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      string(202) "# Travel
I love to travel the world with my wife, Katherine.  We've recently hiked the Everest Base Camp Trekking Route in the Himalayas, visited some Mayan pyramids, and explored an Icelandic glacier."
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# Trips
Here are a few photos from some of our recent adventures:"
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          string(214) "Katherine and I travelled to Nepal for our honeymoon to trek in the Himalayas and get a glimpse of Mt. Everest.  We explored Kathmandu, flew to Lukla, and did a 7-day trek to Phakding, Namche Bazaar, and Tengboche."
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<h1>Trips</h1>
<p>Here are a few photos from some of our recent adventures:</p>
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                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_01.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Katherine and I travelled to Nepal for our honeymoon to trek in the Himalayas and get a glimpse of Mt. Everest.  We explored Kathmandu, flew to Lukla, and did a 7-day trek to Phakding, Namche Bazaar, and Tengboche."><img src="/assets/production/pagedata/images/thumbs/interests/travel/nepal_2019_01.jpg" alt="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019" /></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_02.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Around Kathmandu."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_03.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Around Kathmandu."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_04.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Around Kathmandu."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_05.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Around Kathmandu."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_06.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Around Kathmandu."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_07.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Around Kathmandu."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_08.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Around Kathmandu."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_09.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Around Kathmandu."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_10.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Around Kathmandu."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_11.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Preparing to fly to Lukla (VNLK)."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_12.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Just landed in Lukla (VNLK)."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_13.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Just landed in Lukla (VNLK)."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_14.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Just landed in Lukla (VNLK)."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_15.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Starting the trek from Lukla."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_16.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - On the EBC Trekking Route with our guide, Dinesh."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_17.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - This way to Everest and Namche."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_18.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - On the EBC Trekking Route."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_19.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Posing in front of a Tibetan Buddhist Stupa."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_20.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - One of many very high wire rope bridges."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_21.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Taking a break on the way up the mountain to Namche."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_22.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Arriving in Namche Bazaar on Day 2 after a 800 meter climb."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_23.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Namche Bazaar (11,286 ft)."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_24.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Hiking above Namche Bazaar towards Tengboche."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_25.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Posing in front of Mt. Ama Dablam (22,349 ft)."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_26.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Hiking above Namche Bazaar towards Tengboche."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_27.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Posing in front of Mt. Ama Dablam (22,349 ft)."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_28.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - On the way up to Tengboche."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_29.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Arriving in Tengboche Monastery (12,660 ft)."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_01.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Posing in front of Mt. Everest (29,029 ft) before sunrise."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_30.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - In Tengboche, snow blowing off Mt. Everest (29,029 ft) in the background."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_31.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Leaving Tengboche for the 2-day trek home."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_32.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - In Tengboche, snow blowing off Mt. Everest (29,029 ft) in the background."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_33.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Hiking back to Namche via the Khumjung Valley."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_34.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - High above Namche in the clouds."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_35.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Saying goodbye to Namche in the early morning."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_36.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Beginning the 7 hour hike back to Lukla."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_37.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Stuck at Lukla in bad weather."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_38.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Excited about the weather clearing so we can fly home from Lukla."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/nepal_2019_39.jpg" desc="Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019 - Around Kathmandu."></a>
        <h3>Nepal Everest Trek - Spring 2019</h3>
        <p>Katherine and I travelled to Nepal for our honeymoon to trek in the Himalayas and get a glimpse of Mt. Everest.  We explored Kathmandu, flew to Lukla, and did a 7-day trek to Phakding, Namche Bazaar, and Tengboche.</p>
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                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_01.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - Visting the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza, and Tulum, as well as exploring Valladolid, and the Ik-Kil Cenote."><img src="/assets/production/pagedata/images/thumbs/interests/travel/mexico_2020_01.jpg" alt="Mexico - February 2020" /></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_02.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - In Tulum."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_03.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - In Tulum."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_04.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - In Tulum."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_05.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - Visiting El Castillo at Chichén Itzá."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_06.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - In Chichén Itzá."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_07.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - In Chichén Itzá."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_08.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - In Chichén Itzá."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_09.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - In Chichén Itzá."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_10.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - In Chichén Itzá."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_11.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - Ik-Kil Cenote."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_12.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - Ik-Kil Cenote."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_13.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - In Valladolid."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/mexico_2020_14.jpg" desc="Mexico - February 2020 - In Valladolid."></a>
