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Our Top 5 Places for Delish Vegan Food During Our 5,052-Mile Road Trip in 2024

Written by Dan Hanley on July 2, 2026. Posted in Food Review, Mike and Dan, Travel, Veganism. No Comments on Our Top 5 Places for Delish Vegan Food During Our 5,052-Mile Road Trip in 2024

Our summer road trip was planned because we were attending a wedding in St. Louis. As we were planning, I started thinking of other places and people to visit. Then we added spots in Michigan. Then Chicago. And of course back home to Denver. Our trip was filled with...

A Lifelong Dream Comes True Along an Old Irish Road

Written by Dan Hanley on April 19, 2026. Posted in Travel. 1 Comment on A Lifelong Dream Comes True Along an Old Irish Road

Feeling like home where my grandad grew up. In 1926, my grandad left Ireland for the U.S. He passed away in 1968, two years after I was born. I have had something deep inside of me that has always wanted to go to Ireland, to where he grew up. Where he left. That...

Seven Months After My Trip to Ireland, These Places Are Still in My Mind

Written by Dan Hanley on October 26, 2025. Posted in Travel. No Comments on Seven Months After My Trip to Ireland, These Places Are Still in My Mind

I think of them all of the time, and they are places I recommend to everyone. When I got home from Ireland back in February, I had hoped I could go back in October. That isn’t working out. And while I plan for my next trip, which now seems like January,...

A Gay, Vegan, Sober Guy Goes to Ireland

Written by Dan Hanley on March 12, 2025. Posted in LBGTQ, Mike and Dan, Travel, Uncategorized, Veganism. 2 Comments on A Gay, Vegan, Sober Guy Goes to Ireland

My grandfather immigrated from County Mayo, Ireland to Detroit, Michigan in 1926. Well, he first went to New York but ended up in Detroit. I have always wanted to go to Ireland to see where he grew up, and to travel around the island. I knew Ireland was...

People Are Good

Written by Dan Hanley on June 17, 2024. Posted in Mike and Dan, Travel. No Comments on People Are Good

Three human strangers helping a dog along the I-15 in California remind me. Our 5,500-mile road trip was coming to an end. We were about ten minutes east of Barstow, CA driving on Interstate 15, with only about 90 minutes left until we arrived home after two and a...