Tag: Recap
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Week #47 ~ Recap
1322 driving miles, 2 great cities, 12 oysters, 1 national park, 3 roadrunners, 1 javelina, 1 UNESCO World Heritage site, 2 states, 2 hours waiting in line for amazing barbecue, $73.15 OVER budget. What do you do in your next to last travel week of the Big Meander? That is all. Next week; Kansas, a…
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Week #43 ~ Recap
7 more days on the cruise ship, approximately 24 hours of studying for Erin and 100 hours of re-reading “Game of Thrones” for Marla, 4 workouts in the gym, 1 cousins dinner in Honolulu, and approximately 6,000 steps per day going from our room to various activities around the ship. We have no idea how…
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Week #42 ~ Recap
Week #42 saw us transition from “pollywogs” to “shellbacks” as we crossed the Equator and started moving north back back to the United States. There are all kinds of naval traditions that celebrate that transition. Our cruise ship had its own that involved a skit about King Neptune, an assistant cruise director dressed in drag,…
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Week # 41 (and a day) ~ Recap
This was the week we got on The Love Boat (Grand Princess), to begin our final leg toward the States. Auckland was good to us ~ we had a chance to cook in our own kitchen, do some laundry, watch the boats in the harbor, take a winery tour and a hike, have really good…
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Week #40 ~ Recap
1,340 miles, 1 flight, 1 family of four hosting us at their amazing home, 1 ferry ride, 1 apple orchard, 2 wine tastings, 1 koala, 1 harborside AirB&B, 1 kookaburra, 2 beautiful oceanside strolls, 1 haircut, $341.77 UNDER budget. From Adelaide to Auckland, this part of the trip has been A+! Apples, grapes, wine, ocean,…
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Week #39 ~ Recap
621 miles, 4 campsites, 10,000 videos of amazing waves & rock formations, 100s of pesky cockatoos, 10 sitings of brilliantly colored native birds, 1 flock of Emus, 1 wine tasting, 4 friends from home, 1 flock of sheep, $298.92 OVER budget. The budget overage is still associated to renting the campervan–but we definitely felt like…
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Week #38 ~ Recap
570 miles, 1 major city, 1 ferry ride, 1 ocean drive, 2 caravan parks, 1 state park, 6 live kangaroos, 1 campfire, 215.06 over budget. Between the rental costs, gas, and campground fees, the campervan has been more expensive than what we normally spend on lodging which has pushed us into budget overages, but it’s…
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Week #34 ~ Recap
1,059 miles, 2 countries, 1 flight, 1 capital city, 1 cruise, 1 nature preserve, 1 bike ride, 1 water puppet show, 500 pictures taken of amazing scenery, UNDER budget $80.43. This week included our last day of touring in Siem Reap, travel to Hanoi by plane and much driving from Hanoi to Ha Lan Bay…
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Week #30 ~ Recap
11,241 miles, 3 airplanes, 1 8-hour layover, 1 tourist “mini-bus”, 3 Thai cities, 2 night markets, 5 temples, 1 elephant sanctuary, 1 cooking class, 1 guided bike tour, and 2 Thai massages: $653.19 OVER budget due to cost of flights and lodging in Bangkok. As you might imagine, Southeast Asia is really far from Denver,…
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Week #29 ~ Recap
282 miles driven, connected with approximately 20 more friends/family exchanged approximately 80 more hugs over coffee, drinks, dinner and brunch, 1 random coffee shop sighting, 1 more lovely stay with generous hostesses and an average of 2 coffees per day for both of us and 3 days of subzero temperatures! The budget will remain a…