Friday, August 6, 2004 – I always dreamt of traveling up to Alaska. This year, it was time to make it happen. What better way than to travel not only with Jeff, but also Mom and Dad? After reading up quite a bit for weeks about the 49th […]
Monday, September 15 – Today we had to wake up early for our flight to the Big Island of Hawaii – so named because it is the largest of the Hawaiian Islands. With an area of 4,028 square miles, the Big Island is larger than all of the […]
Saturday, September 13 – This morning we went out and enjoyed perhaps the most beautiful beach I have ever seen, with white sand, swing hammocks under palm trees and crystal-blue waters. We could see Molokini crater out in the waters in front of us, Kaho’Olawe further ahead and […]
Friday, September 12 – The next morning we woke up and went to breakfast. Jeff, Dad and I decided to go on horse rides along the beaches from a nearby ranch. My horse, Josh, was a beautiful stallion who really wanted to hit the ocean a couple of […]
Sunday, September 7 – Today we woke up excited about our helicopter tour of the island of Kauai. When I was a kid, we toured the Grand Canyon via helicopter, but that was the only time I had ever previously traveled in one. We arrived at the private […]
Saturday, September 6 – I had never ventured into the Pacific region, nor had I been to America’s 50th state. My brother, Dad, Mom and I decided to visit Hawaii to get a first taste of the Aloha spirit. From Atlanta, we took a Delta flight at around […]
Friday, August 23 – After taking a break from triathlon for a couple of years while going to graduate school, I was hungry to get back into the sport. Previously I had competed in only short distance (spring) triathlons, but I wanted to step it up to Olympic […]
Saturday, August 17 – This morning Jeff and I walked down the 16th Street Mall, a pedestrian mall that is 1.25 miles long in downtown Denver. It is the city’s 16-block hub of shopping, dining and entertainment with a free shuttle service that stops at each block along […]
Friday, August 16 – Today we headed to the northern part of Yellowstone. One thing we noticed was that the fire damage that we witnessed in 1992 had really given life to new forests. That year we noticed how badly the park was burned from the 1988 fire, […]
Thursday, August 15 – After a good night’s sleep, we packed up from the Day’s Inn and left for Yellowstone. We drove back through Jackson Hole north towards Yellowstone. The name “hole” comes from early trappers who entered the valley from the north along relatively steep slopes, which […]
Wednesday, August 14 – Early this morning, my Dad drove my brother and me to Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park. We caught the earliest small pedestrian boat shuttle across from the south shore to the western side of the lake and to the Cascade Canyon trailhead. Dad […]
Tuesday, August 13 – This morning we drove around the Grand Tetons to take in the beautiful range from several different viewpoints. We passed the National Elk Refuge, home to an average of 7,500 elk each winter. Shortly afterwards, the Teton Range rose up dramatically from the valley […]
Monday, August 12 – After breakfast, we were impressed at the beauty of Cheyenne, the state’s capital. Although the largest city in the state, less than 90,000 people live in the metro area. I began thinking about if there truly were beaches in Cheyenne, as in Garth Brooks’ song. […]
On Sunday, August 11 – After breakfast, we drove by the famous Stanley hotel in Estes Park before beginning our tour of Rocky Mountain National Park. We entered the national park at the east side Fall River park entrance. Like many visitors, we spent most of our park […]
Saturday, August 10 – Sometimes in life you are in sore need of a vacation. It seems today I had reached that point! Going to graduate school year round, four nights a week and on Saturdays during some terms, has been challenging. Working full time, commuting up I-85 […]
Saturday, Oct. 6 – My brother Jeff is finishing up his masters degree in Accounting, and had a fall break at school. He is in his last semester and will graduate this December. I just recently started graduate school myself for my MBA. We both desperately needed a […]
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