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Havasupai – April 2019
This year I (Jamie) was lucky enough to snag 2 reservations to the Havasupai Indian Reservation. Hannah had spring break the first week of April, so that is when we made the reservation. There was a new reservation policy this … Continue reading
Posted in Family Vacations, Hiking
Tagged backpacking, Beaver Falls, blisters, Chacos, Havasu, Havasupai, Mooney Falls, waterfalls
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Maui – Dec 2018
Dec. 3-7, 2018 Jamie wanted to celebrate completion of her PhD. What better way than a trip to Hawaii! Kim and I were happy to tag along with her. First off, here are few pointers if you are planning a … Continue reading
Posted in Family Vacations, Uncategorized
Tagged boogie board, Catamaran, Hawaii, Jungle Zipline, Kihei, Lanai, Maui, Road to Hana, Sail Trilogy, SUP
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Yellowstone – Grand Teton – Aug 2018
Aug. 23-25, 2108 https://vimeo.com/289593281 The drive to West Yellowstone took us about 5 hours. Our first stop was the Wolf and Grizzly Discovery Center. The price of admission seemed pretty high to me, and I was disappointed that most of … Continue reading
Posted in Family Vacations, Uncategorized, Wyoming
Tagged earthquake lake, firehole falls, firehole river, geyser, gibbon falls, grand teton, hayden valley, jenny lake, lake lodge, lake village, lamar valley, mammoth hot springs, norris basin, old faithful, tower falls, West Yellowstone, wolf and grizzly bear discovery center, yellowstone
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Great Basin – Yosemite Road Trip – Sep 2017
Sept. 27 – Oct. 1, 2017 Great Basin National Park It takes about four hours to drive from Salt Lake City to Great Basin National Park, but you pick up one hour by moving into Pacific Time. Thus, we arrived … Continue reading
Wales – June 2016
June 1-6, 2016 After visiting Gary and his family for a few days, we began our six-day road tour of Wales. I lived in southern Wales for about one year during my LDS mission back in the early 1970s, so … Continue reading
Posted in Family Vacations, History, Uncategorized
Tagged aber falls, Aberystwyth, beaumaris castle, beddgelert, brecon becons, broad have south beach, Caernarfon castle, caerphilly castle, castles, chepstow castle, cnyfal falls, conwy castle, llanberis, Llanfair¬pwllgwyngyll¬gogery¬chwyrn¬drobwll¬llan¬tysilio¬gogo¬goch, llangollen, pembrokeshire coast, pontypool, raglan castle, river dee, rug chapel, sgwd gwladus, snowdonia, swall falls, tintern abbey, torrent walk, Wales, waterfall centre, whitesands beach, wye valley
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England – May 2016
May 24 – June 7, 2016 Just over one year ago, our oldest son, Gary, and his family, moved to central England. Kim and I decided to go visit them and spend a few weeks touring England and Wales. Prior … Continue reading
Posted in Family Vacations, History
Tagged beefeater, big ben, burbage, cambridge theatre, crown jewels, cutty sark, England, london, matilda, prime meridian, tower of london, westminster abbey
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Zion National Park – Apr 2016
Apr. 13-16, 2016 Marcy and Isaac invited Kim and I to join them on a family vacation to Zion National Park. Isaac rented a very nice home in LaVerkin, about 20 miles west of Zion NP. The home was cheaper … Continue reading
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