http://jake.slaptech.net The modern hobo travels by plane. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:19:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This screen shot taken at 17:55 MST from abcnews.com shows one of two things: That the whole Toyota recall is a little more serious than I thought or news organizations have become so lazy and unprofessional that they can't even take the time to proofread what they're writing before posting ... http://jake.slaptech.net/?p=672 Although my birthday was over a month ago, I still haven't published the exciting conclusion to the day!So after getting to go up in a glider and getting other sweet presents we went to Red Lobster for some tasty food then we opened up some more presents that included more ... http://jake.slaptech.net/?p=661 For the past few weeks (maybe months) Karleigh has been getting really excited about what she planned for my birthday.  She knows I don't really ever do anything big for my birthday so she decided to change that this year.My real birthday is in two days but she planned a ... http://jake.slaptech.net/?p=653 For a few years I've been wanting to try setting up a slackline and giving it a try and on Sunday I finally did.The other day i Stumbled on a site that had some videos of people slacklining and doing some crazy tricks like backflips and what not.  I showed ... http://jake.slaptech.net/?p=652 After two years of traveling almost every single month my travels have been drastically scaled back to save up for some big trips in the planning stages right now.  So with no flying trips to write about I figured I could post about the small trip made this past weekend ... http://jake.slaptech.net/?p=629 Ok, so I guess it's about time for another post especially since what's been going on in the past month.  I haven't posted recently because my whole point for this blog was to track my travels not my personal life... but I suppose getting married is noteworthy (plus we did ... http://jake.slaptech.net/?p=628 The past month my boss and I have been trying to use up the rest of our vacation before we lose it at the end of the year.  The problem is that Uncle Sherwin just laid off our third key so we have to work open to close while the ... http://jake.slaptech.net/?p=611 Ok, part three is finally here.We took a short flight on US Airways from Philly to Pittsburgh where they tried to get us to pay for everything from the first checked bag to the formerly complimentary glass of water.  Other than that the flight was ok.We found the car in ... http://jake.slaptech.net/?p=603 Philthydelphia When I told Mike I was going to Philly for almost four days he asked me what on earth there is to do in Philly that could take four days to do.  I wasn't really sure but it turns out there is plenty to do. On Monday we went and did ... http://jake.slaptech.net/?p=584 Karleigh and I decided to take a trip back east to see her brother in Philadelphia and to see my family and friends in NYC and Pittsburgh. Part one of our trip started with a three hour delay in Salt Lake City due to weather in NYC.  Followed shortly thereafter by ... http://jake.slaptech.net/?p=577