Iceland

The Northern Lights were my goal.  I’ve seen lots of photos of the aurora, but I’ve always wanted to see them in person.  So I decided we would go to Iceland and try to see the lights.  Of course, you have to go when there is darkness,…

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Banff and Jasper

Want to fill up a 32GB memory card with pictures? Then take a trip to Banff and Jasper National Parks. The mountains and glaciers and lakes and rivers will leave you inspired.

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New Zealand

New Zealand was one of those perfect outdoor vacations. With mountains and glaciers and fjords and oceans and huts and nice people, New Zealand simply can’t be beat.

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Kings Canyon and Yosemite

Tracy and I took a couple of days off work, and headed out to California on October 7, 2010 for a short vacation. We left about noon on Thursday and drove to Bakersfield, CA. On Friday we drove on to Sequoia National Park. We really didn’t form…

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Various Vacation Pictures

Here are pictures from various vacation trips.  Some of these are just from trips that pre-dated digital cameras, so I didn’t take many pictures, and other and just short trips. Christmas 2009 North Carolina and Georgia, February 2009 In February 2009, I went to Georgia for three…

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Redwoods NP

Over the long Thanksgiving weekend of November 25, 2009, Tracy and I drove ALL the way out to the Redwood National Park in northern California. We had never been there and we had just wanted to check it out. We also didn’t want to fly, because it…

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France

After making it to all 50 states last year, we decided it was time to start exploring outside the country. We usually only take one major trip every other year, but Chris and Stacia said they wanted to go to Europe this year because they might not…

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Big Island Hawaii

Number 50! Woo hoo! From March 8-16, 2008, Tracy and I went to the Big Island of Hawaii, and I finally checked the last state off my list! This completed a 13 year competition between Tracy and me, and I finally beat her…by one state! Now that…

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