At my home I have a wall covered in canvas prints of photos I have taken during my travels. Digital photos printed on canvas create a beautiful effect that looks somewhere in between a photo and a painting, which is forgiving for flaws in photos while also very eye catching when I have visitors. Every year or two I add photos to the wall to include updated destinations from my … [Read more...] about [Friday Photo] Panoramic View of Salzburg, Austria from Kehlsteinhaus
Archives for 2013
Check Out My Interview with PointsAway
While posting has been a little light on the flagship Jeffsetter.com lately, it doesn't mean that I haven't been active in the travel community. Even while traveling the past several weekends (my normal time for writing blog posts), I managed to squeeze in an interview with Casey over at PointsAway. Casey started blogging in July and his site sure is pretty! One of the cleanest … [Read more...] about Check Out My Interview with PointsAway
[Friday Photo] Original US Capitol Columns at the National Arboretum
Perhaps the best kept secret in all of Washington, D.C. (an extremely bold statement, I know) is the National Arboretum. I had never heard of it until my wife suggested that we spend an afternoon there in October of 2011. If the adage in real estate is location, location, location, the National Arboretum probably has the worst location of them all. It's not located along the … [Read more...] about [Friday Photo] Original US Capitol Columns at the National Arboretum
Offroading, Volcanoes, Andes Foothills and Near Misses in Argentina
The following is a recollection of an intense two-day drive through the foothills of the Andes Mountains on the Argentinian side. This trip occurred in 2010, well before I had ever fathomed being a travel blogger, and this is my first time putting the story into writing. This post covers just two days out of a 7 day, ~2,500 mile trip in Chile and Argentina. For more, check out … [Read more...] about Offroading, Volcanoes, Andes Foothills and Near Misses in Argentina
[Friday Photo] Spaceship Cloud in the Argentinian Andes Foothills
As part of the process of adding Argentina to my travel map, I started to look through photos I took along the way. One photo has always stood out from that trip, a cloud like none other that we encountered driving through the Andes Mountains. You may think it looks like a brush stroke on a blue canvas, but to my dad, uncles and me, we thought it looked like a gigantic … [Read more...] about [Friday Photo] Spaceship Cloud in the Argentinian Andes Foothills
[Reader Question] When is the Best Time to Book a Flight to Toronto?
This reader question is probably more specific than some readers may be expecting to see (booking a flight from MSP to Toronto), but I wanted to share the result for two reasons: 1) It gave me the opportunity to share my thought process for booking flights within North America and 2) the story has an ideal ending. Maybe it will be helpful for others facing a similar situation. … [Read more...] about [Reader Question] When is the Best Time to Book a Flight to Toronto?
Putting Argentina on the Travel Map
This weekend I added Argentina to the Jeffsetter Travel Map in part of my efforts to chip away at adding the 22 countries I have visited to date onto the map. While updating the map is ultimately coming at the expense of other trip reports, it's important that I get both of these done in a reasonable timeframe. Even though I only spent 3 short days in Argentina in 2010 … [Read more...] about Putting Argentina on the Travel Map
[Friday Photo] Glacier Reflections in New Zealand
This week's photo was taken in March of 2011 on the south island of New Zealand. During our beautiful stay in New Zealand we spent two nights at the foot of the Franz Josef glacier, which gave us plenty of time to explore the surrounding areas. This lead to a lot of hiking, a helicopter ride and photo ops galore. … [Read more...] about [Friday Photo] Glacier Reflections in New Zealand
[Photo Friday] Tahitian Sunset on the Island of Moorea
Because I am feeling a little guilty about my lack of progress on completing my Tahiti/Cook Islands trip reports, I decided that this week's photo Friday would demonstrate some of the beauty I saw while staying in French Polynesia. The sunsets in French Polynesia were amazing - probably the best that I have seen in my life and definitely the best that I have … [Read more...] about [Photo Friday] Tahitian Sunset on the Island of Moorea
Jeffsetter is Joining the Team of Bloggers at Boarding Area!
There was a time in my points and miles earning career where I was a waste of miles. It's almost embarrassing to admit now, but not so long ago I only earned miles by doing archaic activities like *gasp* flying in an airplane. Not only that, but I would redeem miles for domestic tickets in coach class. Then I came across blogs like View from the Wing, One Mile at a Time and … [Read more...] about Jeffsetter is Joining the Team of Bloggers at Boarding Area!