Thanksgiving road trip 2015: Richmond, VA
Last year we drove to Cleveland for Thanksgiving. This year, we’re drove to Richmond, Virginia to spend the holiday with the other side of the family.
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Labor Day Weekend 2015 at Disney: Day 3
Normally, when we’re at Disney for Labor Day, we spend Monday morning at the hotel, then do a little shopping at Downtown Disney before heading home. This year, however, we decided to skip Downtown Disney (still in the throes of its transformation into Disney Springs) and spend more time at the Magic Kingdom instead. And …
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Labor Day Weekend 2015 at Disney: Day 2
There aren’t any early Extra Magic Hours on Sunday so we slept in a bit before taking the bus from the Wilderness Lodge over to Hollywood Studios this morning. We didn’t make it in time, unfortunately, for our Tower of Terror FastPass+ reservation, but did see the Frozen Summer Fun parade (complete with “snow”) as …
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Labor Day Weekend 2015 at Disney: Day 1
It’s another Labor Day weekend which means summer is over, school is back in session, and it’s time for our annual family mini-vacation. This year it’s back to Walt Disney World.
West Coast Road Trip: Day 8
So far on this trip we’ve been tourists-for-a-day in LA and San Francisco. Now it’s time for Seattle and it’s the Fourth of July! The morning started off with an early drive down to Pike Place Market so my wife could complete her pilgrimage to the first Starbucks. While at the market we picked up …
Thanksgiving road trip: back home
It was a long week (4 days of travel, 3 days of vacation) but we’re back in warm Florida after our trip up north to Ohio for the Thanksgiving holiday. Despite the heavy snow on Thanksgiving day, slightly warmer temperatures on Friday allowed for the roads to be clear and easy to navigate, so once …
Happy Thanksgiving from Cleveland
Happy Thanksgiving from snowy, Cleveland, Ohio! What posessed us to drive over 1,200 miles from warm, sunny Florida to Ohio around arguably one of the busiest travel times of the year? 1) It was a little last-minute; we didn’t have any big plans for Thanksgiving and had nowhere else to really be. 2) Our dog …
Labor Day Weekend 2014 at Universal – Home and Recap
It’s Labor Day, which means the holiday weekend is over and it’s time to head back home.
Labor Day Weekend 2014 at Universal – Day 2
Last night we decided to get up early and ride Escape from Gringotts again. Why not? So this morning started much like yesterday with the walk to Universal Studios from our hotel and the Early Park Admission line back through London, Diagon Alley, and the ride itself.
Labor Day Weekend 2014 at Universal – Day 1
We got up early this morning, grabbed breakfast at the Starbucks in our hotel, and then walked over to Universal Studios for the Early Park Admission to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley.