Our Epic Vacation 2012 Archives - Overstuffed Life

Princess Cruise to Alaska: Skagway

Lara Neves — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:22:00 +0000

Our Epic Vacation: Day 13 Day 13 marks the halfway point, so don’t get too excited, because I’ll probably be blogging about this vacation for 100 more years. 2023 update: This was indeed the last post I ever made about the epic vacation. I am inspired to dig up all the rest of the photos...

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Princess Cruise to Alaska: Tracy Arm Fjord and Juneau

Lara Neves — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Our Epic Vacation: Day 12 We began our day bright and early by sailing into the Tracy Arm Fjord. The last time we took an Alaskan cruise, we did Glacier Bay instead, so I was happy to see something different. There aren’t as many glaciers at Tracy Arm, but what we did see was gorgeous!...

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Princess Cruise to Alaska: Ketchikan

Lara Neves — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Our Epic Vacation: Day 11 Already Day 11. After our Sea Day the day before, we looked forward to our first port of call: Ketchikan, Alaska. Since we had all the kids with us this time, we chose not to do any excursions. The last time my husband and I were in Ketchikan with my...

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Princess Cruise to Alaska: Boarding and Sea Days

Lara Neves — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:30:00 +0000

Our Epic Vacation: Days 9 & 10 After spending the previous day in Seattle, the morning of Day 9 dawned bright and early, and we were all excited to get to the cruise terminal and board the ship! Hooray for cruises! With the help of my Dad, my brother, and both of my brother’s cars,...

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A Day in Seattle

Lara Neves — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 13:30:00 +0000

Our Epic Vacation: Day 8 We awoke on Day 8 at Mimi and Papa’s house in Sandy, Utah. We did a final pack-up of everything we needed for the next leg of our epic vacation and stuffed the rest of it into their basement storage room. My father-in-law then drove us to the airport in our van...

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Utah: City Creek and Temple Square

Lara Neves — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Our Epic Vacation: Days 6 & 7 Look at me, knocking out two days in one post. But only because Day 6 was pretty mellow. I mean, we needed some rest after the previous five days, don’t you think? We spent a leisurely morning on Day 6 at my in-laws’ house. We worked on laundry while the...

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Camping in Yellowstone National Park

Lara Neves — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Our Epic Vacation: Day 5 The end of Day 4 found us all a little bit (a lot) cranky, and crashing for the night in our tent at Yellowstone after going to bed without dinner. I thought I’d better take a picture of our palatial tent that was so good to us on this camping trip. It...

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Driving through Wyoming: Devil’s Tower and Yellowstone

Lara Neves — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:04:00 +0000

Our Epic Vacation: Day 4 The view from our cute little cabin At the close of Day 3, we found ourselves in a cute little cabin in Custer State Park, South Dakota. I certainly appreciated the sort-of mattress I got to sleep on. It was so much better than rocks and dirt, despite my air mattress. Plus, we...

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Hiking in the Badlands and Visiting Mount Rushmore

Lara Neves — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:59:00 +0000

Our Epic Vacation: Day 3 The end of Day 2 found us calmly setting up camp at Badlands National Park in South Dakota. The morning of Day 3 found us not wanting to get up quite as early as we needed to, but we couldn’t waste the day away on something so frivolous as sleep!...

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Eating in the Badlands

Lara Neves — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:45:00 +0000

Our Epic Vacation: Day 2 (part 2) As a reminder, we spent the (very hot) morning touring the Ingalls Homestead in DeSmet, South Dakota, where my two younger daughters both got to try their hand at driving a covered wagon. Then we were on the road again. I like to take pictures of my feet...

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