It was an early start for all of us (Amy, Brez, Dalan and me) on Boxing Day and we were in the car at around 7:30a.m. (ET). It was also an extremely foggy morning and freezing so Dalan had to turn the heat up in spite of us all layered up (I want to visit Iceland, Alaska and the North Pole…
This past December (2017), I decided to take a crazy travel-filled vacation. My friends, Amy and Dalan, invited me to come visit the extended Selvig family in Grand Rapids, MI and I didn’t need a second invite. Having experienced a traditional ‘white’ (yes, it snowed and no, not being racist) Christmas with them last year (2016) made me look forward…
Checking in was a breeze. However, on the way to my room I walked through the casino – yes, you read it right – and saw the slot machines, the pit, various tables, and the dancers at the Heart Bar (more on all this later). I reach my room and was taken back by two things. The view from the…
I fly in and the lights hit me. Well, they hit me when I was still in the craft. It reminded me of the Indian festival of lights called ‘Diwali’. I generally look out of the windows of the plane as I like to watch things fly by when we are about to land. How tiny things keep getting magnified….
So, it seems like that life has its own ways of chalking things out for you. Just when I thought my mine was going down the same old beaten path along came the opportunity to travel for work. And travel where? Vegas! Haha! Ya, I know all of you would be like “Who works in Vegas?” Seems like a few…
The one thing that makes me feel like I am in a time machine is being on a train. I love the way train journeys make me feel. They give me a rush. A concoction of so many emotions that if I want to explain it, I would have to probably tell you everything that I experience on a train….
Tj