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Colorado National Monument Side Trip

Sometimes traveling for work has its perks. In this case, we had to head out to Grand Junction, CO for an interview shoot. We had a few hours free after the shoot so we headed over to Colorado National Monument. It was a great side trip – totally empty, stunning scenery and a close encounter with long horn sheep. Enjoy the snaps.

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Elephant Ride to the Hills of Chiang Dao.

I rode an elephant once in my life as a child at a carnival in my hometown. He was chained and led to walk in a circle. I was at the back of the line of children riding the butt, which was so wide my legs shot straight out in each direction. The experience wasn’t especially memorable and so when I heard about elephant riding in Thailand, I wasn’t as excited about it as Ben.

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Chiang Dao: Fairytale Thailand

I’ve been dreaming of glistening rice paddies, families packed four to a motorbike, hillside villages overrun with cute children and mist covered mountain tops. They’re the fairy tale images I had of Thailand. And I discovered them all in Chiang Dao, a small town just an hour and half bus ride north of Chiang Mai. So beautiful this place was, we lingered an extra day.