Author: Glen Bruels

I am a traveler and sometimes clay sculptor, following a long career working in consulting. My work allowed me to travel the world extensively and I was hooked. Today, I travel with my wife/best friend to explore new places, meet new people, and learn new things.
By Glen Bruels

Santiago, Chile and environs

This is part of a series called Chile 2019 After a nearly nine hour flight from Mexico City (blessedly uneventful), we arrived in Santiago.  The airport is about ten miles out of the city and luckily we arrived at 6:00 am and got into the city before rush hour began.  Our home for our five…

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By Glen Bruels

The Road Home

This is part of a series called National Park/Monument Slam 2018 Since I had to wait two weeks for my post-surgery checkup, we decided to work our way slowly, taking in two last national parks (Capitol Reef in UT and Great Basin in NV). Due to my incapacitated arm, Deb had to do all the…

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By Glen Bruels

Waiting for surgery — Breckenridge, Chama, Great Sand Dunes National Park, and the UFO Watchtower!

This is part of a series called National Park/Monument Slam 2018 After surgery was scheduled, we had basically a week to kill.  Luckily, we were staying with friends in Breckenridge, CO (which would also the comfortable place I would recover post-surgery).  But a week was too long to sit around.  Consequently, we slightly modified our…

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By Glen Bruels

Colorado National Monument

This is part of a series called National Park/Monument Slam 2018 The drive from Kemmerer, WY to Grand Junction, CO is a beautiful, windy two lane road that takes you through some beautiful scenery and some pretty exciting mountain passes.  Our destination was Colorado National Monument.  I hadn’t been there since I was in college…

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