Final Departure

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. - Dr. Suess

This quote from Dr. Suess is how I'm trying to feel right now but it is rather difficult to smile at the moment.  My room is all packed up and my suitcases are sitting at ready to leave in a couple of hours.  My flight is not actually till tomorrow morning but I'm taking a shuttle to Halifax tonight.  

Last weather shot

My bags all packed and ready to go.

Wish me safe travels as I'll be doing it a lot in the next day and a half.
Happy Travels!
-B

Top 5 Family Vacations of My Childhood(ish)

I'm going to put these in a semi less favorite to most favorite kind of order. Some of the pictures may not be of my actual vacation as I do not have access to the pictures from them but I do guarantee that I have been there. So without any further ado here is the list!

5. Arches NP, Canyonland NP,Walnut Canyon, and some other interesting things in and around the Arizona area (not the Grand Canyon) - I can't remember the exact year we went on this trip but it was one of the big ones that we took early on.  It was a two week road trip in which we covered almost all National Parks and Monuments between Oregon and Arizona and back.

Delicate Arch (not my picture)

4. Mt. St. Helen's, Mt. Rainer, Northern Cascades (Summer 2007) - This was a fun trip. I was still in high school and kind of resented being dragged to Washington on a week road trip. I also (almost) missed getting Harry Potter 7 on the day it came out but that crisis was averted. Overall though I do have good memories of this trip and it raining for the last 2 days straight.

Mt. Rainer

Mt. St. Helens

3. Crater Lake (Summer 2009) - Amazing trip!! I had so much fun on this little weekend getaway. We got to take a boat tour of the lake and climb Wizard Island in the middle of the lake. My brother even swam in it.

Crater Lake!

My brother, mom, and me at the top of Wizard Island in the middle of Crater Lake

2. Yellowstone, Devil's Tower, Badlands (Summer 2006) - This was another 2 week family road trip. It had its fun moments and its bad ones but it was good. I remember staying at the KOA at Devil's Tower watching Close Encounters of the Third Kind and freezing my ass off.

Devil's Tower (not my picture)

1. Disneyland (Christmas Time '06, '07, '09) - Of course Disneyland is my favorite! We have been there 3 separate times during the Christmas season and twice with other people. It is a magical place to be at Christmas and the park looks spectacular all dressed up. My goal is to now go when it's not Christmas time. It's a good goal I think.

It's a Small World all done up for Christmas

Christmas tree on Main St.

Me on Tom Sawyer Island

 That concludes my top 5 childhood(ish) family vacations. There were plenty more but these stand out in my memory and were the best. I hope everyone had fun reminiscing with me.

Happy Travels!!
-B

It's Been Awhile....

The last few weeks have been crazy with school and preparing to go home for good. Things should be a little slower this week before I go home because I am done with all but one class. That does not mean that packing is done (which it isn't) or that I am at all ready to go (which I'm not).  I really do miss home but I am going to miss all of the friends I have made here at CBU.  I hope to come back soon.

The last few weeks have not only been crazy with school but with the weather as well.  We've had a snow storm and a couple of wind storms. The power has gone out 3 times. This doesn't count the excitement at the beginning of the semester when the water went out. As you can tell it has been a rather interesting semester as far as power, water, and weather are concerned. 

Here's a few pictures of the goings on this last few weeks.

Snow Storm

Morning After

I went to my first hockey game!!

That's all for now!
Happy Travels!!
-B