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Decorating the Baby’s Room
Raising a baby means we'll be tied down more to our home, but we want to be sure that messages conveyed by the decoration of our home reminds us of the places in our past that have formed us, and to instill in our baby boy the possibilities of...
Decorated Walls of “My Room”
Before the current practice of sharing travel experience on blogs and on our social media "walls", the place where I highlighted my travels was on a physical wall - with printed photographs and maps. After Kim and I married in 2017, I moved into...
Honeymoon 2017
Kim LaViolette and I were married on September 3rd, 2017 in Asheville, NC, our home. We subsequently spent almost 3 weeks in Central Europe: in Czechia, Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia for our honeymoon. Of course, the purpose of this trip was to...
“My Roots Song”
I first wrote and debuted this song in 2002 at our Mosteller Family Reunion as a reminder of the family roots I cherish in my life as I was trying to find my own place in life. At our most recent Family Reunion in 2017, I performed it again, but...
Swiss Alps and the Via Alpina
As in the previous two years, I took advantage of my final spring student tour group ending in a major airport hub (PHL), to seek out a cheap flight to somewhere new to explore – giving myself a little break at the end of very busy stretch of work...
A Pilgrim’s Progress: Reflections After the Camino
https://youtu.be/jgaya-xPlQY As the months have passed by since we finished our trek of the Camino de Santiago, I’ve been meaning to write a wrap up about the experience of walking the 500 mile pilgrimage route. I think I wrote plenty during the...
Post Archives:
Post-Camino: To the Sea, To Portugal
Post Camino: Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and...
El Camino, Day 26: to Santiago de Compostela
Day 26: Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compestela: 12.5...
El Camino, Day 25: to Pedrouzo
Day 25: Melide - Pedrouzo: 21 miles Tuesday, ...
El Camino, Day 24: to Melide
Day 24: Gonzar - Melide: 19.5 miles...
El Camino, Day 23: to Gonzar
Day 23: Sarria - Gonzar: 19 miles Sunday, ...
El Camino, Day 22: to Sarria
Day 22: O’Cebreiro - Sarria: 24.5 miles...
El Camino, Day 21: into Galicia
Day 21: Villafranca del Bierzo – O’Cebreiro: 18...
El Camino, Day 20: to Villafranca
Day 20: Molinaseca – Villafranca del Bierzo: 19...
El Camino, Day 19: to Molinaseca
Day 19: El Ganso - Molinaseca: 20 miles...
El Camino, Day 18: to El Ganso
Day 18: Hospital del Orbigo – El Ganso: 19...
El Camino, Day 17: to Hospital del Orbigo
Day 17: León – Hospital del Orbigo: 22 miles...
El Camino, Day 16: to León
Day 16: Reliegos - León: 15 miles Sunday, ...
El Camino, Day 15: to Reliegos
Day 15: Sahagún - Reliegos: 19.5 miles...
El Camino, Day 14: to Sahagún
Day 14: Calzadilla de la Cueza - Sahagún: 14...
El Camino, Day 13: to Calzadilla de la Cueza
Day 13: Boadillo del Camino – Calzadilla de la...
El Camino, Day 12: to Boadillo del Camino
Day 12: San Bol – Boadillo del Camino: 20.75...
El Camino, Day 11: to San Bol
Day 11: Burgos – San Bol: 16.5 miles Tuesday, ...
El Camino, Day 10: to Burgos!!
Day 10: San Juan de Ortega - Burgos: 16.2...
El Camino, Day 9: to San Juan de Ortega
Day 9: Grañon – San Juan de Ortega: 24.8 miles...
El Camino, Day 8: to Grañon
Day 8: Najera - Grañon: 17.4 miles Saturday, ...
El Camino, Day 7: to Najera (unintentionally)
Day 7: Viana - Najera: 24 miles Friday, ...
El Camino, Day 6: to Viana
Day 6: Villamayor - Viana: 19 miles Thursday, ...
El Camino, Day 5: to Villamayor
Day 5: Mañeru - Villamayor: 17.5 miles...
El Camino, Day 4: to Mañeru
Day 4: Pamplona - Mañeru: 18 miles Tuesday, ...
El Camino, Day 3: Pamplona
Day 3: Larrasoaña - Pamplona: 10 miles Monday, ...
El Camino Day 2: to Lorrasoaña
Day 2: Roncesvalles – Larrasoaña: 17 miles...
El Camino Day 1: to Roncesvalles
Day 1: Saint Jean, Pied du Port -...
El Camino de Santiago: Beginning to Begin
I don’t recall when I first heard of the...
Iceland: Land of “Fire and Ice”. Land of the “higher than” Price.
Every year, I try to visit a new country, and...
Costa Rica 2016: LEAF International Expedition
In February of 2016, I organized and led LEAF's...
Road Trip 2015: A Retrospective from the Old Home Place.
North Carolina: Back Home Again. I’m writing...
Final Stretch: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina
When I crossed the Mississippi River at St....
Missouri: The “Show Me” Your Livelihood State
There was a time when I pronounced the state of...
Iowa: Eye o’ Aaaaaah.
Among the places on my semi-planned itinerary,...
Nebraska: A return to diapers
I sometimes wonder if those who grow up in...
South Dakota: The good, the bad, and the good bad.
South Dakota sent out a wildlife welcoming party...
Wyoming: Wonders and Wrangling
I crossed into Wyoming from Idaho on a Saturday...
Idaho, the warmest of welcomes.
When I passed through the northern panhandle of...
A “Bend” in the Oregon Trail: Eastward
During my travels, I’ve compared a lot of things...
The State of Washington
I chased a setting sun into Washington state,...
Idaho beckons…
In the middle of my sophomore year at Bible...
“Oooh, Montana, Give this child a home…”
I had prepared myself for driving across the...
North Dakota, Bust and Boom
North Dakota was one of the states I was looking...
Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Glances
When I dropped off Kim at MSP airport to fly...
On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin!
The nudge to do an extended cross country road...
Road Trip: Sometimes you’ve got to stop and smell the…
Roses, yes. But on this road trip across...
In search of the “America” I keep telling everyone about…
When I began working with Academic Expeditions...
The Balkans, in Bulk. So many borders, so tempting to cross them all.
(A few months prior to creating this Itchy Foot...
Costa Rica & Panama 2015: LEAF International Cultural Expedition
In February of 2015, I organized and led LEAF's...
Costa Rica & Panama 2014: Beginning a local AND global relationship in collaboration with LEAF International
An opportunity that fell into my lap rather...
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2020 Year in Review
I began this travel blog website, as most do, to highlight those trips that are getaways from everyday life. In 2020, "everyday life" was the true adventure. And so, amidst this hiatus from travel, I'm using my blog as the forum to share my Year in Review. This annual document has been a tradition of mine for a long time, serving as sort of a long journal...