For Keith’s 40th birthday, we decided to get away to someplace he’s never been : New York City. See the city, eat at some great places and no kids! Grand”maw” Joan flew down from St. Louis on Wednesday night to watch the kids, and we had an easy morning Thursday getting ready to head to the airport. Our day was […]
For our anniversary and valentines day, we drove up into the Texas hill country without the kids. Mandola Winery and Restaurant Vines at Mandola Buchanon Lake, looking a little low The closest I get to petting cats Entertainment for Texas Independence Day at Fall Creek Winery Enjoying the sun, wine and good company Vines […]
Friday For Valentine’s Day this year, we found a last minute special on airfare to London, so with less than a week between booking and flying, we went to London for a long weekend. We left Wichita Friday morning pretty early and flew to St. Louis, where we spent the day with family and wandering around town before our evening […]
Thurs. We left on Thursday around lunch time. (took a 1/2 day off) so we arrived in Bali at 4:30 in the afternoon. The runway is on a piece of land jutting out into the ocean very close to Kuta beach so coming in for a landing it looked and felt like we were going to land in the surf. […]
In April we went to Pattaya, Thailand for Songkran. It is a Thai Buddhist New Year holiday where tradition holds that people would take their Buddhas down to the river and wash them. They wash away the previous year and greet the new year. It has turned into one big water fight so we joined in the fun. There was […]
We had a great time in Beijing. There just wasn’t enough time in three days to see everything we wanted. I was glad to get home but we would have like to experience more of China. Maybe another trip? Here’s a trip recap. Day 0–Friday night March 26 Went to dinner (and drinks) to Boat Quay with friends visiting from […]
After the three days in Sydney, we headed up to Townsville to get ready for our dive trip. We were on a live aboard boat operated by Mike Ball. The boat could hold 29 people, but only 21 signed up. We had air-conditioning problems that were pretty bad the first night and 4 people got off, so we only had […]
We left Singapore on Christmas night to go to Sydney. After a flight full of screaming kids, we arrived in Sydney at 6 in the morning. Which meant that we were pretty tired and cranky when we got to our hotel. After catching a little sleep, we decided to wander around a little. Our hotel was in a great location […]
We arrived in Bali on Thanksgiving night and spent one night in the Aston hotel before transferring over to the Ritz-Carlton to meet our friends from Japan, Cas and Michelle. THe Ritz was really nice and with the Indonesian currency hurting so badly, it was pretty reasonable as well. The Ritz-Carlton Bali Us at the Ritz We spent quite a […]
Not all of our Sipidan trip was underwater. Here are some photos from above water. Jill with a baby turtle Releasing the turtles The race for water Finally in the water Sunset in Sipidan The lodge winding down at night Dive boat in front of the drop-off Notice how the color changes in the water just beyond the dive boat. […]