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Archive for the ‘Vacation’ Category

California New Year

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Posted in Vacation | No Comments »

I just got back from a whirlwind trip to California to cover the Foursquare NextGen Summit '07. I got out to Anaheim about 12 hours late thanks to the vomit-thing the rest of my family succumbed to. Thankfully my bout with ...

Christmas 2007

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 Posted in Vacation | No Comments »

Yesterday we returned to a snowy St. Paul and finished up Christmas 2007. We had three Christmases and one birthday party in three days. Whew. I also managed to take 381 photos, which I'm slowly trying to get online. Maybe it's ...

Thankful to be Home

Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in Adoption, Familia, Vacation | No Comments »

700 miles, 12 hours, 4 podcasts, 2 half-listened-to audio books, a lot of U2 and one puking incident. It's been a long day, but we're finally back in the Twin Cities after three days in Kansas (and two on the ...

No Place Like Kansas

Thursday, September 6th, 2007 Posted in Children, Familia, Vacation | 1 Comment »

After a delayed flight, Lexi and I returned from our daddy-daughter weekend in Kansas the other night. She slept most of the flight down and mostly entertained herself on the flight back (to the point that I could sit next ...

Off to Raymond, Kansas

Friday, August 31st, 2007 Posted in Vacation | No Comments »

Well, I'm off to the see the wizard. Lexi and I are flying to Kansas tonight to spend the Labor Day weekend with my parents and take in the 10th annual Raymond Labor Day Parade. Raymond is a town of ...

My 2005 in Cities

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006 Posted in Vacation | 2 Comments »

If Jason Kottke is doing it, why can't I? Here's my 2005 in cities (one or more nights spent in each city, cities marked with an * were visited multiple times in non-consecutive days): St. Paul, Minn.* Los Angeles* San Diego Wilmar, Minn. Cleveland, Ohio Mason, ...

Back in L.A.

Sunday, July 3rd, 2005 Posted in Vacation | No Comments »

I'm still recovering from my trip to L.A., more so in getting back to speed at home than anything else. It was a good trip, a quick but productive meeting and a chance to relax a little bit and hang ...

Los Angeles/San Diego 2005

Monday, April 4th, 2005 Posted in Vacation | 2 Comments »

Ah, home sweet home. Abby and I returned home from our trip to California just as the sun was rising this morning. We took a red eye flight home, which logistically worked out pretty well, though productivity wise I'm not ...

Rocky Mountain National Park in 1912

Monday, January 17th, 2005 Posted in Vacation | No Comments »

The U.S. Geological Survey has put thousands of photos online from geological events like earthquakes and the Mount St. Helens eruption to National Parks. May favorite is Rocky Mountain National Park, the park my family went to every summer. The ...

Crosswoods Fall Retreat 2004

Tuesday, October 5th, 2004 Posted in Vacation | 1 Comment »

This weekend I journeyed to northern Wisconsin for our youth group's annual intergenerational fall retreat at Camp Crosswoods. We had a better turn out than last year and just as much fun. Despite being incredibly cold most of the weekend ...