Friday, January 7, 2011
2010 Travel Tracker Archive
- January: SLC (Mom & Ryann)
- NYC (Dad)
- February: Oklahoma City (Family)
- Oakland CA (Dad)
- SLC (Dad)
- March: LAX Laguna Beach (Dad, Cameron, Kyle)
- St. George Utah (Mom, Rayce, Ryann, Porter)
- April: SLC (Dad)
- Phoenix (Dad)
- May: San Francisco (Dad)
- San Jose, Oakland CA (Dad)
- June: SLC (Family)
- Oklahoma City (Dad)
- July: SLC: Lagoon, Zoo, Stewart Falls (Family)
- August: Colfax WA (Rayce, Porter and Ryann)
- October: Disneyland (Dad, Mom, Rayce, Ryann
- November: San Francisco (Dad)
- Portland (Mom)
- Utah County
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Day Three: Hitchhiking & Snorkeling
Karin and I woke up early this morning to walk a mile down the beach to a restaurant that got great reviews. Walking in the sand always sounds way more romantic than it really is. It's hard to get your feet to stick and my ankles always want to turn. But besides that, the morning was beautiful. As we approached the backside of the restaurant we realized that it only opens for lunch. We walked through to the front and there was nothing there except a couple of construction workers. We approached them for directions and Karin asked if they could get us a ride. AHhh there goes my anxiety.. Now she's suggesting that we get in with one of these guys... I'm watching out cautiously.. The man says, " so and so wanted to ride into town. I'll see if he'll take you. He just went to get his daughter he'll be right back." It was something like that, but all in Spanish mind you. Ok, I'm thinking.. If he's taking the daughter with us we'll be ok.. He returns.. No daughter. Karin gets in.. I feel like I have no choice but to get in. There you go, If my friend jumped off a bridge.. Yes, I would jump too. As I'm getting in the back seat I do notice an old sippy cup that has taken on the rotting stage of day 4. Hmmm, I think, proof that a child does exist.. I guess we'll be ok. Our driver was very nice. He drove us to the small town of San Jose. It was beautiful, authentic old town. Full of one way cobblestone streets, lots of shops and a town square. He suggested we go to Jasmine's for breakfast. Great choice! We ended up dining with the Mexican Mafia.. Pretty sure.. All of these men in suits started piling in. We would've taken a picture but we were afraid for our lives. :)
Snorkel Today.. Getting the gear on. We rode the bus from San Jose to some mid point on the freeway where we had been told that the snorkeling was great. We were literally dropped off the bus on the freeway off ramp. Where do we go from here? Towards the ocean I guess.The day before, while we were on the bottomless boat. The boat ride guy was throwing pieces of tortilla into the water so that all of the fish would come up to the top to eat and we could see them. What a great idea! Earlier at breakfast, Karin had some left over tortillas. We were about to throw them away but then I remembered the great idea from our boat driver. I wrapped them in foil, tucked them into my backpack to be used later for snorkeling.
Picture of the fish through glass on the bottomless boat.
Walking on the frontage road hoping to find good snorkeling.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Cabo with the girls! 2009
October 2009: This was a much needed and fantastic girls trip!
The Airport: Charity and Karin
Full of fun and adventure, 9 of us set out for San Jose Del Cabo.
Karin and I boarded our BOI-LAX flight with high spirits and way too many carry-ons. LAX-Cabo flight was oversold and we really weren't sure we were going to make it in. As we waited until the final minute for pax check in, our gate agent checked our passports and told us to quickly board that plane. Thanks to the folks who didn't check in on time.. We
LOVE you! We arrived mid after noon to sun sun sun.
The Scam: Charity and Scam man.
Everyone but Karin, Myself, Cindy and Erin had traveled on Sunday. Karin and I going thru LAX and Cindy and Erin going thru SFO. The 4 of us were due to land close to the same time and were going to meet up and share a van. Christina had sent me an email early M
onday morning telling me that she had arranged our transportation when we arrived.. We would get Breakfast, shuttle service and a $100.00 certificate for shopping in Cabo.. Oh yeah, and a bottomless boat ride, whatever that is? Sounded good in the email. Small bit of info about me, the whole transportation deal-e-o gives me anxiety. I almost can't handle it. Add that to a foreign country.. bonkers! By the time we landed (and I started agonizing over it about an hour into the flight) and made our way through customs and into the open pit I had worked myself up a good tummy ache. Imagine my surprise when we round the corner and there is a man, holding a sign with my name on it telling me all the good deals my friends had worked up for me... all I 
needed to do was give him $200.00 for the 4 of us and we would get it all back "tomorrow" after having a wonderful breakfast and viewing a "presentation". I was nervous.. he insisted that Cindy and Erin (left to right) were out front and they agreed to it. We just needed to pay for them because he can't take money on the outside of the airport.. oh golly.. what to do.. When he threw in 2 bottles of tequila, it sealed the deal. (No. We don't 
drink, but free is free.) We dropped him the $200 bucks. Luckily, outside waiting for us, Erin and Cindy.. and our ride to the resort..
