Archive for 'Travel Journal'
July 2010 – Nantucket!
3 Weeks of ACK!
On July 1st, we packed the car and drove up to Boston for our big vacation. The next day we picked up Uncle Dan and drove to Hyannis for the car ferry to ACK (Nantucket).
I used to think Nantucket was the most relaxing place that I’ve been to where I could read [...]
Posted: August 20th, 2010 under Family, Travel Journal.
Comments: 4
Mothers Day Weekend
Happy Mothers Day!
I had a great weekend with my boys. We all went camping on Friday afternoon to Cunningham Falls State Park in Thurmont MD. It was a surprising success considering we had a 2 yr old and 3 month old. We were joined by Andy Meekins and his daughter Maple, and our neighbors the [...]
Posted: May 10th, 2010 under Family, Travel Journal.
Comments: 5
A Cabin in Douthat VA
May 1, 2010
We spent the weekend at a park cabin in Douthat VA. My aunt Claudia and uncle Randy Sullivan had invited us to join them and their 2 doggies. It was just what we enjoy: relaxing, hiking, good weather and wine! It reminded us of a Norwegian cabin, but without the snow. (we never [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2010 under Travel Journal.
Comments: 3
Cool’in in Cali
March 21 – 28, 2009
We recently got back from a week vacation to Southern California! Ohhh – how I miss the sun and liquor being sold in grocery stores. Ok ok and my family too!
Posted: March 29th, 2009 under Family, Travel Journal.
Comments: 4
A “Vermont Quality” Getaway
This long President’s Day weekend Dave, Bennett and I jetted off to Burlington VT thanks to a super cheap direct flight from Airtrans. We stayed with Dave’s high school buddy Neil and his wife Shannon. They live in Waterbury about an hour south of Burlington. We flew in late Thursday night and stayed up [...]
Posted: February 18th, 2009 under Travel Journal.
Comments: 2
On the Move: Once Again!!
August 7, 2008
Dave, Bennett and I take off driving to Maryland tomorrow afternoon. After a month and a half in Massachusetts, it’s time to get settled. We are driving to New Jersey and spending the night at Cathy Ward’s and then continue on to Maryland on Friday morning. We are staying with my grandfather’s home [...]
Posted: August 7th, 2008 under Travel Journal.
Comments: 2
Above the Artic Circle: Our Lofoten Trip
June 20 – 23, 2008
Dave, Ana, Bennett and I visited Lofoten after Bergen. Lofoten Islands are an archipelago that is often considered one of the most scenic parts of Norway. This was our little “farewell to Norway” splurge vacation. We flew up to Bodø and spent a night there at a local campground [...]
Posted: June 23rd, 2008 under Travel Journal.
Comments: 2
A Visit to Bergen.
June 18 – 20, 2008
I am super slow at going through vacation photos now that I’m lounging around in Nantucket. It’s Bennett – I swear! Anyways, to continue the story of Ana’s trip to Norway I’ll pick up where I left off. Ana went from Olso to Bergen for her conference on Fisheries and Acoustics [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2008 under Travel Journal.
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Stockholm Sweden
May 16 – 19, 2008
Dave, Bennett and I went to Stockholm with Regula, Andi and Jon Andrea for a short weekend. Jon Andrea and Bennett were born 4 days apart and hang out a lot. We decided to go on May 17th weekend (Norwegian Independence Day from Sweden) because flights were cheap. This is like [...]
Posted: June 2nd, 2008 under Travel Journal.
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Göteburg Sweden
We did a quick weekend trip to Göteborg about 4 weeks ago. Katie wanted to get a trip in before it was too late in her pregnancy. So we combined Dave’s interest in seeing where his great grandparents where originally from and Katie’s need to explore before her baby arrived.
We rented a car and [...]
Posted: May 15th, 2008 under Travel Journal.
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