Category: travel

  • Zion Volunteering Trip – Day 1

    I just returned from a week of volunteering (and hiking) in Zion National Park.  The trip was arranged through the University of Tampa’s PEACE office.  Eleven students, one staff member, and myself made up our group (13 total).  Here’s a rundown of what we did. Our first day began before “bright and early” – we…

  • Hilton Head, SC

    We had big plans for Hilton Head, but we weren’t really prepared for Hilton Head.  Debi asked me the night before we left what the forecast was for Hilton Head.  I swear the website I checked said it was going to be in the 40s the entire time we were going to be there.  So,…

  • Savannah, GA

    Debi had a conference in Hilton Head, SC from the 20th through the 23rd.  Since Hilton Head is within driving distance (about 7 hours), we decided we’d all go up.  On the way we stopped to see a friend and colleague in Jacksonville, then continued on to Savannah, GA.  We had heard it was a…

  • Utah trip – January 6th

    We spent the morning of the 6th packing up, then flew home. Our flight from Utah left around 2:00.  We ate lunch before we went to the airport, but needed to pick up dinner in Houston.  Since we didn’t have much of a layover, we grabbed Subway sandwiches on the way to our connection.  We…

  • Utah trip – January 5th

    We took things easy on the 5th.  Just before lunch I took Toren to REI to look at backpacks (for an upcoming trip) and Debi went shopping with her Mom.  At REI, Toren saw a display model of his backpack and wanted to get in it, so I let him and carried him around while…

  • Utah trip – January 4th

    We had also talked about going skiing/snowboarding while out there with Debi’s brother-in-law, Brent, who is currently waiting for training for a new plane at Delta, which means he gets to go skiing a lot.  I ended up going with him on the 4th.  I had to rent a snowboard, and it had been almost…

  • Utah trip – January 3rd

    I spent a large portion of the day trying to get my mother’s new computer working and organized.  We then went to another high school friend’s (Brad Anderson) for dinner.  His kids were also great with Toren and we also had a great time.

  • Utah trip – January 2nd

    We slept in the next day and spent most of the day lounging. We had a late lunch with my family, then went to a high school friend’s (Rich Miller) for dinner. Rich has three kids and they played great with Toren. It was a lot of fun.

  • Utah Trip – January 1st

    I had talked about going snowmobiling with my brother Danny before heading out to Utah but we hadn’t finalized plans.  Even so, it did work out and he took me up to Monte Cristo early on Saturday where we went snowmobiling for about 3 hours on Danny’s amazing snowmobiles.  He has two: a Ski-Doo 1000 and…

  • Utah trip – December 31st

    This was our 11th wedding anniversary. We had considered doing various things, but eventually decided to take it easy. We did go to lunch with my Mom, Dad, and brother Troy at the Olive Garden to celebrate our anniversary. We then saw my Dad’s new office. Back at my parents, I made some toffee and…