The Resort: Not much to say about it. It was your typical resort.
The Scam: Charity and Scam man.
Everyone but Karin, Myself, Cindy and Erin had traveled on Sunday. Karin and I going thru LAX and Cindy and Erin going thru SFO. The 4 of us were due to land close to the same time and were going to meet up and share a van. Christina had sent me an email early M
onday morning telling me that she had arranged our transportation when we arrived.. We would get Breakfast, shuttle service and a $100.00 certificate for shopping in Cabo.. Oh yeah, and a bottomless boat ride, whatever that is? Sounded good in the email. Small bit of info about me, the whole transportation deal-e-o gives me anxiety. I almost can't handle it. Add that to a foreign country.. bonkers! By the time we landed (and I started agonizing over it about an hour into the flight) and made our way through customs and into the open pit I had worked myself up a good tummy ache. Imagine my surprise when we round the corner and there is a man, holding a sign with my name on it telling me all the good deals my friends had worked up for me... all I 
needed to do was give him $200.00 for the 4 of us and we would get it all back "tomorrow" after having a wonderful breakfast and viewing a "presentation". I was nervous.. he insisted that Cindy and Erin (left to right) were out front and they agreed to it. We just needed to pay for them because he can't take money on the outside of the airport.. oh golly.. what to do.. When he threw in 2 bottles of tequila, it sealed the deal. (No. We don't 
drink, but free is free.) We dropped him the $200 bucks. Luckily, outside waiting for us, Erin and Cindy.. and our ride to the resort..The Resort: Not much to say about it. It was your typical resort.
Beach, Pools, People. Mexico! Typically when traveling to Mexico we do the currency exchange at the airport 
ATM. (FYI: Always use the ATM as the it gives you the most current currency rate. The airport currency exchangers ball park it.) But because of the fiasco of our ride I neglected to stop by the machine. First item of business: Pesos. It was a journey.. Karin was nearly hit by a speeding bus as we jay-ran across a super busy highway to the local ATM.
ATM. (FYI: Always use the ATM as the it gives you the most current currency rate. The airport currency exchangers ball park it.) But because of the fiasco of our ride I neglected to stop by the machine. First item of business: Pesos. It was a journey.. Karin was nearly hit by a speeding bus as we jay-ran across a super busy highway to the local ATM.
To the left is a picture of our bed. Nothing fancy. Over on the right is a picture taken our first night.. Just relaxing and visiting with good friends. Cindy Bard, Jen Fish, Me, Karin Heitz. We were at a swim up bar. Interesting, I had never seen one of those before.
Day 2: The scam continues:
So on the morning of day 2, We rise to meet the sun. Taking in the beauty and the ocean air before we take off to Cabo for the day. Remember, we have to get our "presentation" out of the way so we can get our $200 back and rake in our goodies. We head out early for our pre arranged breakfast and time share.. They promised that it would only be 2 hours including breakfast. It was a beautiful resort.. I will spare all the details as it would be way to hard to convey the 5 hours of hard core selling bliss into the paragraph th
at I have allowed myself for this section of the post. Needless to say.. promises are nothing in Mexico. What a day. Yes Katherine! A shuttle from the airport to the resort would've been a better choice. And that's all I'm going to say about it.
To the right: Me, Cindy, Karin and Erin. Posing on the doc in Cabo. Below Center: The whole bunch.
P.S. We did get our $200.00 back and 2 bottles of tequila.
Day 2: The scam continues:
So on the morning of day 2, We rise to meet the sun. Taking in the beauty and the ocean air before we take off to Cabo for the day. Remember, we have to get our "presentation" out of the way so we can get our $200 back and rake in our goodies. We head out early for our pre arranged breakfast and time share.. They promised that it would only be 2 hours including breakfast. It was a beautiful resort.. I will spare all the details as it would be way to hard to convey the 5 hours of hard core selling bliss into the paragraph th
at I have allowed myself for this section of the post. Needless to say.. promises are nothing in Mexico. What a day. Yes Katherine! A shuttle from the airport to the resort would've been a better choice. And that's all I'm going to say about it.To the right: Me, Cindy, Karin and Erin. Posing on the doc in Cabo. Below Center: The whole bunch.
P.S. We did get our $200.00 back and 2 bottles of tequila.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Side Bar Pictures
Unibomber & Me: Probably one of my favorites of us. July 2009
Rayce: Disney 2009 Where in the world is...?
Rayce: Disney 2009 Where in the world is...?
Facing Hurricane Felicia: David & Ryann Maui August 2009. My Double Rainbow!
July 2009. Porter and his tomatoes. 
Spring Cleaning
Just getting a little spring cleaning done on the blog! It was time to create my new 2010 travel and book lists and I wanted a record of 2009. I found this really great website that turns blogs into books. I'm trying to update and post all the blogs that I've started from 2009 so I can get that published and have a written (on paper) record.
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