It was a beautiful white Christmas in Minnesota and such a blessing to be surrounded by so much love during the holidays. The season was kicked off with the Case/Wiktor holiday party. Despite all the months of planning, days of cooking and hours of last minute preparations it is always a huge success and this…
Category: Travel
From our adventures across the globe…
Minnesota and monkeys
It’s not every day that you can say you saw wild monkeys in Minnesota! While we kinda cheated (went to the zoo), Mere and I were able to make that claim during our last trip back home. Yes, I know the picture is of an orangutan but we did see monkeys too. Our whirlwind trip…
Retreat to Seattle
While Phil was “playing” in the desert the last few weeks, I planned a trip to Seattle with two of my oldest and dearest high school friends. Nicole lives in Seattle so we took advantage of the opportunity to visit her and the awesome destination and Lauren flew from the booming metropolis of Sioux Falls….
Tahiti with my sweetie
Nearly 3 years have flown by since we were married and each year we have had our hearts set on going on a honeymoon. This year we were finally able to make it happen! We always wanted to return Europe and travel parts of Spain and Italy we haven’t seen, in addition to Greece. However,…
Minnesota Part II: Laura & Gabe Got Married!
The second part of our trip (and the real reason for our trip to Minnesota) brought us back to Minneapolis for Laura & Gabe’s wedding. Prior to the wedding festivities kicking off we spent some quality time with my family. We had the opportunity to check out my parent’s newly renovated kitchen – it’s a…
Minnesota Part I: The Death of a Legend!
The first part of our Minnesota adventure started with quite the unexpected twist. Dad picked us up from the Minneapolis airport on-time and in-style; his 1991 Dodge Grand Caravan with, yes – you guessed it, wood panels on the side, slid up to the curb, we tossed our bags in its spacious trunk and hit…
Catching up…
All our faithful blog stalkers (hopefully we have one, or two) may have noticed we took a hiatus from posting, but now it’s time to catch up! Catching up was the name of the game for the end of our summer as we spent nearly every weekend traveling to visit family and friends. Our first…
We’re Home!
After 2589.53 miles we arrived at our “new” home in California. The next adventure is to begin our house search! Until then, we are staying at an extended stay hotel. As Phil said, the 250 square foot room is our motivation to get out there and find a house ASAP.
Long hike, short drive
Did both today and they took the same amount of time. We woke up, ate breakfast, and headed back into the National Park. Lucy was left at the Grand Canyon kennels and we headed off to the Bright Angel trail. 6 miles round trip from 6,700 ft at the rim to 4,500 ft at the…
Snow in Mexico!?
Well I don’t know if there was any snow in Mexico but New Mexico had some waiting for us when we woke up. Haven’t had to brush snow off our cars in quite some time… We got an early start on the day and arrived at the Grand Canyon around 4pm. It was a rough…