Category: Travel

A little bit ago I upgraded my credit card to one that credits me to get Global Entry. It’d be silly for me not to get it. This is the TSA pre-check on steroids, you get everything that you get with the pre-check, and you...

Blood donation… I had a sad

by George Burgyan | Jan 2, 2018 | Travel | 2 |

Whenever you give blood you have the standard list of questions that you need to answer. Bloodworks Northwest has these touch-screen computers you use to fill out the questionnaire. Then I got to this question. :-( I did not...

Spoiled

by George Burgyan | Dec 29, 2017 | Travel | 1 |

I decided to go down to Portland with a friend for a couple of nights. On a lark, I decided to book a hotel room through my Amex’s site. I chose the Kimpton Monaco Portland. And with that, I’ve been forever spoiled....

Snow Riding

by George Burgyan | Nov 8, 2017 | Motorcycles, Trip 2017 | 0 |

Riding a motorcyle on a snowy highway on the first leg of my summer late spring) trip to Utah this year. I managed to break the camera shortly after the last clip so I was a bit dejected about the project. I pulled it up tonight...

How we picked the eclipse spot

by George Burgyan | Aug 22, 2017 | Just Me, Photography, Travel | 0 |

I picked a spot around 2 hours away from the eclipse centerline and got an AirBNB in Twin Falls, ID. We left the exact spot that we were going to watch until closer to the actual event to account for weather. Looking at the...

Step one: complete – On location

by George Burgyan | Aug 19, 2017 | Travel | 0 |

A short post about a long drive — from Seattle to Twin Falls, ID where were are closer to what I hope to be good viewing for the eclipse. I didn’t want to do the same thing that the rest of the throngs of people from...