Since JP had to work today I took off on my own little adventure. I dropped him off at the office and headed back to downtown San Francisco. I seriously can’t get enough of this place. I didn’t really have a plan I just kinda went. I was not the only person heading into the [...]
After I picked up JP from work we headed over to Taco X-press and the tacos were just as good as I thought they would be. Good thing we wore our zapatos! The next thing we did was check into our hotel. And then we headed out on foot to explore a little bit more [...]
I had to pick up JP at the office at 2:00 so I had just a little bit of time left to kill. I found a place on my RoadsideAmerica app named Cathedral of Junk. I was a little hesitant at first… but I had about an hour to kill. I am dedicating an entire [...]
JP had to work in Austin today so the adventurer in me wanted to tag along. This was not my first trip to Austin so instead of seeing the bats under the Congress Street Bridge I took it in another direction. My plan was to find all of the off beat stuff that Austin, TX [...]
I discovered my first Muffler Man/Half-Wit last summer on our trip around Michigan (click here). It was one of the many things on the RoadsideAmerica iPhone app that I tell you about all the time. Once I saw him I became curious about what he was and why he was there. Last year when I [...]
I was in Washington, DC from Saturday 12/3 until Wednesday 12/7 visiting my amazing friend Angela. I use the word amazing and I mean it but there are like a million other words I could use to describe her. She is one of the people that truly enrich my life. Her awesome friend Gina was [...]
We woke up this morning at 4:30 am to get packed and head to the airport. Our flight wasn’t until 7:30 am but it is said that today is the biggest travel day of the year so we wanted to be safe. After we returned the rental car and made it through security we had [...]
We left San Antonio early this morning and after a short layover in Denver we landed in Seattle just before noon. There are not that many places that we want to go that fly directly to or from San Antonio. Lily is always easy to travel with and she is always more patient in all [...]
We had one last day to spend in New Orleans so we did it right. We ate lots of food and had lots of drinks. The name of this coffee shop cracks me up… it’s kinda like JP’s alter has a coffee chain. A few of you guys reading this will fully understand what that [...]
This morning we woke up bright and early for our flight. This is my first Halloween that I am going to spend without Lily so we took advantage of a trip we were invited on to New Orelans. I considered wearing a costume to the airport but I chicked out and wore my horns instead. [...]
I was up by 4:30 this morning to catch my flight back to San Antonio. Even though I love traveling I also like to be home. Unfortunately I had to travel home alone. Right before we left the hotel I had JP take my picture on the patio. I flew from SFO to LAX then [...]
After leaving the PEZ place I headed North to Colma, CA. Per Wikipedia: Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 1,792 at the 2010 census. The town was founded as a necropolis in [...]
Today was an awesome day in California. I was on my own again so I did some more exploring. My first stop after dropping off JP in Cuppertino I headed to Sunnyside to check out the Fruit Cocktail Water Tower. It was the water tower for the old Libby’s cannery, which legend says, is where [...]
The reason for coming to California is because JP was here for two weeks for work. The weekends are amazingly fun anytime I visit him on a work trip but when Monday rolls around guess what happens? Yup you guessed it… JP has to go to work. I dropped him off at the office around [...]
When I found out I was going to California to visit JP for the weekend I told him we should go see a football game. Our first choice was the San Francisco 49ers but they had an away game so we decided on the Oakland Raiders. On our way from the hotel in Palo Alto to [...]
My eyes popped open at 8:00am this morning. Even though JP wasn’t up yet, I got up and took a shower and I was ready to go. I didn’t realize why I was up so early until I remembered the time zone change… it was 10:00am in my mind. The first thing we did when [...]
I had a early morning flight to meet JP out in San Francisco, CA for a couple days. As you know there are barely any direct flights to anywhere from San Antonio so I had to lay-over in Las Vegas, NV. Everything was going well until about 10 minutes before we were suppose to board. [...]
Today I went to Katie’s shower/bachlorette party. Here is Katie with her Mom and her sister Sara. This is my sister-in-law Kelli and my neice Erica. Here is Katie opening her first gift. And her last gift that came from me. I think every girl knows what comes in pink boxes! After the party at [...]
We are in Las Vegas until Tuesday! I have some fun pictures to share but for now this will have to do.
As you know I have done quite a bit of traveling in the last few months. I learned things about people and places that I never knew before, and I also learned a lot about myself. No matter how comfortable or uncomfortable a bed/pillows are, they will NEVER even come close to being as good as [...]
Today we left Camano Island at 5:30 in the morning to drive down to Seattle and catch our flight home. We over estimated how long it would take to get to the airport and ended up there 3 hours early. At 9:40 am we finally got on our flight and took off, then landed in Las Vegas 2.5 hours later. [...]
A: When you are talking about the military. When we were in Port Townsend we had a little bit of time to kill until we had to be back at the ferry dock so we decided to go take a look at Fort Worden State Park. I have been there one other time when I [...]
It is no secret that the Mariner’s are having about as good of a season as Seattle is a summer. But regardless of that how could a trip to Seattle be complete without a baseball game? Here are 4 of the 13 tickets that got my group into tonights game.! Even JP’s parents Marlene and Bob joined [...]
Did you know that one of the nicknames for Seattle is The Emerald City? I believe the reason it is called that is because of the lush green trees. I lived in Seattle for 10+ years and I am still in awe of how big and tall the trees are. When Lily and I woke [...]
