are in Dayton!  Ohio, that is.  We were blessed with partly sunny skies and 70 degree temps.  A little rain this morning on the ride in from Warren, Mi, but no big deal.  There was one big deal I should mention though.  ...

Still here!
Jul 10, 2009 (2 photos)

Today we spent much of the day at the expo center checking out the car show and vendors.  Hopefully, there will be more people tomorrow. Later in the day we drove over to Kil Kare Dragstrip to see a pontiac race day and Arnie Beswick make a final run ...

First Entry
Apr 6, 2008 (1 photos)

I am just trying to figure this thing out, so just hang in there!

Last day of co-vention
Jul 11, 2009

well, today was the last day of the GTOAA POCI Co-Vention.  It started out fantasically, but then rain rolled in about noon and, of course, a bunch of folks high-tailed it out of there. Fortunately we got a lot of good footage before then. The entire ...

The Trial
Apr 1, 1996

Dayton, Tennessee, population 5,671. Probably most famous as the site of the Scopes Evolution Trial, sometimes called the "Monkey Trial," the courtroom in the Rhea County Courthouse has been restored and retains its 1925 authenticity. Pop in for a visit ...

Booking a trip with GAP? Read Here First!
Jul 14, 2009

If you are booking a trip with GAP Adventures, I would like to help you out by providing as much information to you about this tour and the company as possible.  Like most companies, they have an affiliate program for travel bloggers to advertise the ...

We made it!!
Jul 9, 2009 (22 photos)

Ok, so here are the pictures: Technical problems with video.  I'll work on it tomorrow.  :)

Itinerary: Egypt and Jordan Adventure '09
Jul 11, 2009

... be leaving at about 1am on the 22nd flying directly to New York City where I will have an 11 hour layover before returning to Dayton late in the evening on the 22nd. Day 1: August 4th, 2009: Dayton, Ohio Depart Dayton, Ohio at about 1pm with layover in ...

Gap Adventures Offered Excursions
Jul 12, 2009

The following is a brief list of the excursions offered by Gap Adventures on the Egypt and Jordan adventure. The items that are bolded are the ones that I intend to do. Camel rides at the Pyramids $15 Unfinished Obelisk, high dam and a boat ride to the ...

Leaving for the trip
Oct 8, 2009 (2 photos)

43 minutes and counting....then I'm off! I'll be heading to Bedford Indiana to pick up my little bro Sean

And the Routines Unfold
Jan 10, 2008 (2 photos)

... advantage of the mild weather and avoid the potential of mid-west winter storms.  We bypassed Columbus and travelled on to Dayton OH, driving until we ran out of daylight - 672 kms under mostly sunny skies today and a fairly consistent temperature of ...

Day 65 - On Top Of The World
Jul 22, 2008 (13 photos)

... , like a light bulb flickering, and the sky was really, really black all around us from the storm clouds and the rain. Miles travelled: 132 Total miles travelled: 4859 Days on road: 45 States visited: 9 National Parks visited: 8

Snowing Still
Feb 3, 2009 (1 photos)

Groundhog Day 2009 predicted 6 more weeks of winter and it sure felt like it today. We left Mississauga at 9 am in a snowstorm - big fluffy flakes of snow - that snarled traffic beyond Hamilton. In our first 40 minutes on the road we lost 20 minutes in ...

End Mission
Jul 8, 2003

Mission Complete

Start Mission
Mar 2, 2003

This is where the deployment began

Itinerary: European Whirl '08
May 4, 2008

... descriptions there. The contiki tour ends in Paris, France on May 26th, and I am staying three additional nights, returning to Dayton on May 29th, 2008. Day 1: May 5th, 2008 Depart Dayton, Ohio with layover in Chicago, Illinois, and arrive in ...

2009 Summary
Jan 1, 2009

This entry is a summary of all the events that are taking place in 2009 outside of my hometown but are too small to warrant their own blog entirely [otherwise noted]. The plans for the year so far include: April 4-9:  Scuba Certification in ...

Home Safe and Sound
Mar 4, 2007

Arrived home safe and sound

Mission Start
Mar 10, 2002

Mission Start

Itinerary: Las Vegas '08
Aug 31, 2008

... my long weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 8th - 12th, 2008 during a mid-term break from graduate school. I am departing from Dayton, Ohio in the late evening (7pm) and will arrive in Las Vegas at 11pm local time after a layover in St Paul, Minnesota ...

First Leg - to OH
Sep 10, 2004

We had an  uneventfull evening trip to Ohio to stay overnight with the Swansons

Back to the USA
Oct 31, 2004

Mission Complete, back to the USA

Easter with Mom & Dad!
Mar 17, 2008 (13 photos)

     Well, we can't move all the way to California without spending a good amount of time at my parents house.  It was very cool, we got to celebrate Christmas with them and Easter!  We've been hanging out with my family and ...

Charlies battle with Leukemia
Aug 1, 2009 (4 photos)

... ’t sleep well again and up early—did house stuff, computer stuff and about 1 got dressed for Charlies burial in Dayton at Woodland Cemetery. There were a few microburst rain/thunder storms here this morning. I was ready when Dar and Jim came by ...

Already a nightmare
Sep 2, 2007

This trip has already started out as a nightmare. The travel agent I was using did a great job of getting me upgraded to business class on all my flights. But then I had to change my return and US Airways lost all of my upgrades in the process...including ...

On the road night one.
Dec 20, 2008 (6 photos)

Well tonight finds me in Dayton Ohio. Since I don't have any cool little guide books for this area I am just buzzing through to St. Louis. Bubba and I are staying in a very craptastic super 8 motel. Just a few examples. the wall lamp is all ...