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Brandon O'Brien

Travel and Adventure Journal

I wanted a place to journal all my travels and adventures around the world. I always enjoy going back and reflecting on my past travels and getting to relive them through my words and photos.

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Moving Day

Friday, January 6, 2006 @ 12:00 PM in Miscellaneous

I've spent all day getting a great workout, even though it was unintentional. Lifting boxes, beds, couches, TVs, tables and more have left Eric and I completely worn out while moving into our new apartment. Even though the apartment is just around the corner from my old place, it has still taken the good part of a day to get both of our things moved into the new place.

Eric and his dad showed up around 11:30 with the Uhaul and we signed the lease and got the keys to the new apartment. After unloading all of Eric's things, we went to my apartment to grab the big items like the couches, kitchen table, my desk and a few things that are just a little bit too big to fit in my car.

The new apartment, which is located at Blackbird Farms is very nice. There is a lot of room for everything and we even have a huge storage closet that would be big enough for someone to put a desk in there and turn it into a tiny workcenter. The bedrooms are a little different in size, but it doesn't seem too noticeable and the bathroom even has a nice closet so we don't have to store everything on a metal rack. We even have a really nice view outside our balcony of a field. The view at my old place was of a retirement home.

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Posted from: United States

EAA AirVenture 2005

EAA AirVenture 2005

Monday, August 1, 2005 @ 12:00 PM in General Travel

I flew up to the EAA AirVenture 2005 in Oshkosh, WI with Scott, Tomas and Tyler. We took one of Purdue's 4 seat Archers and it took about 2.5 hours to get there from West Lafayette.

The show was amazing. They had every type of aircraft you could ever think of. We got to see the White Knight and SpaceShip One up close and even got to see it fly. We stayed there July 30-31st. On the night of the 30th we went back into the show after all the tents and exhibits had closed. As we were walking around we came across SpaceShip One. The only people there were a few photographers and security guards. I really wish I would have brought my camera because the view of Spaceship One with the stars in the background was awesome.

We brought a tent and camped out under the plane. At 6:15 in the morning planes started taking off and it's really hard to sleep through that, so we all ended waking up after only about 5 hours of sleep. Other than being tired and sore, everything was very fun.

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