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Arizona
Sedona . . . Finally.
Sonoran Sojourn: Bikepacking in Arizona’s Sky Islands (a blog takeover by the husband)
A Hybrid Trip to Phoenix, Arizona
Seeking Travel Ideas: Like Tucson, But Different
California
A Death Valley Christmas
In Love With Death: A Blog Takeover by The Husband
Summer Travel is Imminent: California Wine Country, Here We Come!
California Wine Country, Part 1: Arriving in Napa
Sonoma County Wine Tasting
California Wine Country, Part 2: Santa Rosa Catsit
California Wine Country, Part 3: Bodega Bay
Palm Springs Spring Break, Part 1: Destination Capitulation
Palm Springs Spring Break, Part 2: Desolation, Exploration, & Inspiration
Palm Springs Spring Break, Part 3: Relaxation & Rejuvenation in Civilization
Palm Springs Doors
A Photo Journey: Death Valley National Park
Long Live Spontaneity: Death Valley National Park
Colorado
Hot Springs Loop Add-On: Breckenridge, Colorado
Who Put the Spring in Glenwood Springs?
Colorado Hot Springs Loop, Part 1: Glenwood Springs
Plan B Travels: Cycling the Colorado National Monument
Plan B Travels: An Unexpected Adventure in Ouray, Colorado
Plan B Travels: In the Dumps in Fairplay, Colorado
Plan B Travels: Wrapping It Up in Estes Park, Colorado
Another Fun Petsit: Beaver Creek, Colorado
An Ode to Quirky Leadville, Colorado
Minnesota
Clearly I’ll Do Anything for a Post: The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
Travel: Long-n-Strong or Short-n-Sweet?
Clearly, I’ll Do Anything for a Post: Visiting the Spam® Museum
Nebraska
Dear Nebraska, We Need to Talk…
New Mexico
A Photo Journey: Hot Air Ballooning in Albuquerque
White Sands? No. White Gypsum.
Texas
And the Winner is… San Antonio?!
San Antonio, Texas: The Riverwalk & Beyond
Stairways to Heaven: Riverwalk Stairways, San Antonio, Texas
Mokara Hotel & Spa, San Antonio, Texas
Utah
Plan B Travels: Hiking & Cycling in Southern Utah
Not As Advertised: Bikepacking the San Rafael Swell in Utah
A Photo Journey: Bryce Canyon National Park
A Photo Journey: Arches National Park
A Photo Journey: Climbing Angels’ Landing in Utah
Butt Clenching on the Moki Dugway, Utah
Washington
Three Days in Seattle – A Petsitter’s Tale, Part 2: Sightseeing
Wisconsin
Me? Vacation in Wisconsin? Never!
Europe
United Kingdom
Prepping for Travel: Learning Welsh
UK Road Trip, Part 1: Family Time in Newark
UK Road Trip, Part 2: The Peak District
UK Road Trip, Part 3: Wales
UK Road Trip, Part 4: Ludlow & the Shropshire Hills AONB
UK Road Trip, Part 5: London
France
Seeing the Tour de France in Person
Metro Misery in the City of Light
Episode 4: The Most Beautiful Place I’ve Ever Hated
Happy Accidents in International Cycling #1: France
Near Misses and a Direct Hit: Driving in France
Italy
Oh, The People You Meet: Siena, Italy
Happy Accidents in International Cycling #2: Italy
Spain
¿Barcelona?
Asia
Laos & Cambodia
Things We Learned From the Travel Medicine Doctor: Laos/Cambodia Edition
And We’re Off…
Laos, Days 1-2: Cycling & Sightseeing
Laos, Day 3: The Journey to Nong Khiaw
Laos, Day 4+: Hiking, Remote Villages, and One Really Bad Indian Meal
Laos, Day 5: Queasy Kayaking
Day 6: The Journey to Cambodia and a Meal for Adventurous Carnivores
Cambodia, Days 7-8: Wat a Fabulous Couple of Days!
Cambodia, Days 9-10: New Year’s Eve & Day on a Sacred Buddhist Mountain
Southeast Asia to Midwest America Jet Lag: What Fresh Hell is This?
Is R.E.I.’s Laos-Cambodia Multisport Adventure Right for You?
Faces of Laos & Cambodia
Travel Essays
Narrowing Down Travel Destinations – Not As Much Fun As You’d Think
Traveling Has Me Puzzled
Handcuffed to Delta? (sigh) Maybe just a little . . .
Trivia for the Travel Lover
Delta Platinum vs. Delta Reserve: Shootout at the Credit Card Corral
International Travel is on the Horizon!
The Travel Bucket List Party & Fundraiser!
