FALSE. Jessica claimed it would be a 20-ish hour journey to the evening hotel. Jessica lied. I'm finally parked horizontally for the first time in 30 hours. My knees still like extending fully, a phenomenon not available on modern transportation. After landing in Oslo at 6:00 am, my brain finally caught up to my body,…

It's sometime between midnight and 6:00 am, and we are suspended somewhere over the British Isles. Pink highlights are bouncing off the cloud cover from our 38,000 foot vantage point, so I think I'll lean into the 6:00 am clock - even though my watch says 11:30 pm and my body is still deep in…

Six months ago, I brought my car to the shop and was informed the repairs would take four hours. I live two hours from the city, so I took a loaner vehicle and set off to kill time. I went for a hike, reveling in the crisp single digit temps as I ascended the heights…