We spent 3 nights in Palm Desert, CA with JP’s parents Bob and Marlene. This was my second time to the Palm Desert/Palm Springs area and I really like it. The weather is very similar to San Antonio but when you look out at the sky there are mountains! During our trip we did a [...]
I have lots and lots of pictures from our three days in Disneyland and it was hard to narrow it down but here are my favorites!
I think my favorite part about Disneyland and California Adventure over the last few days has been meeting all of the characters. It is really hard to choose which one is my favorite. Click on the pictures below to make them bigger.
We checked in at the Disneyland Hotel today and Goofy was in the lobby. Then we spent about 4 hours walking around Disneyland. Here we are in front of the main castle. It was a lot colder out then we expected. I thought Southern CA was suppose to be a warm place? We rode a [...]
I was a little tired this morning so after sleeping in for a little while then I put my bikini on under my clothing and set out on another day of adventure. This time I headed straight to Point Loma to see the Cabrillo National Monument. I was told on the cruise yesterday that Cabrillo [...]
Since we went to bed kinda early last night my eyes popped open before the alarm went off. I got up and went to get us some BofC while JP got ready to go to the conference. Check out this picture that someone snapped of him during his presentation. While he worked I played! My [...]
We landed in San Diego around noon and since it was too early to check-in to our hotel we headed over to Coronado Island to have lunch. JP drove me to the Hotel Del Coronado because I have heard him talk about it so much and because we have a few paintings of it hanging [...]
Since I didn’t have this blog back then I wasn’t able to share pictures from our first trip to San Diego. In the end of September 2008 JP and I spent a few days in San Diego near Mission Beach. I went into my archives and found a few of my favorite photos from that [...]
Yesterday Selena and I flew into Orlando, FL to go visit Angela for a couple of days. Did you see the picture I posted of us in the cockpit? When Selena was getting on the plane the pilot overheard her telling a woman that this was her very first flight ever. The pilot told her [...]
This morning we headed down to Wilsonville to meet up with and hang out with my niece Laura and her kids. We hadn’t really decided what to do so when I got there I told her I had never seen the Capitol Building in Salem. You know how I love seeing the capitols! Here is [...]
I wanted to let you know that I am still around. I have lots of stuff to talk about and lots of fun photos to post, I just can’t seem to find the time. We have hung out with lots of cool people between Oregon and Washington and I can’t wait to show you everything. [...]
JP had to work today so Lily and I took off on an adventure of our own. Destination? The Pacific Ocean! To be more exact we were headed to Cannon Beach, OR so that I could show Lily the famed Haystack Rock. If you are a fan of the Goonies movie you should remember this [...]
Today around noon we started out long voyage back to Portland, OR. From Bob and Marlene’s house to our apartment it is 238 miles door to door. As we were driving through Seattle we couldn’t resist stopping at Dick’s Drive In for a burger. And for most of the drive Lily sat like this. She [...]
Today we met JP’s mom Marlene in Lynnwood at Alderwood Mall for a little shopping. Specifically we were headed to the American Girl store. I have told you about her doll before and that there are only a few of the American Doll stores in the United States so we had to take advantage of [...]
Every time I am in Seattle I make sure to spend at least one day hanging out with my two favorite Seattle-ites Tangerine & Stevie. We spent the night at my brother James’s house. In the morning James and Suzie had both already left for work so I was the boss. We packed up our [...]
We spent a day in Tacoma at my sister Zerah’s house and spent some time with Zane and Owen. Saying that these kids are cute does not begin to describe it. They are cute and they are also a handful! The business of training little humans is no joke. This is the first picture ever [...]
Today was our final day of our family summer vacation. By the end of the day we drove an impressive 930 miles from the door of the hotel to our door at home. After leaving St Louis our goal was to be in Kansas for lunch. Looking at the map I found a little town [...]
This morning when we woke up I looked at the map and realized that St Louis, MO was not on our way back home but after talking about it for a little while we decided it was definitely worth going to. So we headed out of Iowa and back into Illinois. Check out this huge [...]
When we woke up this morning the plan was to drive into Chicago and go to the Shed Aquarium with some of my family members. As we were about to leave my brother Alex said they were gonna drive to Woodstock, IL to see the town where Groundhog Day was filmed. I have to admit [...]
This morning we left Michigan in the dust and headed for my brothers house in Northern Illinois. We had to drive through Indiana. And into Illinois. A drive that should have taken about 3 hours ended up taking us 6 hours because we chose the busiest interstate in the entire world. Looking back we should [...]
Today we woke up and drove from the Ann Arbor, MI area to South Haven, MI. I was born and raised in South Haven so going back there always has a special feel to it. When we got to town we had lunch at Clementines then headed out to my friend Corey’s house. Corey had [...]
This morning we checked out of our hotel and headed for Michigan. My sister Vanessa lives near Ann Arbor, MI so our driving plan for that day was to end up there then figure out where to stay for the night. Vanessa promised to make us a home cooked dinner and after almost a week [...]
Did you know that most people can’t name all 5 of the Great Lakes? I know… I am just as surprised as you are by that fact. Well up until today I have only been to 4 of the 5. After our Niagra Falls tour I thought it would be a good idea to drive [...]
