Category Archives: vacation

happy new year

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Family @ Northstar, originally uploaded by griphiam.
While skiing was a week too early (the big storm is just hitting now), it was fun to actually ski after a [...]

nose to the grindstone

We’re back from our Thanksgiving trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico… exhausted, sick of rice & beans, suffering from using excessive amounts of beer for hydration purposes, and a very good amount of quality sun.
Pictures are posted here, and panoramas coming this week.
(And if we can get the pictures from Nicole’s camera, there’s a few of [...]

Mayan Riveria (part 2)

Let me clarify a few things first — Mexico has species of speed bumps. In addition the domestic species we have in the US, one large long bump with varing degrees of altitude, Mexico has the dastardly two-rows-of-7in-metal-half-spheres. Additionally, monster traditional ones much taller than our domestic breeds. The catch is that [...]

Mayan Riveria (part 1)

This trip was planned a little last minute. The resort was offering all inclusive stays at a steep discount, so we decided what the hell and jumped. However, what that meant is that we were pretty unprepared than we normally would have been. At the last minute a few days before we [...]