        <h3>Mexico - February 2020</h3>
        <p>Visting the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza, and Tulum, as well as exploring Valladolid, and the Ik-Kil Cenote.</p>
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                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_01.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Road-tripping around the ring road in Iceland, exploring the geothermal sites and hiking on a glacier."><img src="/assets/production/pagedata/images/thumbs/interests/travel/iceland_2018_01.jpg" alt="Iceland - November 2018" /></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_02.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Þingvellir National Park."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_03.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Visiting the Geysir Geothermal Area."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_04.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Visiting the Geysir Geothermal Area."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_05.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Icelandic Horses."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_06.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Visiting Gullfoss Waterfall."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_07.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Seljalandsfoss Waterfall."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_08.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Reynisfjara Volcanic Beach"></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_09.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Reynisfjara Volcanic Beach."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_10.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_11.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - On the ring road on the Southeast coast."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_12.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - On Vatnajökull Glacier in Skaftafell National Park."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_13.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - On Vatnajökull Glacier in Skaftafell National Park."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_14.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - On Vatnajökull Glacier in Skaftafell National Park."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_15.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Underneath the ice at Vatnajökull Glacier."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_16.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Underneath the ice at Vatnajökull Glacier."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_17.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - On Vatnajökull Glacier in Skaftafell National Park."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_18.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - On Vatnajökull Glacier in Skaftafell National Park."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_19.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Navigating the ice at Vatnajökull Glacier."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_01.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Navigating the ice at Vatnajökull Glacier."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_20.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - On the ice at Vatnajökull Glacier."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_2018_21.jpg" desc="Iceland - November 2018 - Posing with the swans in Reykjavik."></a>
        <h3>Iceland - November 2018</h3>
        <p>Road-tripping around the ring road in Iceland, exploring the geothermal sites and hiking on a glacier.</p>
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                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_01.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Exploring the natural sights in Maui, including the Haleakalā Volcano, some lava tubes, a flight around the island, and a trip to Hana and back."><img src="/assets/production/pagedata/images/thumbs/interests/travel/maui_2019_01.jpg" alt="Maui - December 2019" /></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_02.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - On top of Haleakalā Volcano."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_03.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Heading down to Nakalele Blowhole."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_04.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Heading down to Nakalele Blowhole."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_05.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Near Nakelele Blowhole."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_06.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Near Nakelele Blowhole."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_07.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Nakelele Blowhole."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_08.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Nakelele Blowhole."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_09.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Heading out on a whale-spotting cruise."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_10.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Heading down into the Hāna Lava Tube."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_11.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Exploring the Hāna Lava Tube."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_12.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Waiʻānapanapa State Park."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_13.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Waiʻānapanapa State Park."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_14.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Waiʻānapanapa State Park."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_15.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Waiʻānapanapa State Park."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_16.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - The Pools at 'Ohe'o."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_17.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - The Pools at 'Ohe'o."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_18.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - The Hāna highway on the backside of Haleakalā."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_19.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - The Hāna highway on the backside of Haleakalā."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_20.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - The Hāna highway on the backside of Haleakalā."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_21.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Iao Valley State Park."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_22.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Flying near the sea cliffs of Moloka'i."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_23.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Flying near the backside of Haleakalā."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_24.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Katherine checking out the sights."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_25.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Flying near Hāna."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_26.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Hāna Airport."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_27.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - Flying near 'Jurassic Rock'."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/maui_2019_28.jpg" desc="Maui - December 2019 - On Ka'anapali Beach after sunset."></a>
        <h3>Maui - December 2019</h3>
        <p>Exploring the natural sights in Maui, including the Haleakalā Volcano, some lava tubes, a flight around the island, and a trip to Hana and back.</p>