We left Vanessa’s house this morning and headed north on Hwy 23/I-75. The town that we had in mind to stop at for the night is less than 3 hours away so we were not really in a big hurry to get there. Our first stop was in Flint, MI. If you know anything about [...]
Today we headed out to Independence Lake which is very near Vanessa’s house here in Whitmore Lake. It’s a pretty nice park that has beach access, a rock climb thing, paddle boat rentals, a concession stand, bathrooms, a splash zone and a playground. Before we left home Vanessa made hamburger patties to bbq for lunch. [...]
Lily and I are sitting at Delta gate #11 in the San Antonio International Airport right now. Our flight is delayed by 20 minutes. We are not all that concerned about the delay though since we are on a direct flight to Detroit. We we both hungry so we grabbed a snack at Dunkin Donuts. Did [...]
I have been thinking about it for days and at 9:00 tonight I finally started and finished packing for our trip. Between Lily and I we will have 1 checked suitcase, 1 laptop bag and my big Coach purse that I got for Mother’s Day. Oh and I am sure in the morning Lily will [...]
Ok kids it is Geography time! I mentioned a couple days ago that Lily and I are going on vacation soon. We have a direct flight to Detroit, MI on Thursday 6/16 and we have a direct return flight on 6/30 to San Antonio, TX. We don’t really have a firm plan its just gonna [...]
Every once in awhile something happens. I can’t really explain it. And I don’t usually know that it is happening. Then the sun sets and as I lay snug in my bed a thought occurs to me. I DIDN’T TAKE A PICTURE OF ANYTHING TODAY! In my head I recapped my day and I totally did things [...]
In typical Lily fashion she woke me up early this morning to tell me that she was hungry. It was a lot earlier than usual (6:30am) because of the time change. We got dressed and headed to the main lobby and picked up some breakfast and coffee. Then we came back to the room and [...]
In true Lily form she woke me up at 6:30am to tell me that she was hungry. The hotel restaurant doesn’t open until 7:00am so I told her we could go for a walk on the beach. It was super foggy when we woke up but to quote JP “Even the worst day at the [...]
JP has been out of town for the last couple days for work. Before he left San Francisco for home this morning he sent me this picture. I have never been on a cable car. I totally called it the Rice-A-Roni thing. Yesterday he sent me this one. This picture was taken in Pacific Heights of someones [...]
JP has taught me a lot of things over the past few years. One of the most valuable things I have learned from him is about saving pictures. As you guys know I take pictures every single day. And pretty much every single day I upload them to my computer and then shoot them up [...]
I love looking out the window at Amanda’s house. If you look out either the front or the back you see the same thing… mountains! Here is the view from her kitchen window in the front of the house. Amanda asked me a couple weeks ago what I wanted to do when I was there. [...]
My plan was to be with Amanda in Whitehall, MT by this time but sometimes things don’t work out how you think they will. There are no direct flights from San Antonio to Bozeman, MT so I had a layover in Salt Lake City, UT. I didn’t realize that my flight was late until I [...]
Today was the last day of our vacation so we figured we better take full advantage of it. After we woke up we headed to breakfast at a place the lady inside the hotel recommended. When we stepped outside it was still cold! We walked a few blocks and found the place but it was [...]
This morning we all met back up again at Richard’s house for breakfast. Here is Alex and I enjoying a mimosa. After breakfast some people headed home and others headed for The Field Museum in downtown Chicago. There is so much to see. We spent 4+ hours there and still didn’t have enough time to see everything. Here is [...]
Since we are doing our trip with a little bit of driving at a time I was curious just how far we are driving. I plugged in each main destination and acording to google maps if we drove it all at once we would be in the car for total of 10 hours. Here is [...]
Today was my nephew Cael’s baptism. A few times I asked people what the difference was between a baptism and a christening. Everyone seemed to have the same opinion and now after looking it up we learned that they were wrong. The baptism is the water part and the christening is the giving of the [...]
We made it to Chicago! In a little bit we are gonna board our flight to Detroit and go hang out with our homies!
I believe that I have said it before but I will say it again. I ♥ hotels. I really really like staying in them. Since Austin is about an hour and a half drive from home I decided to come see JP again today after work. Here I am chillin’ in our room at The [...]
After spending a ton of time at the beach we decided we were hungry. I suggested we go to dinner at one of the restaurants down by the dwarf. JP had no idea what I was talking about….. its a wharf.. not a dwarf! I don’t think I will ever live that one down. JP, [...]
JP was in San Francisco, CA for the last two days on a work trip. He emailed me these pictures. I really want to visit SF!! Here is Alcatraz. Do you see the sealions in this picture? The San Francisco, CA skyline from the water! His hotel was right next to Chinatown.
Cathy & Seattle Pedestrians beware! Cathy, Rose & Stephanie sitting on the troll!
On day 1 of Seattle we saw more than a few things .. of course! Cathy had never seen nor played a “Pull Tab”. I tried to take a picture from the 34th floor of a building downtown … my camera didn’t do what I wanted it to! My three favorite girls of the day! We spotted a seal pup [...]
I fell asleep at 7pm … yes 7pm! So I am cheating on todays picture. I will be in Seattle from Thursday-Sunday! I am bringing my laptop and plan on posting pictures along the way! For now here is the Seattle skyline.
