Category Archives: Travel

Ouray Ice Climbing

My Dad invited me to go ice climbing a few weeks ago, and without really thinking about it, I said I would go. I had no idea what ice climbing was, what equipment is used, how far away the place … Continue reading

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My 2011 Year in Review

I have a tradition at the end of the year to review my journal and write down the highlights or interesting things that we’ve done. I did that this year, but as I was going through each day I couldn’t … Continue reading

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England Highlights- The beginning- Stonehenge and Salisbury

We landed in London and we confidently walked to get our rental car. That all went smoothly. They gave us the car keys and we went on our way. I went to jump in the car and was kindly reminded … Continue reading

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England/Ireland Trip Highlights- Getting there

We didn’t want to take one long flight with Liam, so we broke up our flight out to London, into shorter flights- New York during the day, overnight flight the next day to Iceland (cheaper ticket), and then after one … Continue reading

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Louvre Highlights

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Center of Paris- Notre Dame

The first thing we did was go and see Notre Dame. Just outside of ND in the front is plaque that shows the exact center of Paris. I later talked to the people that are sleeping on the ground just … Continue reading

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Arrival in Paris

After 3 movies and 14 hours of flying, we arrived in Paris, France on Thursday afternoon. The instructions to get to the apartment that we had rented out were- call and we’ll give you directions and then we’ll tell you … Continue reading

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Europe Vacation Departure

The beginning of our trip luckily wasn’t a foreshadowing of our navigation skills the whole trip. I’m embarrassed to say that we asked to get dropped off at the International location. Unfortunately, it was only for international “arrivals” – not … Continue reading

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Helicopter Ride over Temple Square

Last week we were fortunate enough to go on a helicopter ride over Temple Square and see the Salt Lake Temple and the conference center all lit up from the Christmas lights. It was an amazing site and I posted … Continue reading

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Bryce Canyon Half Marathon

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