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What to Take to Australia for a One Month Tent Camping Trip

2009's Winter Trip to Wyoming

ManJoseman plans to travel to Wyoming and spend ten days there over the Christmas Holidays.  He will fly to Denver, rent a car, and drive north to hang out with family mainly in a few of those small Wyoming towns.  It may be cold.  He may pick up a friend at the airport in Salt Lake City.  That will be a long drive.  Look for an update soon.

UPDATE December 23, 2009:  ManJoseman is in Wyoming.  At the beginning of the trip, he stood in the security line behind Meg Whitman in the San Jose airport.  She said she was on the way to Phoenix, AZ. Next, ManJoseman watched the Wyoming Cowboys defeat the Fresno State Bulldogs in the New Mexico Bowl (on television).  ManJoseman saw a Wyoming Cowgirls basketball game in person, had a nice family meal (this will be one of several), and went snowboarding at the Park City, UT ski resort.

UPDATE December 29, 2009:  ManJoseman completed his trip and returned to California.  There was a fair amount of snow in southeast Wyoming around Christmas.  He saw Avatar like everyone else.  Here is a nice little cabin where ManJoseman spent an afternoon outside of one of those Wyoming towns:

    

A Smokin' Time in Chicago

ManJoseman was lucky enough take a trip to Chicago from June 15 – 19, 2009.  He was accompanied by his friend’s daughter who is 27 and a single mom.  Her son was at Disneyland with his father during the trip.  The travelers cut expenses by taking public transportation to and from the airport in San Jose and Chicago. 

• Hotel – ManJoseman found the Congress Plaza for $130/night for four nights.  The hotel is downtown on the waterfront park.  No complaints.
• Food – The high-light was lunch at the Original Gino’s East for Chicago style deep dish pizza.  No complaints at the food from other locations either. 
• Celebrity Sightings – Kevin Nealon.  ManJoseman’s travel buddy got his autograph at Gino’s East.
• Activities – Grant Park, Buckingham Fountain, Chicago Art Institute, The “Bean”,  Architecture Cruise, Lincoln Park, Field Museum (where the Pirates exhibit was sold-out).

• Unexpected Delight - The street musicians.
• Could not Find – A Club for Music
• Warning – The Mid-West weather can delay your plane.