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Washington’s Olympic Peninsula
29 Oct 2016

Washington’s Olympic Peninsula

by bholcomb | posted in: Travel | 0

I took a quick weekend trip after scoring a $175 roundtrip on Delta from OKC-SEA to the Olympic peninsula. Olympic National Park is nothing short of amazing, and I really could have spent more days or even weeks there easily. … Continued

national park, olympic national park, pacific ocean, port angeles, seattle, washington, whale watching, whales
Southern California
1 Oct 2016

Southern California

by bholcomb | posted in: Travel | 0

Trip with my mom, sister and brother in law to San Diego/Southern California. It was my mom and brother in laws first trip to California, and was the first time my sister had been in 15+ years. After landing in … Continued

california, newport beach, pacific ocean, san diego, uss midway, whales
Los Angeles/Channel Islands National Park
27 Aug 2016

Los Angeles/Channel Islands National Park

by bholcomb | posted in: Travel | 0

Had to re-use the 25,000 AA miles I originally used to book OKC-LAX last year for my December trip to Tokyo that I had to cancel due to my ACL tear. AA was gracious enough to let me rebook with … Continued

california, channel islands national park, los angeles, national park, pacific ocean
California – Los Angeles
8 Nov 2015

California – Los Angeles

by bholcomb | posted in: Travel | 0

A quick weekend trip to Los Angeles because it was cheap (Under $200 RT from OKC). We drove up PCH to San Simeon before it got too dark to continue.

california, los angeles, pacific coast highway, pacific ocean, santa monica, six flags magic mountain
Oahu, Hawaii
24 Oct 2015

Oahu, Hawaii

by bholcomb | posted in: Travel | 0

Trip to Honolulu to visit Waikiki Beach, Pearl Harbor and the island of Oahu. The plane tickets for this trip were bought with $600 Delta vouchers earned on New Years Eve 2014 on our way back from Boston. MSP-DFW was … Continued

hawaii, oahu, pacific ocean, pearl harbor, USS Arizona, USS Missouri, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
Southern California
29 Aug 2015

Southern California

by bholcomb | posted in: Travel | 0

Trip to Los Angeles in August 2015. Visited the Queen Mary and the California Science Center along with Santa Monica, Hollywood and Six Flags Magic Mountain. $129 roundtrip on AA for this weekend

california, long beach, los angeles, pacific ocean, queen mary, space shuttle
Seattle
19 Aug 2015

Seattle

by bholcomb | posted in: Travel | 0

Trip to Seattle in August 2015 for Linuxcon and sightseeing on off hours.

mount rainier national park, national park, pacific ocean, seattle, washington
San Diego
2 May 2015

San Diego

by bholcomb | posted in: Travel | 0

Day trip to San Diego for miles and the heck of it. Paid $106 roundtrip on AA from DFW-SAN direct. Hadn’t been to San Diego in forever, so I decided to go check it out again.

california, pacific ocean, san diego
Oregon and Washington
27 Sep 2014

Oregon and Washington

by bholcomb | posted in: Travel | 0

Another cheap weekend of travel, this time to Portland, OR. We flew out on Saturday morning and flew back on Sunday morning, visiting many waterfalls, Mt St Helens and Cape Disappointment before spending time downtown Portland. A packed weekend, and … Continued

mount saint helens, oregon, pacific ocean, portland, washington, waterfalls
Los Angeles
1 Sep 2014

Los Angeles

by bholcomb | posted in: Travel | 0

Trip to Los Angeles in the fall of 2014. Originally routed TUL-ATL-LAX I took a $1000 Delta voucher to go TUL-SLC-LAX and arrive earlier. Score. Went all over LA including Magic Mountain, Malibu, Santa Monica, Hollywood, and Orange County.

california, knotts berry farm, los angeles, magic mountain, malibu, pacific ocean, santa monica, six flags magic mountain

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Recent Posts

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  • June 23, 2019 – Storms line out very fast in marginal shear supportive of supercells (443 Miles)
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  • May 27, 2019 – Chance of supercells in western Oklahoma fails to initiate. (386 Miles)

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