On the way back to Portland, Oregon from Salem, I stopped off and saw Oregon’s Korean War Memorial in Wilsonville. Here are photos I took of the memorial.
\nThe ninth state capitol I visited was in Dover, Delaware. Legislative Hall is a Georgian Revival colonial structure, built in 1931.
\nI’ve been to the site of the World Trade Center two times. I visited back in April of 2008 when I went to Washington, D.C., New York, and Niagara Falls, my first trip in over ten years.
\nI went back during my month long travels in September, on the 11th, to pay tribute to those who lost their lives. As I was flying on many flights, it was something I wanted to honor. Flying is something many (including me) take for granted.
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\nA flexible plan can add further complications to reserving a hotel in advance. Can you accomplish your itinerary and get to the hotel? If you change plans or get delayed, getting to the hotel can be impossible.
\nOn my trip using the All You Can Jet pass from JetBlue, I allocated a couple of days to driving around Massachusetts and Rhode Island with a rough intinerary. Since I didn’t know how far I would travel each day, and how long each place I visited would take, I looked for a hotel room late in the day for that evening when I knew better where I would be that night. As long as I had an internet connection, my iPhone gave me the lowest prices nearby.
\n","fields":{"slug":"/2010/12/09/last-minute-reservations"},"frontmatter":{"title":"Last minute reservations","date":"2010-12-09T04:06:32.000Z","categories":["Travel tips"]}}},{"node":{"excerpt":"The eighth state capitol I visited was the Maryland State House in Annapolis. It is the first peacetime capitol of the United States.
\nThe other day I wrote about attending the Jay Leno show in Burbank, California. This was after flying a redeye flight from Portland, Oregon to New York, just to fly back to the west coast to Burbank the next morning. A simple answer to the question I get asked a lot: because I wanted to find out if redeye flights are really feasible alternates to a hotel. If you’re insane, yes they are.
\nAfter an already exhausting overnight, a baby hitting the back on my seat on the morning flight west, and an incredible experience watching the taping of the Jay Leno show, I was ready to head back to the airport and sleep on a redeye back to the east coast.
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