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                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_01.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Katherine and I traveled all around the continental US in 2019, including stops in Chicago, NYC, Denver, Cincinnati, Las Vegas, and more."><img src="/assets/production/pagedata/images/thumbs/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_01.jpg" alt="Around the US - 2019" /></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_02.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - NYC, June 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_03.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - NYC, June 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_04.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Central Park NYC, June 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_05.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - NYC, June 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_06.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - NYC, June 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_07.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Key West, July 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_08.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Key West, July 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_09.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - The Florida Keys, July 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_10.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - The Florida Keys, July 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_11.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - The Florida Keys, July 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_12.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Red Rocks, Colorado, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_13.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Red Rocks, Colorado, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_14.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Red Rocks, Colorado, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_15.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Garden of the Gods, Colorado, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_16.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Garden of the Gods, Colorado, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_17.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Garden of the Gods, Colorado, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_18.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Garden of the Gods, Colorado, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_19.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Garden of the Gods, Colorado, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_20.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Cliff Indian Dwellings, Colorado, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_21.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Chicago, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_22.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Chicago, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_23.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Chicago, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_24.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Chicago, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_25.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Field Museum, Chicago, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_26.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Chicago, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_27.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Chicago, August 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_28.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Valley of Fire, Nevada, September 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_29.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Valley of Fire, Nevada, September 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_30.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Valley of Fire, Nevada, September 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_31.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Washington D.C., October 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_32.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Washington D.C., October 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_33.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Washington D.C., October 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_34.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Capitol Rotunda, Washington D.C., October 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_35.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Washington D.C., October 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_36.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Washington D.C., October 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_37.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Washington D.C., October 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_38.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio, November 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_39.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - P-38 Lighting - National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio, November 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_40.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - X-15 and XB-70 Valkyrie - National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio, November 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_41.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Disneyland California, December 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_42.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Disneyland California, December 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_43.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Disneyland California, December 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_44.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Disneyland California, December 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_45.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Disneyland California, December 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_46.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Disney California Adventure, December 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_47.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Wine tasting in Paso Robles, California, December 2019."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2019_48.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2019 - Near Big Sur, California, December 2019."></a>
        <h3>Around the US - 2019</h3>
        <p>Katherine and I traveled all around the continental US in 2019, including stops in Chicago, NYC, Denver, Cincinnati, Las Vegas, and more.</p>
    </article>
    <article class="6u 12u$(xsmall) work-item ptrx ptrx-europe2018">
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_01.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Visting Europe with friends and family in Summer 2018.  Stops in Italy, Greece, Montenegro, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands."><img src="/assets/production/pagedata/images/thumbs/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_01.jpg" alt="Europe - Summer 2018" /></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_02.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Rome, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_03.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Rome, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_04.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Vatican City."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_05.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - The Roman Colliseum, Rome, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_06.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - The Roman Colliseum, Rome, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_01.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - The Roman Forum, Rome, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_07.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Amalfi Coast, near Positano, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_08.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Amalfi Coast, near Positano, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_09.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - In Pompeii."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_10.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Kotor Bay, Montenegro."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_11.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Kotor, Montenegro."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_12.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Mykonos, Greece."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_13.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Mykonos, Greece."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_14.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Athens, Greece."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_15.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - The Parthenon, Athens, Greece."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_16.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - The Acropolis, Athens, Greece."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_17.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Vatican City."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_18.