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Category: Vacations

When we decide to make a big trip out of it

Preparing for our hike

Posted on August 31, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

We checked into our hotel in Leadville and broke out our hiking gear. This is when Ernie goes to work, picking out the stuff that you get to leave behind. Our goal was 25 pounds of gear per person and

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Family Reunion at the Denver Airport

Posted on August 30, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

We met up with everyone at the Denver Airport. Sandra\’s Dad Warren and Uncle Ernie were both flying in to join us for a backpacking trip and lucky for us, her Cousin Mike was bringing his wife Marianna

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Traffic Cameras in Europe

Posted on May 26, 2010September 2, 2018 by Sandra

Since Chris mentioned the GPS update I wanted to mention something I read in the recent issue of Travel and Leisure – the June 2010 issue. It said that a lot of tourists are getting tickets throughout

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Sand Dune Arch – Arches National Park

Posted on May 25, 2010September 19, 2018 by Chris

We felt like we were on a treasure hunt, or maybe something right out of Indiana Jones. The massive rock formation shot right out of the desert floor and we had no idea where we were going to find an arch

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Landscape Arch – Arches National Park

Posted on May 21, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

We headed up the trail to Landscape Arch, it was early and there were not many people on the trail which was nice. It was a long walk down the trail before we found the Arch but it was well worth the effort,

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Arches National Park in the Morning

Posted on May 20, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

We woke up early so we could go hunt down some arches, we found out yesterday that the arches are often a long hike from the main road and we wanted to see as many as possible before we had to leave. The

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Take a trip to Branson, Missouri

Posted on May 14, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Hiltons of Branson. All opinions are 100% mine.

If you are looking for a great get away, now is a great time to consider a trip to Branson, Missouri.

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Arches National Park at Night

Posted on May 13, 2010September 19, 2018 by Chris

After our long hike back to the car from delicate arch we started to notice that Arches National Park is just as incredible at night as it is in the day time.

So we decided to have a little fun with

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Arches National Park

Posted on May 6, 2010September 19, 2018 by Chris

We made it to Arches National Park around 7:45pm and drove all the way to the back of the park to the campground where we hunted down our campsite.

The funny thing was that we didn\’t see any arches

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We made it to the Moon! Sort of…

Posted on May 5, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

We had one more National Park to visit before we headed back to Denver where we would get to sleep in an actual bed! We had been camping for a while and the National Parks were not exactly close together

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Capitol Reef National Park

Posted on April 28, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

Our next stop on the National Park tour was Capitol Reef National Park, not a place that you may have heard of but a place that is full of American history.

We took a break to stretch our legs and

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Customs and a four hour ride…

Posted on April 21, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

We got up early and watched the ship come into the port of Miami. Then we headed up to the breakfast buffet one last time. Our trip off of the ship was pretty easy as well, this was the first time we chose

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The Schooner Bar and Facebook Friends

Posted on April 20, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

We had at great time a our last dinner with all of our new friends at our table. In fact we all decided to meet at the Schooner Bar after dinner to hang out and share more stories. We were all dog people

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Our last day at Sea

Posted on April 19, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

The last day of our trip and it\’s another sea day. We are finally sick of the breakfast buffet and it\’s because we are ready to get back to a reasonable sized breakfast. We headed to the track and the

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Georgetown and the BBD

Posted on April 16, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

We walked around the port area for a while after returning from out tour. The best part about being in Grand Cayman is you can buy Tortuga Rum and the best part about buying liquor at this port is that

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Our visit to Stingray City

Posted on April 15, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

We pulled up to the sandbar known as Stingray City where the water is about 3 feet deep and there are about 200 people wading around with a huge number of stingrays from 1 foot across to 3+ feet across.

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Georgetown, Grand Cayman

Posted on April 12, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

We got up early because we had to take a tender to shore and we were told that we needed to get a ticket for an early tender because we had not booked an excursion with the ship. We had to meet Chip from

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Another day at sea

Posted on April 9, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

We had another sea day after leaving Costa Rica which we took advantage of by finishing our books and fighting for seats around the pool. We also discovered that the best time to go to the pool is just

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Back on the ship in Costa Rica

Posted on March 30, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

Once back on the ship we sat by the pool and swam for a while. It is much easier to enjoy the pool when everyone else is off of the ship. We headed to our balcony to read and take naps. It was great to

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Walking around Costa Rica

Posted on March 29, 2010September 2, 2018 by Chris

We decided that because we didn\’t have anything planed in Costa Rica we would sleep in so we woke up around 8:30 am (Central Time) and decided to take a mile walk on the track. One mile on the track is

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