Alaska Trip – Days 3 & 4 – At Sea

Ok ok.  I know that the titles here say Alaska trip, and here we are 3 posts in and not a single picture of Alaska.  We're getting there...just not yet. This giant thing is going to take us to Alaska!  No, not Cat.  The ship behind her.  All aboard the Crown Princess. Looking back on Seattle from the deck. Now

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Alaska Trip – Day 2 – Seattle

Day 2 is our big day in Seattle.  Time to knock out basically every tourist spot here!  First, let's head out into the rain for a walk to Pike Place Market. Pike Place Market Pike Place is known for their fish market.  When someone buys a fish the fishmongers throw the fish from the ice to the worker behind the

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Alaska Trip – Day 1 – Seattle

Cat & I flew out of LAX to meet my mom and her friends in Seattle to start our Alaska trip with a short stay in Seattle.  Day 1 is pretty calm. Goodbye Los Angeles!  See you in 10 days! Nice color wall in the Seattle airport Coffee with the group before check-in Courtyard of our Air BnB Pizza dinner

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Roughing it in Sequoia

The title is ironic.  There is nothing about this trip that was roughing it.  Between Jenn's gourmet menu, Paul's delicious French Press coffe, Chris and Amy's hammock and overall outdoor experience, and our portable movie setup, there wasn't much left to want for.  It was like moving a living room outdoors! We had a great time with friends camping in Sequoia

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A Birthday Jump

For my birthday this year Cat, overcoming her own fears, took me skydiving.  This is one of my bucket list things, and it was exactly as amazing as I expected.  The views were fantastic over Camarillo from the windows in the tiny plane.  All around were farmlands with a strip of ocean view to the west.  And once we were

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3.26.16 – Air, Land, & Sea

As an anniversary gift, Rich surprised me with my first ever hot air balloon ride!  We spent the weekend taking in not only beautiful views of La Jolla from thousands of feet above, but also of the beach where we poked around the tide pools.  Rich even got splashed by the waves.  We then met up with some friends to

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Life in Death Valley

As Cat mentioned in her last post, her New Year's Resolution was traveling somewhere once a month.  So on the heels of our trip to Washington, D.C. we packed up the car (and Chris and Amy), and headed out to my Mom's house in Pahrump.  What's in Pahrump you ask?  Nothing.  But it's close to Death Valley, and this year

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Crushing the Capital/A Day in D.C.

With Cat's resolution of monthly travel, and cheap flights abound, we packed our day bags and took off for our nation's capital; Washington, D.C.  Along with Chris and Amy, who have become our trusted travel partners, Cat and I boarded our Spirit Airlines flight on Friday night at 11pm.  Spirit Airlines is notoriously late, and this was no exception, but

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Snowed-in In Brian Head, Utah

With winter being so cold and rainy in California, we had to get to the slopes to enjoy the snowfall.  Little did we know, it would be TOO good where we ended up snowed-in for an extra day in Brian Head, Utah.  While on the slopes, we honed in on our snowboarding skills which was much easier with the fluffy

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One Day in the Bay

fishingboats

Cheap airline tickets just keep coming.  With Chicago being such a success, we decided to take another 1 day trip.  This time we brought some more friends along.  Since we've all been to San Francisco before, we didn't worry as much about seeing the sites.  This trip was purely for food.   We were all a little tired when we

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