Last night we checked into a hotel in Niagra Falls, NY. While JP was checking us in I signed us up for a 4 hour guided tour of Niagra Falls. We didn’t really do much after we checked in except for go swimming because we were tired but today was a new day and we [...]
Before we checked out of our hotel this morning Lily said that she had to roll down the hill across from our room. Yes, you read that right… roll down the hill. Before we left town we headed to the Ohio State Reformatory. Although it was to early in the day to be open for [...]
This morning we woke up and left Tennessee in the dust. We hit I-65 and we were Kentucky bound. Hello Kentucky! Our first stop was at the National Corvette Museum. When you get inside they give you these fancy wrist bands. This place was really cool. They had the whole history of Corvette and lots [...]
This morning after we all woke up we headed down to the free hotel breakfast and ate outside next to the pool. After breakfast Lily swam in the Heartbreak pool then we got packed up and hit the road. Since it was dark last night we went back to the border and took this picture. [...]
This morning was the first day of our family summer vacation. Our plan was to set the alarm and leave San Antonio before the sun was up. You know the saying about best laid plans or something like that… well that applies here. When JP was packing this morning he asked me again for the [...]
Today I am starting to work on our summer vacation plans. We leave this Saturday June 23 in the early morning. Along the way the only place we have committed to being is at my brother’s house in Illinois on June 30th. As I started mapping it out this morning I got a little overwhelmed [...]
Time goes by sooo fast. I didn’t have my camera with me today but here are a few fun pictures that we took with my iPhone. I helped Angela catch some chicks and put them back in their coop. I road a horse for about 15 feet. I almost got beat up by a goat [...]
For as long as I have known Angela she has told us that she has some redneck in her. She likes to hunt and go four wheeling. The hunting part I will pass on but I told her I would go four wheeling. This morning we slept til about 10 and then went to meet [...]
I am pretty sure Swetsville Zoo is the strangest place I went today… or better yet the strangest place I have been in a long time. When I travel around I am not a fan of going to zoos or aquariums but the description of this place caught my eye. It has about 150 or [...]
This morning we woke up in downtown Denver. When I woke up I was so thirsty… sure I drank a bunch of beer last night, but this was different. I was THIRSTY!! I knew this elevation thing was gonna make me this way, and I thought I had prepared for it the day before by [...]
Our vacation ended today at 4:00 am when the alarm went off. JP had a 5:30 am flight out of Palm Springs, stopping in Los Angeles then on to San Jose. We headed to the airport and JP was able to get a boarding pass but since I was on a different airline the ticket [...]
This morning we looked at a few different touristy brochures trying to decide what to do. We finally decided to head up to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Here they are in the parking lot headed to the building where the tramway is. To better describe what it is I found this information on Wikipedia [...]
This morning our plan was to ditch the Coachella Valley and headed East on Interstate 10 to the Joshua Tree National Park. Our first stop was at the Cottonwood Visitors Center. Since we were now at about 3,000 feet it was a little windy and sorta chilly. Marlene bought a sweatshirt in the visitors center [...]
When Marlene first invited us to join them in Palm Springs she told me that there was a car auction that Bob was planning on going to. This morning when we got up we met them at a small diner for breakfast. After breakfast Bob and JP headed for the car auction and Marlene and [...]
Today JP and I hopped on an evening flight to Palm Springs, CA to meet up with and hang out with his parents Bob & Marlene.This is JP’s first non-working trip in a very long time. Since you can’t fly directly to PSP we had a very short (almost missed) connection in Phoenix. The plane [...]
Last night JP and I talked about what to do today. For as long as I can remember I have always heard about Salem, MA and the witch hunts. Maybe it is because I am fascinated with Halloween but it is a place I have always wanted to visit. When I looked up how far [...]
This morning we had an early flight to Boston, MA. When I first found out I was going to Boston I looked it up on a map because I wasn’t sure exactly where it was. My knowledge of East Coast geography is slowly improving. Here is a screen shot of the map for you just [...]
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 [...]
Last night JP and I took an evening flight to San Jose, CA. We left on Saturday evening so that we could get some tourist time in before he had to be at work in Cupertino on Tuesday. We didn’t really do much on Saturday night because our plan was to wake up on Sunday [...]
We spent the last few days down in Corpus Christi, TX hanging out on the beach. Instead of doing a day by day posting I pulled out a few of my favorite pictures to show you. We have been down to the beach a number of times and about half of the time we have stayed [...]
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 [...]
We landed in New Orleans just before noon. Once we were checked into our hotel we met up with my sister-in-law Kelli and headed out to walk around in downtown New Orleans. All this time I always thought that the World Trade Center was in New York? Hmmm… Here is a picture that JP snapped [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In my opinion one of the absolute best things to do in Washington is to go to the Olympic Game Farm. I have been there a bunch of times through the years and I am never disapointed. Most people go to the Olympic Peninsula to go to the Olympic National Forest or to see the town of Forks, [...]
We had a huge day today! We took almost 500 pictures and did lots and lots of stuff so I have to break up the postings a little bit so I can talk about everything so bear with me! We left the house around 7:00am to catch the 8:45 sailing at the Coupeville Ferry Dock. [...]
