pacific ocean Archives

2016-08-272016-12-16 Ben Holcomb Comment is Closed

Los Angeles/Channel Islands National Park

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 no fees, and this turned out to be the weekend. Flew direct OKC-LAX on an […]

2015-10-242016-12-16 Ben Holcomb Comment is Closed

Oahu, Hawaii

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 oversold, so we spent a night in MSP (temps nearing -10°F) and had enough voucher […]

2015-08-302016-12-16 Ben Holcomb Comment is Closed

Los Angeles (August 2015)

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

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Seattle

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

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San Diego

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.

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Oregon and Washington

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 I want to go back!