LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
My husband, Tom, and I recently returned from an 8-day trip in Iceland. Iceland? “Why Iceland,” you may ask. Iceland first came on my radar as a potential vacation destination four years ago when we were planning our trip to England, Wales and Ireland. There are several airlines that have layovers in Reykjavik, the capital…
Last year, Tom and I took an amazing trip out to Colorado. After visiting with some family in Denver, we rented a car and drove in a big circle clockwise around the state, stopping in several little towns along the way. My favorite was Ouray. This little mountain town booms at 4th of July —…
Sometimes you need a last minute vacation. Okay, “need” is a strong word, but sometimes vacation ideas and opportunities present themselves at the last minute. After Tom being unable to get the time off he wanted between Christmas and New Years, and having a few “use it or lose it” vacation days before the end…
On top of the world — or at least the tallest mountain in Wales Tom and I decided to do a big trip this year — the biggest we’ve ever taken: a two week trip through the UK and the Republic of Ireland. I’m not exactly sure what spurred on this trip, but we’ve talked…
Last year, we discovered the BrewSki festival at Boyne Highlands — which happens to be right around the corner from our family cabin in Harbor Springs, Michigan. We went up north this past weekend so that we could attend BrewSki and had a good time with my brother and his wife, along with a couple…
As the year comes to a close, I wanted to take a few minutes to remember some of the things we did and things that happened in 2012. I feel like it was a whirlwind of a year, but here’s a brief memoir of what I can remember from the activities done, people visited and…
Continuing the tradition of the escalator photo! I cannot believe how quickly the ACR Annual Scientific Meeting has come upon us, yet here I sit in my hotel room in Washington, DC with Day 1 already behind us! My adventure began yesterday at 4am, when I had to get up in order to make my…
To follow up on my previous posts (read Part 1 here and Part 2 here), I wanted to share with you our experiences at each of the ports we stopped at on our cruise. It was a “7-Day Western Caribbean” cruise through Carnival, with four stops along the way: Cozumel, Belize, Roatan and Grand Cayman.…
If you’ve never been on a cruise, I’ll tell you that it’s a very different sort of vacation than anything else I’ve done. Last week I went on my second cruise. The first time I was twelve. So, needless to say, this experience was a bit different, but every bit as much fun as I…
We got home last night from a wonderful 10-day vacation. I’m calling it “Summer Vacation” even though it isn’t really summer yet, because it sure felt (and still feels!) like summer…and, “Late Spring Vacation” just doesn’t have the same ring to it. At any rate, we started out our trip with a wedding in Key…