Checking back in on my Places I’d like to travel to that I haven’t visited—yet post from Nov 2024, it looks like I marked off 3-ish:
- we finally made it to Africa as part of our 100-day adventure
- I managed to visit a bunch of Indiana
- I visited the two newest national park units (re-completing my quest to see all 433), but failed to visit Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, in spite of having three separate trips planned to see it. Still, the park units were the far higher priority for me, so I’m taking at least partial credit for this one.
If our 2026 goes as planned, we should mark off a few more items from the list too: Norway, the Canadian Rockies, and Costa Rica are all already on our travel calendar, and New Zealand is leading the field for our December trip too.
I could also see us squeezing in weekend trips to the Idaho panhandle and Vancouver, but neither is highest on priority list this year so I wouldn’t say it’s at all likely.
The Banana Kid - OTD during last year’s 100-day adventure
“…the rains in Afffrica” - OTD during last year’s 100-day adventure.
Building out Jen’s new travel-focused micro.blog site has given me a ton of FOMO about my own sites. Currently rethinking my plans…
Interesting post on Instagram’s year-end memo. The future returns to the individual—there’s never been a better time to have your own website to post your stuff. Feeds are dying, as is virality + influencer-status (thank fucking goodness!). Let’s abandon social media and return to social networking.
It’s January 1, which means it’s time to grab your 2026 Campfire Permit. You need one to have a campfire or use a gas/propane stove on public lands in California.
It’s free and takes 5 mins to complete—watch a short video, answer a stupid easy quiz—so just click the link to get it done right now.
My wife Jen launched her new travel blog today at JenWiles.com! She has most 2025 trips & photos posted and will slowly add in prior years, too.
How to follow
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RSS: jenwiles.com/rss
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Email: jenwiles.com/email
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Fediverse: @jen@jenwiles.com
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Bluesky: jen@jenwiles.com.ap.brid.gy
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Micro.blog: @jenwiles
Dinner in Malawi - OTD during last year’s 100-day adventure.
I imported 1600+ instagram posts to rsjon.es today. Fun to see so many old photos, and I’m excited to re-live more memories via my new On This Day feature that shows posts from this day in prior years.
I spent a few minutes this morning following some more bluesky friends on micro.blog. Looking forward to seeing more posts in 2026.
Buying local fruit in Malawi - OTD during last year’s 100-day adventure.
Hoping to put this to good use in 2026, starting in January.
A killer app feature on micro.blog would be a way to import facebook and instagram posts. Imagine being able to consolidate all of that into one site. So many people are trapped there not just because of the network effect, but because it’s where they captured one or more decades of their life.
A berry by any other name would smell as sweet - OTD during last year’s 100-day adventure.
Ready to make an entrance - OTD during last year’s 100-day adventure
BTS: Stuck in mud after a rainy morning at a campground in Zambia OTD last year. I was in the truck bed with others to offer some weight for traction and oh boy did we get sprayed with mud.
Jen finished putting together her list of quests for her new travel blog this morning. Now she’s reviewing my own list of quests to see which additional ones she wants to adopt… 😂
Street market along the Great East Road in Zambia - OTD during last year’s 100-day adventure.
Made it out last night to celebrate Wren Day at our local fav brewery, Wren Südhalle, which also included celebrating my last hours of restrictions after my surgery. Even snagged a tasty fish fry 😋
Getting closer and closer to launching Jen’s new travel blog…
One of Micro.blog’s cool “hidden” features is the Notes feature. I’ve created several reference notes for Jen to use in the future, like a snippet of code to display related posts or a progress bar for her quest.
Soooo useful!