travel

The Maestro and Me in NYC

This summer, The Maestro and I will be celebrating not one, but THREE momentous occasions. In June, we will celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. That’s the most important. But we both have summer birthdays, too, and this year we are both turning “The Big 4-0.” (I don’t really know what’s up with that, by the…

Our Epic Vacation: Day 12

Our Epic Vacation: Day 12

We began our day bright and early by sailing into the Tracy Arm Fjord.  The last time Joel and I took an Alaskan cruise, we did Glacier Bayinstead, so I was happy to see something different.  There aren’t as many glaciers at Tracy Arm, but what we did see was gorgeous!  (Forgive all the photos…

Our Epic Vacation: Day 11

Our Epic Vacation: Day 11

It feels sort of like I’ll never finish these Epic Vacation posts, but I am bound and determined to do it.  Even if it kills me.  Thanks for reading them even though I know they are probably excruciatingly boring to the people who read this blog.  Except my mom.  She likes them.  So this is…

Our Epic Vacation: Day 8

Our Epic Vacation: Day 8

Oh, you betcha I am soooo using NaNoBloMo as a way to knock out some Epic Vacation posts.  My ultimate goal is to get them into a book to give my family for Christmas this year. We awoke on Day 8 at Mimi and Papa’s (Joel’s parents) house in Sandy.  We did a final pack-up…

Our Epic Vacation: Day 5

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 got us through…

Our Epic Vacation: Day 4

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 ever so much better than rocks and dirt, despite my air mattress.  Plus, we didn’t…

Our Epic Vacation: Day 1

Our Epic Vacation: Day 1

Day 1 started bright and early.  We had packed the car the night before (and believe me, packing for 26 days that include camping, cruising, and staying with family is no easy task), dropped off Puccini at a friend’s house (you’ve never seen sadder girls), and were ready to head out by 7:00 in the…