Category: Family vacation

  • Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

    Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

    This year marks our second in a hopefully-annual tradition of camping in the north country over Memorial Day weekend. Last year we were in the Porcupine Mountains of Upper Michigan, the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, and Madeline Island. This year as we charted our trip, we knew we’d end in Cornucopia on the weekend, but…

  • FIBArk 2021 and the cautious return of group fun

    This post is a bit late in the game. FIBArk was back in late June but I didn’t get around to finishing this until now. Danielle and László got to go to FIBArk 2019. It was a bit by accident, Nancy was in town for a bit and they decided to go down to Salida…

  • Splashing in the Arkansas River

    Splashing in the Arkansas River

    Our journey continued to Salida this week where we’ll be for FIBArk 2021, the annual boating competition and celebration of the water returns after a one year hiatus in 2020 due to the Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19). We’re primarily interested in the Tenderfoot Hill Climb and the Hooligan Race, but I’m sure the competitive…

  • Return to the Front Range

    Return to the Front Range

    We rolled into Denver on the California Zephyr at around 9 AM on Friday and picked up almost right where we left off. I walked up 16th Street Mall to the Walton St Hertz office to get our car, installed the car seat, and gave László a tour of the neighborhoods we lived in. We…

  • 2021 summer adventure part 2: Amtrak to Denver

    2021 summer adventure part 2: Amtrak to Denver

    Our day began like a normal day. László and I got up around 6:30, Danielle got up a bit later, and we had Ladybug Cheerios with Owls (AKA Honey Nut) for breakfast in several rounds. We fed the cats, and then instead of heading off to day care at 9, we got in a cab…