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Check Out My Interview with PointsAway

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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?