Being scheduled for systems training in Tucson this year for my job, I researched on the internet to find some interesting places to see in the area. My preference was outdoor areas conducive to photography. I found that even with my limited time, since most of my days were taken up by class, I would still have ample opportunity …
On my family’s vacation to Kauai this year, I had my sights set on backpacking the Kalalau Trail that hugs the along the Na Pali coastline. I’ve been to Kauai 3 or 4 times now and every time I’ve gone I’ve had this trail on my mind. The last time we vacationed here, I brought …
Spent the week (and my birthday!) in Kauai with family. Lots of R&R, boogie boardin’ hiking’ and ATVing. Had a blast. This was my third trip to the Garden Isle. Kauai is probably the only place in the world that I feel homesick for other than home. Of course if I lived there and had …
This is an older post that I realized I never published, enjoy! Day 3 of my vacation to Kauai I decided to drive south to try and get out of the constant rain. The day before we had success escaping the rain of Princeville by going south to go to the beach near Kapa’a so …
I had to go to Arkansas for some training for my new job. When I was young I lived in Amarillo Texas and we would sometimes take a vacation to Arkansas and visit the Crater of Diamonds State Park. The Crater of Diamonds isn’t really a crater at all but a field. You are allowed …
In March of 2007 we went back to Kauai for a week. While we were there we rode ATVs with Kauai ATV. Wow, what a blast. We were freezing in the rain and mud but what a fun time we had! Pictured are Dawn, her uncle Tom and myself.
When visiting Australia, we took a road trip along the Great Ocean Road. Little did I know we would be driving by Bells Beach. I had to have my photo taken by the sign. Bells Beach is where Bodhi (Patrick Swayze) gets arrested and released into the surf of the 50 year storm by Johnny …
Took a vacation to Mexico with Hayden and Dawn’s parents. This was the first time Hayden had been out of the country.
Dawn found an incredible deal on tickets and accomodations in New York. We couldn’t pass up on the opportunity. While we were there we did a lot of sight seeing including Central Park, Rockafeller Center to see the tree, And lots of shopping. While there we took a tour of NBC studios, very worth it. We saw …
I considered this to be our un-official honeymoon. Fiji was nice. The natives were very laid back, almost too much so. But in the end everything seems to work out there. We stayed at three different places when we were there. The first place was called Tokoriki. Tokoriki is a luxury island resort in the …
A trip we took to Manzanillo Mexico. We stayed at the Karmina Palace. Excellent trip. On the flight home, there was plane trouble and shortly after take-off the plane turned around and landed. The airline couldn’t get the plane fixed so they put us up for the night in the Las Hadas, the location of …
Dawn’s friend Stacy was re-listing in the navy and invited us to attend the ceremony. They lived in Connecticut at the time In Groton. We flew out there and stayed with him and their family and got up and drove in to New York for the ceremony. He re-enlisted at the top of the Statue …