By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/05/10
Here’s a fun-filled behind the scenes look at the Tejas Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas. Tweet
Posted in Videos | Tagged Bucket List, bull riding, cattle, cow, cowboy, cowgirl, hearding, humor, Rick Griffin, rodeo, rodeo school, roping, San Antonio, Sandi McKenna, Tejas, Texas, travel |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/04/09
Seeing 1.5 million bats take flight is an amazing sight. While in Austin, Texas for SXSW (South by Southwest) we visited the famed Congress Bridge – home of the largest urban bat colony in the world! Tweet
Posted in Videos | Tagged Austin, bat, Bat Appreciation Week Apr 8- 14, bat bridge, bat swarm, bats, bilingual, Congress Bridge, flight, fly, kite, midlife, Rick Griffin, SXSW, Texas, tourists, travel, TX |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/03/05
There was no shortage of inspiration at the New York Times Travel Show. The ‘world’ was well represented with exhibits from Antarctica to Africa, Maine to Mongolia. The show is the perfect place for anyone who has a penchant for travel and even if you don’t its a great way to see the world without [...]
Posted in Blog, New York, Scrapbook | Tagged American Express, Expedia, Jacob Javits Convention Center, NY Times Travel Show, travel |
By Sandra on 2012/02/28
Join us as we visit the New York Times Travel Show and the 600 exhibitors who represent more than 100 countries! We’re getting all the dish on amazing travel destinations! Tweet
Posted in Blog | Tagged countries, New York, NY Times Travel Show, travel |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2011/12/27
Join this week’s Not-so Usual Therapy Session (#NUTS) for some super fun Resolution Therapy. Welcome to our Therapy Group! This Week’s Theme: *Resolution Therapy* straight-jacket optional, sense of humor required We believe the Midlife Road Trip is the perfect therapy for a midlife crisis so each week we host a super fun online therapy [...]
Posted in NUTS | Tagged diets, food, New Year's, resolutions, travel |
By Sandra on 2011/11/22
Oprah isn’t the only one who has favorite things …. With the holidays upon us, we’re looking for your favorite things … We want YOUR best gift giving ideas …. We want to know, everything from the latest & greatest to the chia pet of yore. We are especially interested in gift items that are [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged adventure, chia pet, food, holiday gifts, midlife road trip, Oprah, travel |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2011/11/09
We met some interesting people in Times Square in New York city. We got some pretty interesting answers to the question, “What’s on your Bucket List?” Tweet
Posted in Videos | Tagged Bucket List, Ireland, Japan, New York City, Super Model, Times Square, travel |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2011/11/09
While at Guy Fieri’s closing party at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, we ran into one of our favorite Travel Channel celebrities, Andrew Zimmern, host of Bizarre Foods, eating of all things, a cupcake. Tweet
Posted in Videos | Tagged Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods, Bucket List, Celebrity, cupcake, food, Guy Fieri, midlife road trip, Orient Express, South Beach, travel, Travel Chanel, Wine and Food Festival |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2011/11/09
Just a taste of what we’re all about. Tweet
Posted in Videos | Tagged adventure, baby boomers, cruises, midlife, travel, vacation |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2011/09/27
Travel Channel: Plane Sexy: Flying in the Jet Age Leave the fast-paced, hectic world of today’s air travel, and take a trip back in time to the Jet Age, when flying was fun, glamorous and sexy. Tweet
Posted in Blog | Tagged ABC, airplane, Amazing Race, CBS, fall lineup, Fox, Gordon Ramsay, Hotel Hell, jet age, Pan Am, Plane Sexy, sexy, television, travel, Travel Channel, TV |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2011/09/19
Midlife Road Trip’s @RickGriffin was the subject of the BBC’s Passport Travel Blog where he gave his usual humorous take on the traveling life. Tweet
Posted in Media, Media Coverage | Tagged BBC, BBC Travel, food, humor, interview, midlife road trip, passport, Rick Griffin, travel, travel tips |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2011/08/10
What We Did Many people refer Prague in the Czech Republic as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Participating in the Mongol Rally didn’t provide nearly enough time to experience the city as I would have liked, but fortunately we hooked up with Viator Travel and booked a segway tour. Tweet
Posted in Blog, Bucket List, Mongol Rally, Scrapbook | Tagged apartment, Astronomical Clock, Charles Bridge, Czech, Czech republic, food, kraut, photos, pork, Prague, Praha, Segway, tours, travel |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2011/06/03
Route Planning has proven to be fun and challenging. The challenging part has been figuring out things like which border crossings foreigners are allowed to enter and which roads to take in the areas uncharted by Google Maps. The fun part has been anticipating the things we’ll do and see along the way Over the [...]
Posted in Blog, Mongol Rally | Tagged Belgium, Brussels, brussle sprouts, Budapest, chunnel, Czech republic, English Channel, ferry, France, Frankfurt, french fries, garlic, Germany, Google, Hungary, Mongol Rally, Pragye, Romania, Segway, Transylvania, travel |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2011/05/01
I’m actually looking forward to the 6 to 8 hours of drive time my teammates and I will endure each day throughout the Mongol Rally. I know that sounds crazy but I view it as an opportunity to catch up on listening to podcasts from some of my newest travel heroes, Craig and Linda Martin [...]
Posted in Blog, Mongol Rally | Tagged blog, Craig Martin, Indie Travel Podcast, Linda Martin, Mongol Rally, nox audio, podcast, travel |