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Rome, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_19.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - The Roman Colliseum, Rome, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_20.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Pisa, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_21.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Florence, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_22.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Florence, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_23.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Venice, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_24.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Venice, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_25.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Venice, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_26.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Venice, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_27.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Paddleboating in Riva del Garda, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_28.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Paddleboating in Riva del Garda, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_29.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Paddleboating in Riva del Garda, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_30.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Biking the Old Ponale Road, Lake Garda, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_31.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Biking the Old Ponale Road, Lake Garda, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_32.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Biking the Old Ponale Road, Lake Garda, Italy."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_33.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Innsbruck, Austria."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_34.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Innsbruck, Austria."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/europe_summer_2018_35.jpg" desc="Europe - Summer 2018 - Innsbruck, Austria."></a>
        <h3>Europe - Summer 2018</h3>
        <p>Visting Europe with friends and family in Summer 2018.  Stops in Italy, Greece, Montenegro, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands.</p>
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                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_01.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - I had the opportunity to fly out to and spend the night on the USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) via a C-2A Greyhound Carrier Onboard Delivery aircraft, including an arrested landing and a catapult shot takeoff."><img src="/assets/production/pagedata/images/thumbs/interests/travel/cvn_embark_01.jpg" alt="CVN Embark - July 2019" /></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_02.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - On the flight deck."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_03.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - Our commemorative patch for 1 arrested landing (trap)."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_04.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - Preparing to get on the COD flight."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_05.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - Strapped in and ready to go."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_06.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - Like the 'seatbelts' sign in an airline, but for carrier ops."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_01.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - Our C-2A Greyhound landing on the Ike."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_07.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - Just after landing."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_08.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - Watching the Super Hornets do carrier qualification."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_09.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - Watching the Super Hornets do carrier qualification."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_10.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - In the Flag Bridge."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_11.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - Watching night catapult operations."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_12.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - F/A-18 Super Hornet."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_13.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - In the hangar."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_14.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - On the fantail."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_15.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - In the Air Transport Office, preparing to depart."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_16.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - The only window on the COD plane."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/cvn_embark_17.jpg" desc="CVN Embark - July 2019 - After landing back in Norfolk."></a>
        <h3>CVN Embark - July 2019</h3>
        <p>I had the opportunity to fly out to and spend the night on the USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) via a C-2A Greyhound Carrier Onboard Delivery aircraft, including an arrested landing and a catapult shot takeoff.</p>
    </article>
    <article class="6u 12u$(xsmall) work-item ptrx ptrx-fthood2018">
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/fthood_2018_01.jpg" desc="Ft. Hood - August 2018 - I visited Ft. Hood on a work trip and had the opportunity to drive a M2 Bradley on the training course, as well as watching the M1s doing target practice, and touring an Apache helicopter."><img src="/assets/production/pagedata/images/thumbs/interests/travel/fthood_2018_01.jpg" alt="Ft. Hood - August 2018" /></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/fthood_2018_02.jpg" desc="Ft. Hood - August 2018 - In the commander's turret."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/fthood_2018_03.jpg" desc="Ft. Hood - August 2018 - Getting into the driver's seat."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/fthood_2018_04.jpg" desc="Ft. Hood - August 2018 - Ready to drive."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/fthood_2018_05.jpg" desc="Ft. Hood - August 2018 - A very, very dusty ride!"></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/fthood_2018_06.jpg" desc="Ft. Hood - August 2018 - A very, very dusty ride!"></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/fthood_2018_01.jpg" desc="Ft. Hood - August 2018 - Pretty dusty after my drive."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/fthood_2018_07.jpg" desc="Ft. Hood - August 2018 - Our M2 Bradley."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/fthood_2018_08.jpg" desc="Ft. Hood - August 2018 - A spent cartridge from the Bradley main gun."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/fthood_2018_09.jpg" desc="Ft. Hood - August 2018 - Watching the M1 Abrams shoot target practice."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/fthood_2018_10.jpg" desc="Ft. Hood - August 2018 - Checking out an AH-64 Apache."></a>
        <h3>Ft. Hood - August 2018</h3>
        <p>I visited Ft. Hood on a work trip and had the opportunity to drive a M2 Bradley on the training course, as well as watching the M1s doing target practice, and touring an Apache helicopter.</p>
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                <article class="6u 12u$(xsmall) work-item ptrx ptrx-uk2018">
