Karen Alma
What I think about. Things that happen to me. Stuff I like. And other things.
Category: Travel
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When I decided to park my RV on Sanibel Island for a few days, I pictured a perfect blend of work and beach life. I didn’t anticipate the challenges that would come with finding workable connectivity. Finding good mobile coverage for working on the road can be a major headache, but these days, my mobile…
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I’ve written about my 4th work anniversary at Automattic, 1st sabbatical, and 6th work anniversary. But I’ve long since passed my 10th work anniversary (approaching my 12th!) and my 2nd sabbatical and haven’t yet written about it, so I’ll remedy that today. Automatticians can take a sabbatical every five years, 3 months of paid time…
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I dug into old draft posts on my blog this morning rather than doomscroll social media or play mindless games on my phone and I found this treasured memory. It reminded me of bygone days, a million billion years ago, when we were all fancy free and travelled without a care in the world, so…
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The wildflowers in the Gila National Forest are really on point right now.
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You’ll never just happen to drive through Chacon, a little village at the end of a mountain road in northern New Mexico, unless you take a wrong turn in Mora. And you have to try pretty hard to end up in Mora, which makes your chances of ended up in Chacon even slimmer. Our dear…
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Working from the road while traveling is not for the faint of heart. It can be very stressful finding reliable internet and comfortable work spaces. I really hit the jackpot today though. Yesterday, my husband and I scoured the town we’re in for a decent looking coffee shop. We saw a few that were embedded…
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On our final day in London, we walked along Regent’s Canal from around King’s Cross to Camden. It was so pretty I really didn’t take a lot of photos as I was soaking it all in. I didn’t realize the extent of this Canal until after. Definitely on the list for something to do next…
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Thanks to Atlas Obscura I discovered the existence of this amazing tree right next to St Pancras Old Church. The gravestones were piled up around the tree by Thomas Hardy himself, back when the St Pancras train lines were being developed. The story is that he was an underling at the company in charge of…
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Abbey Road was only marginally on our list of things to do in London, but some friends of mine really wanted to go so Lana and I tagged along. Turns out it was not only neat to see where The Beatles spent so much time, it was an amazing people watching spot. I was blown…
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On one of the days we were in London, we met up with a friend of mine. We planned a walking path in the direction of Buckingham Palace. We did get to the Palace but got distracted by shiney things along the way. The first of which was the Lego store. What a place! Apparently…
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Did you know Charles Dickens used to walk by this church just to gaze at the skulls on the archway into the graveyard? He did! According to the internet, at least. The church has many other claims to fame. We mapped out our walk via tips from atlasobscura.com (great website if you’ve never seen it)…
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We really wanted to see the sea, so we hopped on a train and went down to Brighton for the afternoon. What a great town! We saw the Royal Pavilion, a bunch of statues of queens, a gorgeous ancient church, got sprinkled on, of course, and walked on the pier. This arch was gifted to…