It turns out mischief is hard to come by in the midwest.   It's a low-key, wholesome kinda place (at least to an outsider passing through - I'm sure there's plenty of Footloose stuff going on somewhere).  That's lovely and...

Public bus from Ayutthaya to Chiang Mai (10 hrs) - doesn't that just sound sweet?!  {That's a "Hell, no!" from Scott too.  It's half dozen of one, 6 of the other to the kids (for now).  Down south they would...

There are 5 national parks in Utah. We managed to hike in 4 of them. I'll take it - 4 out of 5 is pretty decent. But let's call a spade a spade: we did 1 day hikes in Bryce...