Should I Stay or Should I Go: Savannah, Georgia
Sonoran Sojourn: Bikepacking in Arizona’s Sky Islands (a blog takeover by the husband)
My Travel-Themed Interview on WordPress.com Favorites
2022 Is Shaping Up to Be a Decent (Domestic) Travel Year
A COVID Christmas Carol (A Blog Takeover by The Husband)
Getting Back to America If You Contract COVID Abroad: A Handy Guide
Uncertainty & Stress, Joy & Cheer, Illness & Disappointment: It’s Christmas in England!
Car Rental Tips
Nervous But Committed: Why I’m Traveling Abroad During the Pandemic
COVID Sucks The Joy Out of Travel Planning
Thoughts on Air Travel
I Hereby Rescind My Earlier Post On Air Travel
Prepping for Travel: Learning Welsh
A Travel Running Run-In
Not Your Ordinary Travel Adventure
Not Having Summer Travel Plans Is Just About Killing Me
Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Travel?
Oh the Places I’ve Been: Breadth vs. Depth
How Far Ahead Do YOU Plan?
“Missing” Christmas to Travel
The Dust-Farm-Pail List
It’s a Small World After All
AirBnB vs. Traditional Accommodations: A First-Timer’s Perspective
Things I Learned from Rick Steves’ Travel Skills Class
Things I Learned from my Travel Agent
Anyong Haseyo, Incheon Airport!
This & That: Random Observations About England
Travel Photos As Mid-Winter Therapy
Travel & Travel Planning Mistakes: I Made Them So You Don’t Have To, Part 1
Travel & Travel Planning Mistakes: I Made Them So You Don’t Have To, Part 2
Stuff I Bought & What I Thought: A Critical Analysis of Travel Gadgetry & Paraphernalia
(More) Stuff I Bought & What I Thought: A(nother) Critical Analysis of Travel Gadgetry & Paraphernalia
Are You a Cabin Person?
Travel Suggestions Needed!
Watch Your Language!
Is a Viking® River Cruise Right for You?
The “What to Eat Where” List
The “What to Hear Where” List
On Traveling Overseas with Bicycles
On Traveling Overseas with Bicycles: How it All Played Out
Dueling Adventures: Bikepacking in Utah vs. Staycation
The Ten-Day Travel Photo Challenge Recap
Travel Planning: Almost as Much Fun as the Trip Itself! (And the Birth Story of this Blog)
When Bad Things Happen to Good Travelers
Episode 1: The Layover of a Lifetime
Episode 2: The Jamaica/Airport Curse Strikes Again
Episode 3: The Ocean Ate My Wedding Ring
Episode 4: The Most Beautiful Place I’ve Ever Hated
Episode 5: Not a Stellar Trip
Episode 6: A Compendium of Childhood Travel Follies
Travel Trailer Tales
Delayed Gratification: Travel Trailer 2.0
Butt Clenching on the Moki Dugway, Utah
Bobbie the Travel Trailer: An Adoption Story
For Once, I’m Ahead of the Curve: The Travel Trailer
Until We Meet Again, Dear Bobbie
Hiking & Other Mountain Travel Adventures
Hiking the “Easiest” 14er: Quandary Peak
Three $ummits for the Price of Four: Hiking Colorado’s DeCaLiBroN
Scree & Talus & Boulders, Oh My! Climbing Colorado’s Mt. Sneffels
Lost? Kind of: A Hike in the French Alps and a Failing of the English Language
“Hiking” Wales’ Highest Peak: Mount Snowdon via Crib Goch
Climbing 14ers: The 3rd Mountain’s the Charm… Sort Of
Petsitting & Traveling
Petsitting – My Latest Obsession and a New Way to Travel?
Three Days in Seattle – A Petsitter’s Tale, Part 1: Petsitting
Another Fun Petsit: Beaver Creek, Colorado
California Wine Country, Part 2: Santa Rosa Catsit
Doors & Windows
Travel Opens Doors
Travel Opens Doors II
Travel Opens Doors III
Travel Opens Doors IV
Windows of the World
Palm Springs Doors
Other Writing
Random Musings
Midwest Hoarfrost
Hooked
From Scoffer to Believer: Sports Recovery Edition
Immersive Van Gogh
I’ve Finally Cracked the Lunch Code
Home Construction? Yes. During a Pandemic? No.
Little Things That Are Oddly Satisfying
You Can Learn a Lot About People From Their Christmas Ornaments
Keeping Up a Holiday Tradition in the Time of Coronavirus
Well Thank God That’s Over!
Coronavirus Captivity Update: The Travel Architect Goes Slightly Mad
Coronavirus, Crises, and Coping Methods
British by Marriage, or What It’s Like Having an English Expat Husband
National Donut Day? Sure. Why Not?
