Flying With a 2-Year-Old and 2-Month-Old
As of mid-September we’re now a family of 4! Since then life has been a little crazier than usual, and having my hands full with a 2 month old baby girl (and her 2 year old brother) is part of the...
View ArticlePlane Spotting: Spirit of the Islands with Pualani at OGG
As 2014 comes to an end I wanted to celebrate by sharing a picture I took earlier this month during Baby K’s first trip to Maui. We were waiting to catch our flight home to Sacramento when one of my...
View ArticleGoodbye 2014, Hello 2015!
I can’t believe it is 2015! The end of the year kind of snuck up on me and I completely missed my planned year-in-review post. Anyway, between caring for two (!) young kids, cleaning up around the...
View ArticleMommy Needs a Vacation: Lake Tahoe Edition
One of the best parts of living where we do in Northern California is that Lake Tahoe is only about 2 hours away. So where do we go when we need a quick escape from reality…you guessed it! View From...
View ArticleHeavenly and Vail Season Pass Holders Stay Free at the Hard Rock Hotel &...
So this just showed up in my inbox :) The brand new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe just opened this week and they’re celebrating by offering a FREE two night stay for Heavenly (and Vail)...
View ArticleMiles and Points Problems: The Mistake Fare
I’m sure by now you’ve heard about yesterday’s big United mistake fare. Basically what happened is a currency conversion error made it possible to book round trip first and business class tickets...
View ArticleSkiing at Whistler Blackcomb 2015
Hiked a mountain. Skied a glacier. Just another day at Whistler-Blackcomb, British Colombia, Canada. Right? At least that’s how my trip started. After 4 years of not so great drought conditions closer...
View ArticleWhy I Gave Up a $3600 Bump
Always take the bump. That’s like a rule, right up there with don’t call the airline. Voluntary denied boarding (VDB) situations are certainly nothing new. Early in my travel hacking career I used to...
View ArticleWhere I’ve Been
It’s been a little over a year since I disappeared into the mountains of Jackson Hole, or so it may have seemed. I know things were just starting to get interesting when I decided to take an extended...
View ArticleUnited Island Hopper Adventures 2.0
Marshall Islands Nuclear Testing 1954 (US Department of Defense) The end is near! With 962,266 lifetime flight miles, there were only a few things left that I wanted to do before making Million Miler....
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