Eric Scouten » Travels

Why I Wish the iPhone Was a Flip Phone

Eric — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:57:46 +0000

So we’re on vacation in Fiji. Our flight gets delayed, so I called my parents (who were picking us up) to let them know the new plan. Hung up. Stuck the phone in my pocket. Went for a walk. Didn’t think about the phone for almost an hour. Pulled the phone out of my pocket. [...]

Day 1: Auckland

Eric — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:15:32 +0000

We arrived this morning in Auckland. Qantas made the flight about as pleasant as possible, given that it was a twelve-and-a-half hour flight. This was helped in part by having a flight that wasn’t entirely full, but also by the fact that Qantas’ international flight crews are among the most thoughtful I’ve encountered on any [...]

When a Road Closes in Alaska…

Eric — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:46:42 +0000

… the workaround can be mighty long.

We were getting set to leave our lodge just outside Denali National Park on Saturday morning when we got word from the hotel office that the main highway from Fairbanks to Anchorage had washed out to the south of us. (The Anchorage paper that I’m linking ran [...]

Back from Alaska … Final Few Pictures

Eric — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:32:31 +0000

We have been back from Alaska now for a few days. Getting caught up on the various household responsibilities took priority for most of this week, so I’m just now getting caught up on pictures and blogging. I’ve posted a few new pictures on my Flickr account, including one of my personal [...]

A Day at the Zoo

Eric — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:20:08 +0000

While back in Anchorage yesterday, we took a little time to go visit the Alaska Zoo. This was mostly for fun, but we did manage to capture a few interesting images along the way. I experimented a bit with split-tone processing in Lightroom with these two images. I’d love to hear what you think [...]

Things We Would Have Done in Seward

Eric — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:54:51 +0000

Anyone who travels much knows that anytime you leave a place, you leave behind a list of things you would have liked to have done there if you had had more time, or known about them earlier.

Having just left Seward, I figured I’d share my list:

Stayed at the cabins on Resurrection Bay. [...]

Seward Sightseeing Tour

Eric — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:00:30 +0000

Yesterday, we went on a wildlife sightseeing tour conducted by Alaska Saltwater Adventures. We were fortunate to have great weather and great guides. We were out of season for whales, but we did get a chance to see some other wildlife and scenery.

Barely out of harbor, we were graced with the presence [...]

Seward Bear Creek Cabins

Eric — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:41:04 +0000

We are just now back from a couple of days in Seward, Alaska, where we mostly kept to ourselves, did some sightseeing, and had a wonderful time.

We stayed at the Seward Bear Creek Cabins, which we highly recommend. This small resort just opened this [...]

Off to Alaska

Eric — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:07:17 +0000

Tara and I are about to embark on a week-long trip through south-central Alaska. Our first port of call will be Anchorage Airport on Friday. We’ll spend the night in Anchorage, then off to Seward for a couple of days.

Lightroom, Travel, MacWorld, and Comment Spam

Eric — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:26:35 +0000

So last time I posted, I said I thought I saw light at the end of the tunnel. Boy, was I wrong.

Most of December was a month of extra-long work weeks, interspersed with a feeble attempt at getting into the Christmas spirit and juggling three art exhibits. That was the bad news.

The good [...]