2025 Collection: Deliberate Travel Posts

My ‘Travel Tuesday’ posts tend to get a lot of views and engagement. Together they generated:

• 30K+ views in 2025

• 26K+ views in 2024

• 8K+ views in the last few months of 2023

Check out this collection of travel tips, observations, and stories posted in 2025. Find something interesting and click on the link...

General Travel Thoughts:

Brian Murphy: “Travel while you can”

Off-season travel

Top 3 pet peeves (hotel edition)

Using ear buds on planes always make me nervous

Nail Clippers, Emery Board, Concrete

Legend of the Watercat

Brown Outs

Awake for 48 hours

I'd rather fly to another city than drive across Houston

International Travel

Different country, different airport security

ETA required to enter/connect thru UK starting tomorrow

Box of Foreign Currency (I feel like Jason Bourne!)

Flying

Top 3 pet peeves (flying edition)

Spooking airport security

Delayed bag

Packing an extra duffel bag

Traveling with kids / teens

Traveling with medicines and medical devices

Bringing back bottles

 Food:

Street Food – Yay or Nay?

Be careful when the waiter asks “Are you sure?”

Clothing:

Choose Shoes Wisely

Clothing choices when traveling

Destinations:

Cool side-trips

Snow in Paris

Story: First trip to Paris (missed flight / weather)

Story: Avoid puddles on sunny days

Story: Taking Gramma to Lithuania

Series about a trip to Nigeria a few years ago…

Lagos Airport Adventure Part 1 – The Arrival

Overall Impressions

Return to the Airport

Airport Adventure Part 2 – The Departure

Health & Safety:

Stay hydrated

Time to go (avoid trouble)

Story: It ain't getting any cleaner

Culture

Story: “You're Awake!”

Story: "Are you American?"

Baseball caps outside North America

Texans outside Texas

Soviet Art

Saint George & The Dragon

Holidays:

Traveling during the holidays

Thanksgiving in London

Christmas ornaments are my favorite souvenirs

Working on the Road

Have Markers, Will Travel