Category: Travel

As stated in the part 2 we got to the train station borrowing the shuttle from the resort one more time, and I drove it down the mountain. My father and brother came along as well. One of them was going to drive it back up the mountain and they also thought it was wise…

On Sunday morning we all got up, ate breakfast, and headed to the train station. We got loaded up and started the 4.5 hour train trip to Villach, Austria. It was a beautiful train trip. We went through the alps in the region, and so there were towering mountains around us. There were beautiful valleys…

My family had the opportunity to head to Europe for my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary. A lot went into figuring out what was going to happen for this big event, and when all was said and done the decision was to have my parents, my brother’s family and my family all meet up in Austria…

Over Memorial Day weekend we decided to go camping. I started looking for a place to camp a few weeks prior to the weekend, and found that there are a lot of places to camp in Idaho, but there were a few issues we had to figure out: I found that near to Boise there…

It is March and with kids that means it is the time for Spring Break. Back in AZ that meant we would travel to our cabin up north, but we are in Idaho now and no cabin. ”B” still wanted to do something, the only issue was that I am teaching at 3 colleges and…

During our families last couple visits to Arizona (Thanksgiving and Christmas) we have stayed at two “Element” hotels: one in Moab, UT and one in Chandler, AZ. Boy were they different. We stayed in the Moab location on our drive back to Idaho during the Thanksgiving trip. It was very nice. They had a hot…

So we decided to make the move to Idaho a week long vacation as well. We decided to go to California and hit Monterey and San Francisco. We started with a quick stop at a random truck stop along the way. It was an 8 hour drive day. We ate at Panda Express and then…