A year ago, I took a trip to Budapest for a conference and a work meetup, and I forgot to ever blog about it! So let’s lump this one under better late than never.Continue reading “Budapest”
Category Archives: Travel
Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos
The last stop of our trip was Albuquerque, where Mom had gone to college. We had a fantastic time there, visiting with one of my coworkers, eating a ton of New Mexican food, riding the Tramway, and exploring the city. Continue reading “Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos”
Canyon de Chelly
After leaving the Grand Canyon, we drove for what felt like days through the Navajo reservation. I know this isn’t news, but the US sure did screw the Navajo. I’d never been on a reservation before, and it is just miles and miles of nothing. Boiling hot sun on dirt, and not so much as a tree to be seen. We got to the little town of Chinle in the evening. Continue reading “Canyon de Chelly”
The Grand Canyon
There isn’t really anything original I can say about the Grand Canyon. It’s…Grand. And orange and blue and massive. And it opens up out of nowhere. Continue reading “The Grand Canyon”
Tucson, Arizona
We arrived in Tucson when it was still light enough to take a walk through Saguaro National Park and look at all the Saguaro catcti and barrel cacti and other cacti. Continue reading “Tucson, Arizona”
Chiricahua National Monument
Our next destination was the Chiricahua National Monument, near Willcox, Arizona. When we drove into the park, we were disappointed to find the looming mountains to either side of the car almost entirely shrouded in mist. Chiricahua is packed with eerie towering rock formations, resulting from hardened volcanic ash from an eruption millions of years ago. Continue reading “Chiricahua National Monument”
White Sands, New Mexico
Last November, my Mom and I went on a two-week car trip around the Southwest. It was something we’d been saying we were going to do for forever, and it was starting to look like something we’d keep saying we were going to do forever, so I was like, “these two weeks.” And Mom was like, “Well, or maybe in the spring.” And I was like, “No. These two weeks.”
That’s how you make vacations happen. Otherwise, they don’t. Continue reading “White Sands, New Mexico”
San Francisco
Last November, my team at work had a meetup in San Francisco (are you detecting a theme to my travels these days)? My company is technically headquartered in San Francisco, so it’s a popular spot for meetups. This was the first time I’d ever been there. Continue reading “San Francisco”
Skydiving!
At the company meetup in San Diego, a group of us got to go skydiving. It’s not something I’ve ever really thought about doing, but I figured as long as the offer was on the table, I might as well go. Continue reading “Skydiving!”
San Diego
Every year, Automattic has a company-wide meetup. We work on projects, give talks on topics that interest us, take workshops, and most of all hang out with each other in person. This past September, the meetup was in San Diego. I’d only been to California once before – to LA for a long weekend. We stayed at the Catamaran Resort right on the beach. It was gorgeous weather the entire time. Continue reading “San Diego”
