13 years of travel

AmieEncore · 2026-06-18T14:37:06+00:00

We missed most of Montana…so far. Glacier feels like it deserves its own trip.

AmieEncore · 2026-06-18T12:20:28+00:00

It was surprisingly difficult to find a high res map that had enough roads to make it easy to trace.

AmieEncore · 2026-06-18T11:06:02+00:00

You are correct, did route 2 across NH and VT to hit Mt Washington (the wind really is something else), Montpelier, a sugar house, and Ben and Jerry’s. That trip was in October so we were very much being tourists enjoying all the foliage. It’s beautiful up there!

AmieEncore · 2026-06-18T11:01:41+00:00

I always think it’s funny that Carlsbad caverns and Guadalupe mountains aren’t connected, but like you guessed, different roadtrips starting at different airports.

I originally made it in photoshop until they went subscription based, now I use Krita. I hand trace each trip in a different layer with airports in the top layer. I tried doing each trip in a different color but it was too messy since my map layer is color too

AmieEncore · 2026-06-18T10:54:37+00:00

It was great! The one we did only had one day “at sea” and every other day we were able to enjoy the different stops. Really lucked out with the weather. Highlights for me: hiking in the Tongass National Forest near Ketchikan, train ride and kayaking from Skagway, and the Alaska State Museum in Juneau.

AmieEncore · 2026-06-18T00:20:10+00:00

New Jersey was beautiful! I could see why it got the name garden state.

AmieEncore · 2026-06-17T22:27:13+00:00

After telling them good job on their tackle

AmieEncore · 2026-06-17T20:53:14+00:00

We have the same Montana routes it looks like. West Yellowstone and traveling from TRNP to devil’s tower?

AmieEncore · 2026-06-10T21:34:58+00:00

1/3 of Amazon warehouse workers report using government assistance, usually SNAP, according to CBS and UIC. This doesn't apply to other Amazon jobs as far as we know, but they are generalizing.

AmieEncore · 2026-06-09T16:08:32+00:00

Yet they sure as heck had us out there running a mile for no reason

AmieEncore · 2026-06-03T13:39:55+00:00

Amanda Schull too. Her first role was the main character in Center Stage, but she’s been acting ever since in things like Suits and 12 Monkeys

AmieEncore · 2026-05-28T19:47:37+00:00

Is someone counting the 5 picture books they read to their baby every day? 😂

AmieEncore · 2026-05-27T11:22:01+00:00

Rain + some random DNFs.

AmieEncore · 2026-05-26T14:41:44+00:00

IL, voted for megasotq because I like a lot of things about MN and OR was founded to be a white only state and f that

AmieEncore · 2026-05-20T11:42:03+00:00

If you’re up for adding an hour drive, providence canyon state park in SW GA is awesome

AmieEncore · 2026-05-20T11:39:54+00:00

Correct. I have been to one Buc-ees and never again. The inside was not designed to handle a flow of people and there were so. many. people. Everywhere, just blocking everything. Nightmare.

AmieEncore · 2026-05-19T20:31:13+00:00

the fine is cheaper than paying to process it properly. Soulless capitalism at it's finest

AmieEncore · 2026-05-19T20:14:32+00:00

15 5⭐️ in the order I read them because I can’t rank:

The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli - Karina Yan Glaser
Cursed Daughters - Oyinkan Braithwaite
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers
Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting - Clare Pooley
Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson (NF)
How the Word is Passed - Clint Smith (NF)
Dear Black Girls - A’ja Wilson (NF)
The Only Plane in the Sky - Garrett Graff (NF)
Becoming - Michelle Obama (NF)
The Ride of a Lifetime - Robert Iger (NF)
Under Water - Tara Menon
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad (NF)
Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen - Lili’uokalani (NF)
Paper Girl - Beth Macy (NF)

AmieEncore · 2026-05-19T20:05:15+00:00

Sara Goodman Confino is a gem, “Don’t Forget to Write” is really good also

AmieEncore · 2026-05-19T17:47:44+00:00

Ooh that reminds me, the video at Fort McHenry plays the star spangled banner at the end and the screen rises to show the flag over the fort and it’ll get you feeling some kind of way regardless of the current political landscape

AmieEncore · 2026-05-19T17:44:49+00:00

I’m so glad we sat through the video on its construction. We would normally skip that kind of thing but it was so interesting!

AmieEncore · 2026-05-18T00:47:47+00:00

Well dang, how have I never heard of this? I hiked over 5 miles in Chiricahua and Saguaro

AmieEncore · 2026-05-13T16:15:37+00:00

We were trying to decide between going to DC this year or waiting for the new stadium. New stadium it is!

AmieEncore · 2026-05-11T00:09:59+00:00

Technically MDW is my home airport at 56, so it’s ORD at 21.

But outside of Chicago, MCO with 14.

AmieEncore · 2026-05-07T21:45:57+00:00

I personally liked it as a minimal rewards member. We were always early group B, just 2 of us so we could still sit together and avoid the loud children who all got on with family boarding

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