Tag: 2024 Travel News

  • Trip Delay

    By Andrea Menzies

    October always means I want to see friends and family from the past. I was heading to New Orleans and then Austin, Texas to see friends, family, and music shows. Unfortunately I got sick and had to go to the hospital emergency room yesterday. I am therefore only going to be able to see New Orleans on Halloween with no concerts. For Austin music I am going to miss October entirely. I will have to go on longer trips later on because there are just too many limits this month. Better late than never. I am seriously considering moving to another town, and so travel back and forth will not be such an issue. I hate Virginia with all of my soul, and so any reason to get out of it is a good one in my book.

  • Adjust Sails

    Adjust Sails

    By Andrea Menzies

    It is an adjustment of sails sort of a week. You can choose how you handle things sometimes.

  • Travel Time

    By Andrea Menzies

    Travel time for the show. I-95 can be a parking lot some days. However I am looking forward to some retro 90s and 80s fun. Lucky thing sitting down does not hurt ankles too badly. I will not be able to do too much stuff due to the hurt foot unfortunately.

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    I was at Amtrak Train 84 to Washington Dc in Ashland – https://www.swarmapp.com/poedaughter7/checkin/66bfce333330b27fd7f07e44?s=4KGvMdUKyK8VE1zQfBy_wAG7KjE

  • Sad News

    By Andrea Menzies

    So much sad news in my life in August. I wish I could have made it to Austin, TX. For certain I am planning a trip soon.

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    https://www.facebook.com/share/p/fZ7JAJCQXLiJVqeM/?mibextid=oFDknk

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  • Airport Return

    By Andrea Menzies

    Thousands of flights were cancelled due to a national computer crash, and my mom’s flight to California was one. She saved up all year to see her grandkids special birthday parties in California and Washington. She was going to be gone until Monday, but she had to come back days early due to an emergency flight rescheduling. She has to skip many activities. I had to watch her dogs, and my gosh I have never seen tiny dogs poop so much. We have no cats, and are not cat ladies. I will be glad to give her that responsibility back quickly today.

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  • Family Travel

    By Andrea Menzies

    My mom flew to California for a family birthday party Thursday, and I had to tell her how to post pictures to Instagram. I am feeding her dogs when she is gone. If it was me I would have 8 photos posted before I left the 1st airport. I would be on photo 100 by now.

  • Travel Time

    By Andrea Menzies

    No Texas and New Orleans friend and family reunions this summer. I was planning a road trip for May or June of this year. As a teacher summer off is one of the perks of the job, and many teachers have RV travel plans. Unfortunately major work melodrama hit like a sledge hammer, and I am stuck in town a while longer. Oh well fall has good travel fun as well.

  • Best Video

    Best Video

    By Andrea Menzies

    This is my best video from the VNV Nation Electric Sun Tour concert. If you are anywhere near this tour you must go! They are a staple at Goth clubs in Seattle, but are Top 40 on radio overseas. Ronan Harris the lead singer got his eye hurt by a bright video light before this clip. He cussed at the video person. Then Ronan said. “Sorry but I am Irish and for us cussing is like punctuation!” I am from an Irish family too, and I can verify that this is freaking true. Sorry for the image quality but I was energetically dancing with joy the entire show. My legs are so sore it was like a million aerobic classes in one night, but so worth it. I love Silver Springs, MD and want to move there the show was so good.

  • Made It

    Made It

    By Andrea Menzies

    I made it to the VNV Nation concert! It is spring break for the school I teach at, and so I have been visiting friends in the Maryland area so I saw it at The Fillmore Silver Springs, MD. More pictures tomorrow!

  • Away Week

    By Andrea Menzies

    Any week where I get time away from Virginia is a good week. I have hated Virginia with all my soul, and am saving every penny with extra jobs to move away from the sewage pit.