2019 Hawaii cruise
Our pre-cruise vacation in Honolulu is over, time to visit the other islands!
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2019 Hawaii vacation (pre-cruise)
To celebrate my daughter’s high school graduation (and also visit our 50th state … yep, we’ve been to them all now!) we went to Hawaii for a 7-day Hawaiian cruise on the Norwegian Pride of America! What an incredible and amazing trip. We wanted to spend as much time in The Aloha State so we …
Spring Training 2019: Home and Recap
It was barely Sunday morning (3:00am) when we left the hotel and drove back to the rental car facility at Sky Harbor Airport. By 3:30am we had returned the car and were waiting for the airport shuttle to the terminal. People were lined up (as they should have) for the various shuttles to specific terminals (1-4) …
Spring Training 2019: Day 4
Saturday morning of the Spring Training trip has certain traditions and we continued them this year. First we woke up (relatively) early, drove over to Goodyear, and had breakfast at the Black Bear Diner. Then it was over to the Indians’ Player Development Complex to watch the morning warm-ups and practice at 9:00am. We were …
Spring Training 2019: Day 3
We got to sleep in this morning. Normally we have something planned every day, but since we added another day to the trip this year we had a leisurely Friday morning. After breakfast at the hotel, we hung out for a bit and watched some more March Madness NCAA tournament games (the three hour time …
Spring Training 2019: Day 2
My brother and I woke up early to get breakfast in the hotel lobby at 6:30am before driving over to the Piestewa Peak trailhead. Yes, after 10 years of hiking Camelback Mountain on this trip we finally decided to try a new trail! We hiked up the Summit trail which took us up 1,200 feet …
Spring Training 2019: Day 1
It’s March … time for baseball! For the second year in a row we’re heading out to Spring Training in Arizona a little late (the last week again) but this year we’re adding an extra day. Hard to believe we’ve been doing this annual trip for 10 years!
2018 Thanksgiving cruise
For Thanksgiving vacation this year we went on a 7-day western Caribbean cruise on the Norwegian Pearl!
Labor Day Weekend 2018 at Disney: Day 3
It wouldn’t be Labor Day weekend in Florida without rain and we got plenty of it today. Normally we would start Monday out at the hotel pool but this year we decided to go to one of the parks instead. Of course, this was mainly because Monday afternoon was the only time we were able …
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Labor Day Weekend 2018 at Disney: Day 2
We’re taking it easy this weekend, so no getting up early to do any Extra Magic Hours. After waking up around 9:30am, we walked over to the French Quarter to pick up fresh beignets for breakfast. At 11:30am we were getting off the bus at Animal Kingdom when my daughter announced she had forgotten her …
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