Antarctica
Emperor penguins!In the five years that I’ve been priviledged to come to the Antarctic, I’ve never been lucky enough to see an emperor penguin up close in the wild. I may have spotted one standing alone on an ice floe while I was on the NBP several years ago, but it was so far in [...]
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Trail maps
Cathedral Lake near AspenBefore I deployed, Beth and I went to Aspen for a weekend away.
{More»}Southeast Asia
Hong Kong»Hong Kong seems like a nice city. I had a 12 hour layover here, and luckily they don’t require a visa to go see the city. For about 10 bucks, I got a round trip train ticket from the airport to the city itself. With only a few hours to spend, I [...]
Mongolia
Last days»Well, the last few days in Mongolia were amazing. Monday and Tuesday I spent exploring the museums I’d never gotten a chance to visit. Mongolia won again when I was at the National history museum. Gin was giving me a tour and we’d gotten to the last of the Khans when the power went out [...]