This Is Me – Warts and All…
Snow Day!!!
Bracing for the Deep Freeze
Rooting for the team: (sigh) I’m going to give it a try
Mice and Snakes
The Christmas Letter: A Strange American Holiday Tradition?
Should This Thanksgiving Tradition Be Banned?
Coffee & Donuts
Metablogging: Blogging About Blogging
Blog Buddy Meet-Up #4: Georgetown, Colorado, USA
2000 = A TON
Blog Buddy Meet-Up #3: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Outstanding Blogger Award
There Are 1000 of You!
Blog Buddy Meet-Up #2: Bangkok, Thailand
Blogger Recognition Award
Blog Buddy Meet-Up #1: Luang Prabang, Laos
A Satanic Following?
Blog Chat…10 Questions for The Travel Architect — Life…one big adventure
The Travel Architect and Rivergirl. — A Post by Paul Dance – Writer
The Sunshine Blogger Award
It’s Finally Happened: I’m Suffering From a Case of the Dreaded Blog Clog
Blogging Milestone: 100 Followers!
How blogging has hijacked my (formerly balanced) life
How blogging is like selling things at a craft fair
Travel Planning: Almost as Much Fun as the Trip Itself! (And the Birth Story of this Blog)
Adventures in Pet Parenting
Party of Five – One Year In
Welcome to Our Quadruped-Centered Life
Pupdate!
The Tale of Bun 4: Walter*
The Tale of Bun 3: Stanley*
The Tale of Bun 2: Gertie*
The Tale of Bun 1: Maxwell*
Another Piece of my Heart *poof*… Gone.
Not All Homecomings Are Good
Hating Cats is a Learned Behavior: Part 2 – the Unlearning
Hating Cats is a Learned Behavior: Part 1 – the Learning
Pet Parenting: The Early Years
Travel Podcast
Travel Architect Podcast
Podcast Episode 112: Jamaican Me Crazy
Podcast Episode 111: Crepuscular
Podcast Episode 110: Declare Your Bananas!
Podcast Episode 109: Speaking of Death . . .
Podcast Episode 108: Finally, Some Real Travel News
Podcast Episode 107: Am I Feeling Greece-y?
Podcast Episode 106: Consider the Word “Dump”
Podcast Episode 105: Better Than a Radio Talk Show?
Podcast Episode 104: Gotcha! Journalism
Podcast Episode 103: The Cuddly Killers of Oz
Podcast Episode 102: Antipodal Deltiology
Podcast Episode 101: Travel Trivia, G&Ts, & Desserts From Around the World
Podcast Episode 100: The 100th Episode!
Podcast Episode 99: Rocky Road Trip Recollections, Part 2
Podcast Episode 98: Rocky Road Trip Recollections, Part 1
Podcast Episode 97: School’s Out For Some…er
Podcast Episode 96: MIAMI adVICE
Podcast Episode 95: So Kitschy
Podcast Episode 94: ‘Dona, ‘Zona & Part 2 of Tucson, Too!
Podcast Episode 93: Bikepacking in the Borderlands
Podcast Episode 92: Didn’t Seas the Day
Podcast Episode 91: The Not-So-Super Bowl Sunday Episode
Podcast Episode 90: Catastrophic Christmas – A Recap
Podcast Episode 89: Travel-Planning Woes – Omicron Edition
Podcast Episode 88: Holidays, Museums, & Irresponsible Pillow Choices
Podcast Episode 87: Travel Talk – Phoenix
Podcast Episode 86: Delta (Airlines) Strikes Again
Podcast Episode 85: Extremophiles
Podcast Episode 84: What an Odyssey!
Podcast Episode 83: A Tidy Title Eludes Us
Podcast Episode 82: Two Pods for the Price of One – Part II
Podcast Episode 81: Sitting Cats & Riding Bikes in Wine Country
Podcast Episode 80: We’re Back & We’re Travelin’
Podcast Episode 79: Travel Talk – Colorado Cycling Obstacles & Work-Arounds
Podcast Episode 78: Travel Talk – Wine Country Travel Plans
Podcast Episode 77: Travel Talk – Comparing Cities
Podcast Episode 76: Travel Talk – Deserts & Pools
Podcast Episode 75: Zip It
Podcast Episode 74: Thy Father is a Gorbellied Codpiece
Podcast Episode 73: Travel Talk with the Construction Guy, Part II
Podcast Episode 72: Travel Talk with the Construction Guy, Part I
Podcast Episode 71: Going Off-Piste
Podcast Episode 70: Not Waffles!
