In June 2011, my wife and I went to Wyoming to celebrate my dad’s 60th birthday with my parents and their friends. The itinerary included a few days in Jackson, which was a jumping off point into Grand Tetons National Park. Then we went to spend several days in Yellowstone National Park. The highlight of …
Category: ‘Travel’
Zero to 12,000 Feet (A Week in Aspen)
Last week I went to Aspen, Colorado for a ski and snowboard vacation. It’s been five years since I hit the slopes, so you can only imagine how excited I was about this trip. As we descended into Aspen’s airport, I stared out the airplane’s window with awe and joy, looking down on a winter …
Our Wedding in Kona, A Perfect Week
There is no way to possibly relay how incredible the entire week of our wedding was to us and our families. Thank you to everyone who helped us make it such a special event. Whether you were able to join us or not, your love and support were felt in more ways than you can …
California Academy of Sciences
Wow, one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time is the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The building is an outstanding example of sustainable design and “green” architecture, featuring things such as a “living roof”, a natural cooling system (no A/C), solar panels, insulation made from old …
Four Days in Maui
Four days, three nights My third trip to Maui, we did our best to explore the whole island and skipped some main spots we’d already been to. We were looking to keep the trip at a reasonable budget, so we really looked around for good hotel deals. Finding none, we ended up doing B&B’s, which …
Three Days in Maui
Three days, two nights My second trip back to Maui was with a friend of mine from college. We had a bit more time to explore, as well as some camping gear, so we really got some diversity on the trip. We drove the Road to Hana in a convertible (definitely the way to do …
Three Days in Kauai
Three days, two nights On my second trip to Kauai, I went with my family. I don’t remember the order of everything we did, but we spent one day very much like the first day on my last trip to Kauai. We spent another day on Poipu Beach and I went surfing for a few …
Two Days in Kauai
Date: September 2003 Length: Two days, one night My first trip to Kauai was with my friend Lanthy. It was a short trip, but we saw a lot. We used Priceline for our rental car and also for our hotel. We ended up paying $100 for an incredible room in the Poipu Marriot that normally costs almost …
Two Days in Maui
Two days, two nights My first trip to Maui was a whirlwind tour of the island with my friend Lanthy from college. We were on a tight budget and were under 25, so we booked our rental car through Priceline. We spent day one driving the Road to Hana and stopping at every waterfall and …