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_01.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Katherine and I traveled with her mother to Edinburgh, York, London, and Paris for Christmas 2018."><img src="/assets/production/pagedata/images/thumbs/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_01.jpg" alt="UK and Paris - December 2018" /></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_02.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_03.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Edinburgh Christmas Market, Edinburgh, Scotland."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_04.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Edinburgh, Scotland."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_05.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Edinburgh, Scotland."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_06.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_07.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - York, England."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_08.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - York Minster, York, England."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_09.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - York Minster, York, England."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_10.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Tower of London, London, England."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_11.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - At the top of The Shard, London, England."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_12.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Parliament, London, England."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_13.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Buckingham Palace, London, England."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_14.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Tower Bridge, London, England."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_15.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - The Louvre, Paris, France."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_16.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - The Mona Lisa - The Louvre, Paris, France."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_17.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Paris, France."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_18.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Notre Dame, Paris, France."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_19.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - On top of La Tour Montparnasse, Paris, France."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_20.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Eiffel Tower, Paris, France."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_21.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Enjoying a crepe - Eiffel Tower, Paris, France."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_22.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - Versailles, France."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/uk_xmas_2018_23.jpg" desc="UK and Paris - December 2018 - The Catacombs, Paris, France."></a>
        <h3>UK and Paris - December 2018</h3>
        <p>Katherine and I traveled with her mother to Edinburgh, York, London, and Paris for Christmas 2018.</p>
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                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_prague_2017_01.jpg" desc="Iceland and Prague - December 2017 - On a work trip to Prague in late 2017, I had the opportunity to visit Iceland for the first time."><img src="/assets/production/pagedata/images/thumbs/interests/travel/iceland_prague_2017_01.jpg" alt="Iceland and Prague - December 2017" /></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_prague_2017_02.jpg" desc="Iceland and Prague - December 2017 - Þingvellir National Park."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_prague_2017_03.jpg" desc="Iceland and Prague - December 2017 - Geothermal area near Geysir."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_prague_2017_04.jpg" desc="Iceland and Prague - December 2017 - Geysir Geothermal Area."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_prague_2017_05.jpg" desc="Iceland and Prague - December 2017 - Geysir erupts at Geysir Geothermal Area."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_prague_2017_06.jpg" desc="Iceland and Prague - December 2017 - Icelandic Horses."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_prague_2017_07.jpg" desc="Iceland and Prague - December 2017 - Astronomical Clock, Prague, Czech Republic."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_prague_2017_08.jpg" desc="Iceland and Prague - December 2017 - Christmas Tree in Staromestska, Prague, Czech Republic."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_prague_2017_09.jpg" desc="Iceland and Prague - December 2017 - Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/iceland_prague_2017_10.jpg" desc="Iceland and Prague - December 2017 - John Lennon Wall, Prague, Czech Republic."></a>
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        <h3>Iceland and Prague - December 2017</h3>
        <p>On a work trip to Prague in late 2017, I had the opportunity to visit Iceland for the first time.</p>
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                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_01.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - On a work trip to Prague in late 2018, I had the opportunity to visit Budapest, including several of the very interesting Ruin Pubs, plus a side trip to Kutna Hora, in the Czech Republic."><img src="/assets/production/pagedata/images/thumbs/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_01.jpg" alt="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018" /></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_02.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Jewish Quarter, Budapest, Hungary."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_03.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Budapest, Hungary."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_04.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Budapest, Hungary."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_05.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_06.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_07.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_08.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Ellato Kert Ruin Pub, Budapest, Hungary."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_09.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Szimpla Kert Ruin Pub, Budapest, Hungary."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_10.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Bone Church in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_11.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Kutna Hora, Czech Republic."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_12.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Kutna Hora, Czech Republic."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_13.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_14.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/eastern_europe_2018_15.jpg" desc="Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018 - Astronomical Clock, Prague, Czech Republic."></a>
        <h3>Prague and Budapest - Fall 2018</h3>
        <p>On a work trip to Prague in late 2018, I had the opportunity to visit Budapest, including several of the very interesting Ruin Pubs, plus a side trip to Kutna Hora, in the Czech Republic.</p>
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                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_01.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2018 - Katherine and I made a few trips around the US in 2018, including my first visit to the Game Developers Conference in the SF Bay Area."><img src="/assets/production/pagedata/images/thumbs/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_01.jpg" alt="Around the US - 2018" /></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_02.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2018 - San Francisco, California, March 2018."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_03.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2018 - GDC 2018 - San Francisco, California, March 2018."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_04.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2018 - San Francisco, California, March 2018."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_05.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2018 - Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, March 2018."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_06.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2018 - San Francisco, California, March 2018."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_07.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2018 - Muir Woods, California, March 2018."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_08.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2018 - San Francisco, California, March 2018."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_09.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2018 - New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2018."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_10.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2018 - New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2018."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_11.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2018 - New Orleans, Louisiana, December 2018."></a>
                <a class="image fit thumb" href="/assets/production/pagedata/images/interests/travel/around_the_us_2018_12.jpg" desc="Around the US - 2018 - New Orleans, Louisiana, December 2018."></a>
        <h3>Around the US - 2018</h3>
        <p>Katherine and I made a few trips around the US in 2018, including my first visit to the Game Developers Conference in the SF Bay Area.</p>
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