Travel

Eclipse + St. Louis

Upon arrival in St. Louis, we hung out with DH2’s childhood friend and his adult kids. We hopped in the car to drive south to scout out the right spot to watch the eclipse. After a stop at Walmart to get chairs and vodka, we landed in Farmington for the night. The day of the […]

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Canada

Toronto Since I usually take overseas flights, a flight somewhere on the same continent seemed short. After 2 shortish fights, we were in the outskirts of Toronto. It was cold, wet, and gray. In the morning, DH2 went off for a departmental visit while I navigated the train system into downtown Toronto. It was raining

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Melbourne 2024 March

Oxfam fundraising walk I was anxious going into this walk since I’d not completed the 33km in any training walk. I don’t understand why I’m in such bad shape that I did not have a good time while walking through the beautiful Dandenong ranges. I bailed at the turn-around mark, jumping on a 2-hour train

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Melbourne 2024 February

The month of February was very Taylor Swift-centric but I did many other fun things too. I started the month off with the yearly Midsumma Pride event where I marched with Monash University. My annual pass to the Eureka Skydeck was going to expire so I journeyed to the 88th floor to enjoy the sweeping

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Tasmania 3.0

I met up with DH2 after his backpacking trip to find him hobbled from knee pain. We drove to the top of Mt Wellington instead of hiking it this year. Maria Island Maria is pronounced Mariah. We picked up our Tassie GF and drove through beautiful land to arrive at the ferry where we traveled

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