Category Archives: Travel

Places I Went on My Last Vacation

  • Los Angeles, California
  • Long Beach, California
  • Ensenada, Mexico
  • Anaheim, California
    • Disneyland
    • Disney California Adventure
    • Downtown Disney
  • Barstow, California
  • Las Vegas, Nevada
Top deck of the cruise ship at night.

Places I Visited On My Road Trip of Awesomeness Earlier This Summer

  • Mount Rushmore
  • Wall Drug (Wall, South Dakota)
  • Gillette, Wyoming
  • Missoula, Montana (including dinner with 2 college roommates)
  • Spokane, Washington
  • Idaho (a gas station somewhere along I-90)
  • Columbia River Gorge
  • Horsetail & Multnomah Falls (Hood River, Oregon)
  • Portland, Oregon
  • Crescent City, California
  • Redwoods National Forest
  • A beach somewhere along the California coast
  • Trinidad Bay & Memorial Lighthouse (Trinidad, California)
  • Redding, California
  • Reno, Nevada (visit with the Lewis family)
  • Virginia City, Nevada
  • Lake Tahoe Overlook
  • Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah)
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Casa Bonita (Denver, Colorado, with another college friend)
  • State Capitol Building, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Huxley, Iowa (Aunt & Uncle’s house)
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Columbia River Gorge
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Multnomah Falls
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State Line

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Wyoming
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Salt Flats

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Casa Bonita

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Things I Did in July

  • Flew into Houston, Texas
  • Drove down to Galveston
  • Beach time
  • Dolphin watching tour
  • Watched 4th of July fireworks over the Gulf of Mexico
  • Had a visit from my parents and my nephew
  • Said goodbye at work to one of the most impressive leaders I’ve ever worked for
  • Conducted outdoor swim lessons for my first time
  • Kleindolph Family Reunion
  • Achieved Team Leader certification for the YMCA
  • Reunited with my high school BFF!
  • Spent lots of pool time
  • Read a bunch of books

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A LIST in pictures – Cancun, Mexico

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The view from our balcony — Moon Palace Resort, Cancun, Mexico
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The 4 of us at the beach the first night we got there
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Sandbar
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Birthday boy’s flaming shot of… we don’t know what
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Katie & I at the Foam Party
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Katie’s cartwheel!
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LeAnn & Trent dressed for dinner
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Turns out Katie & I both have an irrational fear of the same thing.
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My Swim with the Dolphins selfie
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All 4 of us in the Premiere beach seating area
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One more ocean off my bucket list!