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Monday, May 17, 2010
Happy Birthday Robin
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Today's the day too!
To celebrate, we had a night “not here.”
Neither of us had spent any real time in the Starved Rock area, and I had found out about the Bayley House Suite. See their site for more information about the history of the house, but we had such a wonderful time, we felt compelled to share…
Randy & Robin have done a fantastic job with the renovation, decoration, and set up for this bed and breakfast. They were very inviting, and we spent some of our evening sharing stories with them by the fire.
They’d also set up for us a private fire pit for our use amid their extremely well put together garden. Our area of the house included a huge bathroom, a nice bedroom, a living room with TV, couch, and dining space, and an enclosed porch complete with sofa, hot tub, and a great view of nature. The decoration throughout was made things feel like home.
My only regret for the trip was forgetting my camera so we can’t share any pictures. Another reason for you to go their website and just one of many reasons for us to go back. Pictures to follow once we do!
Today's the day too!
To celebrate, we had a night “not here.”
Neither of us had spent any real time in the Starved Rock area, and I had found out about the Bayley House Suite. See their site for more information about the history of the house, but we had such a wonderful time, we felt compelled to share…
Randy & Robin have done a fantastic job with the renovation, decoration, and set up for this bed and breakfast. They were very inviting, and we spent some of our evening sharing stories with them by the fire.
They’d also set up for us a private fire pit for our use amid their extremely well put together garden. Our area of the house included a huge bathroom, a nice bedroom, a living room with TV, couch, and dining space, and an enclosed porch complete with sofa, hot tub, and a great view of nature. The decoration throughout was made things feel like home.
My only regret for the trip was forgetting my camera so we can’t share any pictures. Another reason for you to go their website and just one of many reasons for us to go back. Pictures to follow once we do!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
January Cruise... Finally!
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I know, I know, another long delay in posts.
By now, you may already know that Robin and I had a great week's get-a-way in January. We cruised seven days out of Miami with four fantastic stops.
Caymen
First, was Grand Caymen. We did an underwater walk, but didn't want to risk our camera, so we used a disposable, that we haven't developed yet. It was a really neat outing, after which we walked to seven mile beach and back, found a little restaurant that overlooked the bay, and headed back on board.
Roatan
Stop two was Isle of Roatan. We weren't greatly adventurous here, but that's ok, the day was fantastic! We took a ski lift to a beach that was minutes from our dock. As you can see from the pictures, we were among the first there, but it did fill up. Amazing sand and water, and equally amazing banana beverages!
Belize
We had an afternoon snorkel trip, which gave us some time in the morning to check out the shops near the peer. This and Caymen were "tender ports" which means we actually stepped from our boat to a small boat that took us ashore. That was a small adventure by itself.
We'd made friends of Ed and Karen, and they were on the snorkel trip with us, which included a stop at a man made island on the way back. Way fun day, and a great chance to use our waterproof camera - thanks mom!!!
Cancun
We'd been to Cancun a couple times, so there wasn't much to report or take pictures of here.... that and..... well.... many of the pictures taken weren't really to be shared. Ed - I'll mail you a CD, those pictures shouldn't even be emailed!
Overall, we had a great trip. Links below will show some of the sights of the Carnival Valor, our newest friends, Ron & Betty and Ed & Karen, and of course, the nightly bed buddy called a towel critter:
Around the Boat
Towel Critters
Cheers!
I know, I know, another long delay in posts.
By now, you may already know that Robin and I had a great week's get-a-way in January. We cruised seven days out of Miami with four fantastic stops.
Caymen
First, was Grand Caymen. We did an underwater walk, but didn't want to risk our camera, so we used a disposable, that we haven't developed yet. It was a really neat outing, after which we walked to seven mile beach and back, found a little restaurant that overlooked the bay, and headed back on board.
Roatan
Stop two was Isle of Roatan. We weren't greatly adventurous here, but that's ok, the day was fantastic! We took a ski lift to a beach that was minutes from our dock. As you can see from the pictures, we were among the first there, but it did fill up. Amazing sand and water, and equally amazing banana beverages!
Belize
We had an afternoon snorkel trip, which gave us some time in the morning to check out the shops near the peer. This and Caymen were "tender ports" which means we actually stepped from our boat to a small boat that took us ashore. That was a small adventure by itself.
We'd made friends of Ed and Karen, and they were on the snorkel trip with us, which included a stop at a man made island on the way back. Way fun day, and a great chance to use our waterproof camera - thanks mom!!!
Cancun
We'd been to Cancun a couple times, so there wasn't much to report or take pictures of here.... that and..... well.... many of the pictures taken weren't really to be shared. Ed - I'll mail you a CD, those pictures shouldn't even be emailed!
Overall, we had a great trip. Links below will show some of the sights of the Carnival Valor, our newest friends, Ron & Betty and Ed & Karen, and of course, the nightly bed buddy called a towel critter:
Around the Boat
Towel Critters
Cheers!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Time with Family and Friends
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Yesterday we had a wonderful visit by Grammy, Kurt, Cherie, Harper, and lil' Vaughn. It was a little after Christmas, Christmas and a great meal. It's always fun to see the kids getting together and playing. They're a great group of cousins.
Pictures of the kids from the day.
Then the kids took off for Christmas with their father, and Robin and I went out to meet her friends Skye & James. I've seen James play one other time, but hadn't met Skye. They live in Australia and he gets the band back together when ever he's home. It was a great night with great friends.
Now, the 26th will also be known as the three shovel day, and I thought it was over when we went out for the night, but we woke up to a couple new inches of snow and it was coming down again. The best part.... we're going no where all day long! Might be hard to go back to work tomorrow though. Here are a couple pictures from this morning and keep in mind at midnight last night the drive way was clear.
Yesterday we had a wonderful visit by Grammy, Kurt, Cherie, Harper, and lil' Vaughn. It was a little after Christmas, Christmas and a great meal. It's always fun to see the kids getting together and playing. They're a great group of cousins.
Pictures of the kids from the day.
Then the kids took off for Christmas with their father, and Robin and I went out to meet her friends Skye & James. I've seen James play one other time, but hadn't met Skye. They live in Australia and he gets the band back together when ever he's home. It was a great night with great friends.
Now, the 26th will also be known as the three shovel day, and I thought it was over when we went out for the night, but we woke up to a couple new inches of snow and it was coming down again. The best part.... we're going no where all day long! Might be hard to go back to work tomorrow though. Here are a couple pictures from this morning and keep in mind at midnight last night the drive way was clear.
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