Tag: travel
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Colorado City and Home
Our trip to Southern Utah was pretty short, just 3 days. My in-laws wanted to see the Shakespearean festival (though Cyrano de Bergerac is not by Shakespeare), Zion National Park, and Les Miserables. I suggested Mountain Meadows and one other stop: Colorado City. For those not familiar with Colorado City, Arizona, it’s a town literally…
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Zion National Park and Les Miserables at Tuacahn
On the second day of our trip to Southern Utah we got up fairly early and headed out from St. George to Zion National Park, which is about 45 minutes away. Debi’s parents had been to the park about 35 years earlier, but neither Debi or I had ever been. I wasn’t sure what to…
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Shakespeare Festival and Mountain Meadows
We left around 8:30 for a trip to Southern Utah with Debi’s parents. We stopped at La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant and Cantina for lunch, drove around Cedar City for a bit, then stopped at the ticket office to pick up our tickets for the matinee performance of Cyrano de Bergerac. We had a little time…
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Lake Powell – day 6
This was our last day at Lake Powell. Traditionally we get up and basically just pack up and leave. Not having learned from the previous day, I decided to go skiing again. This time it was Mark, Kristen, Corbin, Jake, and Carson. Mark and Kristen skiied first, then I went. I got up fine, but…
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Lake Powell – Day 5
What used to be my favorite Lake Powell activity, early morning water skiing, had lost some of its appeal over the years – I rarely get to water ski, I’m out of shape, and most of my siblings are no longer interested in skiing. Only my brother Mark and sister-in-law Kristen were interested. So we…
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Lake Powell – Day 4
(Note: I forgot to mention the science outing on Day 3 when I originally posted it. You may want to go back and read about our ant war experiment.) We felt well rested after a nice night of sleep in our tent. We started the day with a slightly longer hike, climbing all the way…
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Lake Powell – Day 3
I left off yesterday’s story with Debi and I sleeping on the roof of the houseboat under the canopy hoping the rain wouldn’t be a problem. As you’ve probably guessed by me telling this story, the rain didn’t ease up. It got worse, much worse. We were situated to protect us from the rain from…
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Lake Powell – Day 2
This was a relatively calm day. I went out on one of the ski boats with my brother and some of the grandkids and rode the tube with Trey, my nephew. We also pulled out another nephew’s XBox 360 (Corbin’s) and started playing the hit game of the trip – Guitar Hero. I’m not sure…
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Lake Powell – Day 1 (and what came before)
We flew into Utah on July 30th. We spent the 31st just getting settled and hanging out with family (we went out to eat with my sister, Wendy, and her husband, Mario, and son, Ethan, before they moved to Purdue for graduate school). I then left for New Mexico early on August 1st for my…
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Mount Dora, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Palatka
We spent the weekend in Jacksonville, FL visiting with a colleague. On the way there on Friday we stopped by Mt. Dora, Florida, a cute little hamlet north of Orlando. It was recommended in a little travel book our neighbor gave us. It does have a small, resort town feel with lots of cute shops…