Posted in Camping, Colorado trips, Family trips, National Parks, Short distance travel, tagged Colorado, family, Great Sand Dunes National Park, road trips, San Luis Valley, sand dunes, southwest Colorado on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Britt at the Great Sand Dunes
Feet in sand
Clouds moving over the Dunes
Britt & Paul trekking across the Dunes
Britt mugging for the camera
The two intrepid dunes travelers
This is where Medano creek would usually run through the dunes
Moving closer to the dunes
Entrance to the park
Dunes, mountains & clouds
Great Sand Dunes of [...]
Posted in Camping, Colorado trips, Family trips, National Parks, Short distance travel on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
That’s right! We’re on the move this coming weekend for a road trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park in Mosca, Colorado. It’ll take us about three hours to get there and we’re taking Britt and her best friend Nic along with us. We’re stocked up with camping supplies and such, so we’re going to [...]
Posted in Ghosts from Travels Past on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Location: Scotland/England
Travel dates: October 11, 2001 – October 21, 2001
Travelers: Bev, my mom Shirley, and my kids Jon & Britt
Originally posted on Thursday, December 20, 2001: [...]
Posted in Travel wishlist on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Paul:
In the U.S.:
* New England (including Rhode Island because H.P. Lovecraft’s grave is located there)
* Edgar Allan Poe’s grave in Baltimore, MD
* Pretty much every state never visited!
Overseas:
* Eastern Europe
* Scotland/Ireland
* Germany
Bev:
In the U.S.:
* Great Sand Dunes in Colorado
* Arizona
* Nevada (besides Vegas)
* Las Vegas, NV.
* Oregon
* Northern California
* Los Cabos, Mexico
* [...]
Posted in Business trips, Short distance travel on September 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This past week we traveled up to Denver on business. It’s a drive we’ve made many times, but since it’s a trip of some sort — however small or short-distance — I’m including it here. I like the scenery between the Springs and Denver, particularly around Larkspur and Castle Rock. For those who aren’t [...]
Posted in Travel wishlist on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/09/10/niagara.wineries.ap/index.html
http://www.niagarawinetrail.org/
Ah, there’s the ticket! Ghosts and grapes – chilled wines and chilled spines! Though Paul doesn’t drink at all, I like wine on occasion. I’ll admit I’m a lightweight, only able to partake in a couple of glasses before I feel giddy and warm, but I love wine nonetheless.
When Paul came across info on this [...]
Posted in Previous Travels on September 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As a military brat, I was fortunate enough to travel to numerous states as well as overseas — all before the age of 13. It was inevitable that the travel bug would bite me early, and the effects have lingered to this day. To start this blog, I’m going to post the states/places I’ve been [...]
Posted in Introduction and Mission on September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
With one teenager off to college this fall and another a sophomore in high school, Paul and I realized it won’t be long before we’ll have an empty nest and — surprise! — we’ll be able to take off and do some adventuring on our own.
On a recent road trip from Colorado to New York [...]
