I woke up today around 5am feeling like I was hit by a truck (not a big truck, maybe just side swiped by a Tacoma), but nothing that a little coffee and aleve can’t fix. I used a new strategy […]
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National Parks Day 2 – Banff Gondola
Day 2 in Banff (technically Canmore). I woke up naturally at 5am ready to start the day. Noelle followed at 6:30, and the kids at 7:30 after 15 minutes of harassment and threats. I originally planned to leave at 6am […]
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National Parks Day 1 – Travel / Banff
Day 1 of vacation – here we go! It has been a whirlwind leading up to this vacation. The girls had soccer tournaments the last 2 weekends, then soccer tryouts Monday through Friday along with Wednesday being the last day […]
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National Parks – Round 2 – the Plan
Here we go – round 2! We had an amazing time doing the RV trip to the national parks in the south / west of the U.S, but felt like we were still missing some of the big ones and […]
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Hawaii Day 14 – Submarine and Flight Home
Woke up 5:45 Coffee on lanai Packed up – checkout 11 Convertible top up BELLY Maui – Noelle basic, Evan eggs Benedict sausage Parked at pay parking a few blocks away Checked in and waited Boarded boat 1 – took […]
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Hawaii 13 – Road to Hana
Woke 5:45 – should have done earlier Muffins Left 6:45 Bought shaka guide Went wrong way around, had to turn because of road closure Drive both to paia Plan to go to end and then turn around and do backwards […]
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Hawaii Day 12 – Molokini Crater / Turtle Town
Wake up 5:45 Packed up beach stuff Leave at 6:45 to malea harbor Found pay parking, Victoria grabbed an egg Checked in for boat, some people couldn’t swim Breakfast muffins and Hawaii soda Drive through windy harbor Turtle Town, cleaning […]
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Hawaii Day 11 – Maui
The alarm went off much earlier than I would have preferred at 5:15am. I would have given anything to snooze it a couple times, but we needed to get up and get going so we didn’t miss our last intra-hawaii […]
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Hawaii Day 10 – North Coast Tour
We slept in a bit after the long day and long drive. I was up around 6:30 and put on the coffee, with Noelle up soon after that. We were a little groggy and hung over from the trauma of […]
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Hawaii Day 9 – Kona Coast / Manta Rays
We were all a little worn out from the long day at the Volcano yesterday, but no rest for the weary – we’ve got Kona to see! I was up with the sun and Noelle was right behind me as […]