Author: glenn

My Epic Journey to Antarctica – A Week at McMurdo

For those of you catching up, my first post on Antarctica is here and second post here. This is a hard post to write since how do I capture a full week in one post? Here’s my attempt at that, but feel free to ask if there is something that you would like to see…

My Epic Journey to Antarctic – Landing on the Ice

The flight from Christchurch to McMurdo is 4-5 hours. Unfortunately, it is common that the pilots take off with good weather over McMurdo only to have it close in and result in having to fly all the way back for the ultimate trip in vain. I have had to do this a number of times…

My Epic Journey to Antarctica – Getting There

I know this journey will likely make most of my fellow bloggers jealous – especially my buddy Stefan K. I am always envious of some of the spots he goes, like Iwo Jima, so turnabout is fair play. You can catch up on the first post for this trip here. Most people think of getting…

My Epic Journey to Antarctica – The Mission

I have always sought a life of adventure and, for the most part, that is what I have lived. A lot of it comes from just being lucky and in the right place at the right time.  That happened again to me in 2018 when a group was put together to meet the National Science…

After Action Report (AAR): Cardiff, Wales

Greetings, Fellow Travelers!   NOTE: With no travel over the next few months, I’m digging into my archives to remember some travels from the past few years. This trip to Cardiff, Wales occurred in June 2016. This was in conjunction with a broader tour of southern Britain to include Stonehenge, Bath, Salisbury, Bournemouth, and Portsmouth,…

After Action Report (AAR): New York City, NY

Greetings, Fellow Travelers! NOTE: With no travel over the next few months, I’m digging into my archives to remember some travels from the past few years. This trip to New York City occurred in September 2018. This was in conjunction with a solo work trip to Washington, DC during my six years stationed in Germany…

After Action Report (AAR): San Sebastián, Spain

Greetings, Fellow Travelers!   NOTE: With no travel over the next few months, I’m digging into my archives to remember some travels from the past few years. This trip to San Sebastián and the Basque region of Spain occurred in February 2019. This would be our third of four trips to Spain during our six…

After Action Report (AAR): Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Greetings, Fellow Travelers!   NOTE: With no travel over the next few months, I’m digging into my archives to remember some travels from the past few years. This trip to Kuala Lumpur, our first, occurred in July 2018 combined with a second trip to Singapore.     BLUF: Over the 4th of July weekend, Joe…

An Informed Analysis Of How COVID-19 with Affect You and Your Travel

So what makes this an informed analysis? Most of me fellow Boarding Area bloggers know my military level, but let’s just say I am a senior leader. What many do not know is that I am a senior leader at the Army Corps of Engineers. That coupled with the fact that my daughter is a…

If You Are Still Flying, I Have Some UA Upgrades

Sorry, for not blogging a lot lately, but as a senior leader at the Corps of Engineers, you can imagine how busy I am right now. One of our benefactors from last Jan. has contacted me to offer up some UA upgrades due to his cancelling his flights. Not too many flying these days, but…