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Michael & Kelley Turner
For all of you who don't know us, we are a relatively normal married couple from Richmond, VA. We have been married for 5 years and have been friends since we met at Capital One on our first day of work. We have decided to make a "nontraditional move" with our lives. On November 7th, 2006 Kel and I left everything behind and started traveling beginning with Lisbon, Portugal. The plan was to start in Europe, hit Asia, Australia and New Zealand and then return to Europe to finish our year. Before it was all said and done we added destinations in the Middle East and Africa. The trip was amazing and completely changed our lives.TeamTurner
Now that we're back in the states we have started our lives again. Kel works for a local law firm doing finance stuff and I am living the dream of being a professional photographer. Check out our photography website at www.TeamTurnerPhotography.com
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Katmai National Park, Alaska: Bears and Halibut, Oh My!!
Published: July 2nd 2010North America » United States » Alaska » Katmai National Park
June 4th 2010
Bears and More Bears… My passion, as I’m sure most of you already know, is photography. I started my own business a few years back and have had some success selling my pictures but, more than anything, I’m just a big photo-nerd. As a traveler, it works out pretty well for me. I get to see cool places and take pictures of them. For Kel, it works out pretty well too because, when I would have been bored by some activity, I now spend my time shooting photography. It’s a win-win situation for Team Turner. The really cool thing about photography is that, once you’re really serious about it, you actually make decisions based on the passion. So, when it came to Alaska, I was certain that we just absolutely had to see some bears ... read more
Kasilof to Halibut Cove, Alaska: You Can't Always Get What You Want
Published: June 25th 2010North America » United States » Alaska » Kasilof
June 2nd 2010
Lazy River After a successful day of fishing (can you really call 3am to 9am a day?), Kel and I were excited to catch more fish. Fishing seems to be like gambling: once you’ve had even the smallest amount of success, you yearn to get another shot at it. Thus, we were looking forward to our day on the Kasilof (pronounced Cass-E-Lof) River doing more salmon fishing. Unlike the previous day where we stood on the banks of the relatively small Ninilchik, today’s trip involved getting on a flat bottom boat and floating down the Kasilof. These sharp prowed, flat bottom boats are perfect for the task at hand because they are stable and have a shallow draft. Of course, Kel was excited to spend a day in a boat. Any type of boat floats Kel’s ... read more
Ninilchick And The Cook Inlet: Kayaking And An Early Morning With The Salmon
Published: June 18th 2010North America » United States » Alaska » Ninilchik
May 31st 2010
Water Sports Kel had done a doozy of a job when it came to planning our trip. Unlike our previous trips where we showed up in a country and did our best to figure out what to do once we got there, this time we (and by we, I mean she) were prepared. Almost every day we had an activity planned. And it all started with our first day in Anchor Point. Despite being totally inexperienced, we were booked for a 4 hour sea kayaking trip in the Cook Inlet off the coast from Homer. Our combined opinion of this activity will prove what wimps we are. We both had visions of us rolling the kayak in frigid Alaskan seas. The image in our heads went like this: Kel and I get ourselves wedged into ... read more
Anchorage to Anchor Point: Alaska, The Last Frontier
Published: June 14th 2010North America » United States » Alaska » Anchor Point
May 29th 2010
Welcome Back to Travel It’s been a while since we’ve done anything that can be considered serious travel. For those of you who have been keeping up with us over the last few years, we’ve moved half way across the US to Boulder, Colorado. I’ve started (and am actually half way through) a Masters degree in Engineering Management; and, Kel has a new job in Denver. Needless to say, it’s been a busy couple of years since our last post. With all that said, it was definitely time to get back on the road. That itch, the nagging one we travelers get when we’ve been in one place too long, had been annoying us for so long it had almost become a regular background noise to life. The only thing more annoying than feeling like ... read more
Let's Go....Let's Show....Let's Rodeo
Published: August 9th 2009North America » United States » Wyoming » Cheyenne
July 24th 2009
