Category Archives: Travel

One Last Post Before The Pro Bowl Presented By USAA

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Doug Nordman

Short bonus post today: the runup to the Pro Bowl continues. Thursday’s pre-game event was “Marine For A Day” up at Kaneohe. I can’t show it any better than this NFL player getting to try on a set of explosive … Continue reading →

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The Pro Bowl Presented By USAA

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Doug Nordman

[Note: my condolences and sympathies to those of you digging out from Winter Storm Jonas. I grew up in Pittsburgh and was incarcerated at Annapolis for four winters, so I know how it feels. It’s why I live in Hawaii … Continue reading →

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I’m Goin’ To The Pro Bowl With USAA!

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Doug Nordman

If you’re at the Pro Bowl events next week, please stop by and say hello. I’m the 5’10” 190-pound middle-aged balding ponytailed surfer dude who’ll probably be wearing sunglasses, surf shorts, & t-shirt. And SPF50 sunscreen in the middle of … Continue reading →

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Travel While You Can

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Doug Nordman

We came home from our second trip of the year in late November.  Financial independence gives us the flexibility and time to travel as much or as little as we want, and we spent nearly half of 2015 away from … Continue reading →

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Surprising Secrets Of Slow Travel

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Doug Nordman

Earlier this year my spouse and I spent three months in Spain visiting our daughter. (She’s stationed on a guided missile destroyer in Rota.) It was the longest trip I’ve taken since a 1991 submarine deployment. We roamed all over … Continue reading →

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