Every year we try to go somewhere special for a vacation or break frrom the normal everyday activities we have going on (work, school, etc). Our adventures usually involve family either going to visit them or traveling together. Usually the grand kids will go along in the summer and we try and go to new places and see things of significance, either new places we've never been or that has some historic significance that's interesting to learn about. Here's some of the things we've done over the years...

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So we got some of the extended family together for a "camping trip" to a resort style location in Waco, TX this summer. Some of the cousins were able to make it so it was fun to still have the kids along. They are all getting older now so its more difficult to get their schedules to allow for summer vacations anymore. We had Bethany, George, Colt, Addie, Allison, Haley and Jalen along with us. We spent a day, at the camp, and another day exploring Waco, while finishing up with a Butter My Biscuit breakfast before heading for home. See what a Waco adventure looks like...

This year we went on a Royal Caribbean Cruise to Mexico with our friends Nellie and Danny. February is somewhat off season and with the Covid effect, the boat was not as crowed as I expected. The cruise was a 5 day adventure hitting two ports in Mexico; Costa Maya and Cozumel. This was our first time on Royal Caribbean (The Adventure of the Seas) and I liked the ship and its amenities. It was a fun week with excursions, good food, and good service. And of course, good friends :-) See the highlights below!

So we intended this trip to be a flying journey to Go to San Jose and visit family, then drive down to SoCal and visit more family. A Southwest systems meltdown during the holiday travel rush nixed that shutting down all flights the day we were supposed to fly out (26th). We made a snap decision after 2 hours at the airport with no confirmation that flights would be taking off that we would jump in the car and drive it. Cut the visit back to just SoCal and save Northern California for another day. We drove all day into AZ and stayed at a hotel, and then proceeded to get to Lee and Karen's on the 27th and spend 4 days sightseeing with them. We then jumped back in the car and headed home. Not the travel plans we intended but it worked - had a good trip.

We spent two weeks on the road traveling through the Western states to see some of the National Parks and to see family in California. In total, we covered over 5 thousand miles in our Sienna and visited 5 of the major national parks plus a couple significant places that are fun to spend time at. This was the first road trip with us that Mia and Kalyn have gone on, plus we had Charlie along as well. We drove through 8 states over 14 days visiting 5 National Parks - quite a trek.

We traveled to the New England area for a week in the Fall to try and see the changing of the seasons and all the different sites around Boston, MA and the surrounding area. Ken and Hadie drove their electric car out there as a road trip and we flew to save time. While in New England, we traveled all over the state and saw some really neat stuff. Hadie got her fill of Lobster I think on this trip and we found some of the best chowder I can remember. See what all adventures we got into below!

During the summer of 2021, Our family and Hadie and Ken's family took a 2 week road trip around the mid-west going from top to bottom and seeing some of the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes. We did so many different things ana saw so many sites that the heart of America has to offer. Ken and Hadie brought their electric VW so we made more frequent stops - but that gives you the chance to see more interesting things along your route some times. 16 days of fun in the sun on the run to be dun.

With Covid 19 running rampid, we decided to go conservative on our travels this summer and booked a 4 day stay in a AB&B at South Pradre Island, TX. We stopped in San Antonio to see Matt, Janna, George, Bethany and Colt on the way down which was fun. Then we spent the next 4 days going all over the island and seeing different sights and excursions. See our adventures below!

This year we decided to tag along with Sean and Kalyn and their friends on a ski trip to Taos, NM. Haley and Charlie went along as well so they could learn to ski and snow board. On the drive up we saw some old stops we used to visit when traveling across country and we drove through some really pretty country. Its been quite a while since I drove through snow so that was an experience, plus the Taos ski resort is very nice and the skiing was terrific from what the kids said. Take a look at the adventure...

This summer we planned another roadtrip with a destination in Virginia, then traveling to visit with family in New York, and see some of New York's sights. We planned to circle around and see Niagra Falls and The Ark on the way home so it would be an adventurouse endevour. We stayed at a resort in Virginia that Ken found which was great - there was tons of things to do and the kids had a blast. We got to see and experience some really neat things on this trip. We had a special guest with us as well - Chris and Lisa had an exchange student (Rie)for the school year so she was able to join us on the trip. She got a good taste of our summwe vacations I think :-)

During the summer of 2011, we were fortunate to be able to take a road trip around the country with Mamaw and the grandkids, to see the sights of our nation and spend time with family. We were on the road for approximately 4 weeks, going coast to coast. We saw a great deal of history, experienced new adventures, and spent some real quality time together.

Haley and Charlie kept journals as we traveled through this adventure - this is a collection of our rememberances of our travels as they occurred - hope you enjoy!'