robedtrips....a little more history

Inaugural travel year....2000

We first realized our mutual interest in travel during the RRHS Band’s trip to London in 1999. We ended up comparing maps while on the bus, then had the opportunity to go to Europe in 2000 when Ed senior couldn’t make the originally-planned father-son trip. It’s been a trip of some sort every year since then, even if not far. 

The year 2020 presented a challenge for having a guy-trip, or “mancation”, but we managed to get a couple of short trips in nonetheless. 

Ed is the planning guy, Rob is the historian responsible for the documentaries. We impress ourselves with ourselves. Hope somebody besides us can enjoy the minutiae of the thing we find so interesting!

Rob & Ed

places traveled

All 50 states & 30 countries

Austria
Belgium
Canada
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
England
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Holland
Hungary 
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Mexico
Norway
Poland 
Scotland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland
USA


modes of transport

  • plane
  • train
  • bus
  • tram
  • ferry
  • trolly 
  • tram
  • cog railway
  • funicular
  • bicycles
  • roller coasters
  • cars

favorite quotes

  • Guy was comparing two beers and said their flavor was "deminimis." After he left we laughed that he made up the word deminimis to simply try to impress us. While we were laughing Rob looked found the definition andshowed it to Ed who then said, “well I’ll be *&#$ed.” "Minimal difference between two comparable things". San Diego 2015.
  • And of course there was "Bear". He will go down in legend. Claimed that was his nickname because he "almost" made the Chicago Bears backinnaday. His ability to function was not good.