Podcast Episode 69: Running the Table… Or Is It the Gauntlet?
Podcast Episode 68: The Husband Blows Hot & Cold
Podcast Episode 67: The Travel Architect Knows Romance
Podcast Episode 66: Architecture Commences
Podcast Episode 65: Virus, Vaccines, & Passports, Oh My!
Podcast Episode 64: When’s The Last Time You Hugged a Squirrel?
Podcast Episode 63: What’s a Womble?
Podcast Episode 62: Burger Holder
Podcast Episode 61: Netflix Blues
Podcast Episode 60: It’s a Festivus Miracle!
Podcast Episode 59: Two Pods for the Price of One
Podcast Episode 58: Potato Chip Wars
Podcast Episode 57: The Upbeat Episode
Podcast Episode 56: Calaces & Pastles
Podcast Episode 55: The Wallace & Gromit Line
Podcast Episode 54: Ziggurats & Cugly Bunnies
Podcast Episode 53: Hey Siri!
Podcast Episode 52: What Rhymes with Plitvice?
Podcast Episode 51: Epic Kitchen Fails
Podcast Episode 50: Time Horizons
Podcast Episode 49: Coasteering
Podcast Episode 48: The Italian Job
Podcast Episode 47: My Body is a Temple
Podcast Episode 46: Taste Crime
Podcast Episode 45: Ger/Yurt
Podcast Episode 44: Spam . . . a lot
Podcast Episode 43: Choddy & Schlocky
Podcast Episode 42: DeCaLiBron
Podcast Episode 41: WTF?
Podcast Episode 40: Greatest Hits
Podcast Episode 39: Sobriquets
Podcast Episode 38: A Tweetment for What Ails You
Podcast Episode 37: Lima Bean Respect
Podcast Episode 36: Easter Bonnets
Podcast Episode 35: Fossiliferous
Podcast Episode 34: April Fool Switcheroo
Podcast Episode 33: Coronavirus Cancellations
Podcast Episode 32: Business Class
Podcast Episode 31: Leap Day Lessons
Podcast Episode 30: Rugby, Too?!
Podcast Episode 29: Get Your Liver Off My Pizza!
Podcast Episode 28: $700?!
Podcast Episode 27: It Takes Five Days
Podcast Episode 24: Cambodian Capers
Podcast Episode 26: Stumped by FCO
Podcast Episode 23: Laos Livin’
Podcast Episode 25: Lost in Transit
Podcast Episode 22: Incheon State of Mind
Podcast Episode 21: Interrobang
Podcast Episode 20: Dugong A-Go-Go
Podcast Episode 19: Bickerfest
Podcast Episode 18: Semicolon
Podcast Episode 17: Via Ferrata
Podcast Episode 16: Produce Misting
Podcast Episode 15: Off by 150
Podcast Episode 14: Penultimate
Podcast Episode 13: F-bombs
Podcast Episode 12: Sheep
Podcast Episode 11: Nigel
Podcast Episode 10: Castles
Podcast Episode 9: Pizza
Podcast Episode 8: Vail
Podcast Episode 7: Mt. Elbert
Podcast Episode 5: Travel Medicine
Podcast Episode 4: Travel Insurance
Podcast Episode 3: Sculpture Lover?
Podcast Episode 2: Evil Cookies
Podcast Episode 1: The Travel Architect & The Husband Team Up to Chat About Travel (Mostly)
ELC Mini Podcast
ELC Podcast Episode 1
ELC Podcast Episode 2
ELC Podcast Episode 3
ELC Podcast Episode 4
ELC Podcast Episode 5
ELC Podcast Episode 6
ELC Podcast Episode 7
ELC Podcast Episode 8
ELC Podcast Episode 9
ELC Podcast Episode 10
ELC Podcast Episode 11
ELC Podcast Episode 12
ELC Podcast Episode 13
ELC Podcast Episode 14
ELC Podcast Episode 15
ELC Podcast Episode 16
ELC Podcast Episode 17
ELC Podcast Episode 18
ELC Podcast Episode 19
ELC Podcast Episode 20
ELC Podcast Episode 21
ELC Podcast Episode 22
ELC Podcast Episode 23
ELC Podcast Episode 24
ELC Podcast Episode 25
ELC Podcast Episode 26
ELC Podcast Episode 27
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Calories for a Cause: Travel-Inspired Baking
Travel-Inspired Baking: Rationale, Rules, & Regulations
Austria: Linzertorte
England & America: Apple Pie
England: Treacle Tart
France: Canelés de Bordeaux
France: Gâteau à la Noix
France: Gougères
Germany: Black Forest Cake
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Italy: Torta Sbrisolona
Italy: Tiramisu
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