Been Awhile… You know, it’s been a while since we’ve showed up here on TravelBlog.org and for that, Kel and I both, feel pretty guilty. 2009 has been an incredibly busy year for us. I was accepted to grad school and we subsequently moved half way across the United States to our present location in Boulder, Colorado. With this move came new housing, a new job for Kel and the start of a new educational program for me, the first time I’ve been asked to study in almost ten years. Needless to say, with all the upheaval we haven’t been able to travel much. We both continue to hope that, as time progresses and life begins to feel normal again, that travel will resume. Until then, you’ll get what you’ll get and you’ll like it! ... read more
Sure, It Might Be A Journey But Its Really A Party
Published: February 23rd 2009Central America Caribbean » US Virgin Islands » Saint Croix
December 1st 2008
How We Roll… I’m hip…I’m cool…I’m down with the lingo! HA!! Some of you will remember that Kel and I returned from our grand viaje back at the end of 2007. We came back to the United States as the same people but had also changed at the same time. We were a walking contradiction; seemingly the same but somehow fundamentally different. But, we were really, really lucky because when we got back there were new friends and old friends who welcomed us with open arms. Almost as soon as we returned we found a group of people who accepted us as the not quite normal Americans that we were. People like Brian & Laura, Melissa & Andre and many others were willing to make us into a part of their group. We were so ... read more
Crime, Crabs and Karma in Harbor Town
Published: September 11th 2008North America » United States » Maryland » Baltimore
September 1st 2008
“You’re Off To Baltimore…WHY?” You get that sometimes. There are people who just can’t see the world around them as anything other than a normal, every day place. What’s interesting is that it's all a state of mind. Any place can be a destination, it’s just up to you to see it that way. When traveling for long periods of time, people start seeing everything around them as an interesting cultural experiment of sorts, a chance to see the world around them with fresh eyes. Unfortunately it seems that the moment we get home and absorb ourselves back into some semblance of normalcy, we lose these “Fresh Eyes.” Since I’m still unemployed and Kel and I are living off only one salary at present, our budget for travel is, obviously, pretty small. We live frugally, ... read more
If Underwear Were Food, Then Long Underwear Would Be Manna From Heaven
Published: March 26th 2008North America » Canada » Quebec » Québec City
March 21st 2008
If Underwear Were Food, Then Long Underwear Would Be Manna From Heaven Yep, there’s something to be said for a catchy title. Seems that the catchy titles are the ones that get people reading, and frankly, that’s why I write these blogs - so that you will read. So read on world, read on!! Restlessness had finally set in. It was only a matter of time before Kel could no longer handle the day to day grind. I sat back watching the travel itch grow in her knowing that, at some point, she would either plan a trip for us (she’s the travel agent in the family) or she would explode. Hoping on the former, I was relieved when she called me with destination ideas for a quick trip. She never gives just one idea, ... read more
Borat’s Rodeo, Appomattox Courthouse and Foamhenge: An Odyssey Through Western Virginia
Published: January 15th 2008North America » United States » Virginia » Roanoke
January 5th 2008
Borat’s Rodeo, Appomattox Courthouse and Foamhenge: An Odyssey Through Western Virginia It can be sad ending a big trip. A year abroad brings huge changes to your world-view and makes home seem so much smaller and, in many ways, just plain odd. But there are good things about home too as long as you are willing to spend a minute to stop and look around you. Being thankful is not something I’ve traditionally been very good at for various reasons. But, despite my background un-thankful-ness, I have learned over the last few years to step back an be thankful. Kel, my lovely wife, has done wonders for me and could be compared with the water poured on half dead flowers. Her love and attention has allowed me to flourish and grow and for that I ... read more
It Seems That Some Stereotypes Do Contain Truth
Published: December 17th 2007North America » United States » Massachusetts » Cape Cod
November 24th 2007
It Seems That Some Stereotypes Do Contain Truth Arriving back in the US was as exciting as it was scary. Coming home meant a chance to reconnect with friends, see family and enjoy foods that we had really missed over the last year, but it also meant coming to grips with the United States. After a year long, eye opening view of the rest of the world, the United States had become a big, loud, scary place in a lot of ways. Thankfully US immigration has a setup in Dublin which allowed us to go through immigration prior to even getting on our plane to leave. That meant, much to our astonishment and happiness, that we didn’t have to wait in lines to get out of the airport once we hit Boston. Once our bags ... read more
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