Simple Randomness

My Parents Went to China!

So this last weekend my parents got back from their 2 week trip to China.  I haven’t been able to get all of the details from them yet, but it sounds like it was a really awesome trip.

I have to be honest: one place that I’d really love to go to sometime is Japan.  There’s just something about the Asian architecture and culture that I’ve always thought was pretty cool.  Maybe sometime I’ll make it over there, but I know it isn’t going to be any time soon.

My mom did say that the coolest thing that they saw there was the Great Wall.  That has to be an impressive thing to see.  So I guess in a sense I’m a little jealous, but not too much… I’ll make it sometime.

Heading Out of Town for the Weekend!

I haven’t been out of town in a long long time, so I’m actually excited to get out…even though we’re just going to Idaho.

You see, growing up most of my relatives lived in Idaho and I never really enjoyed going up there to visit.  For that very reason my mom always called us ‘antisocial’ when it game to family gatherings.  And in a way I guess we were!

But at this point it’s sounding great, just for the fact that it’s out of town!  The last time I went out of town was to Vegas, but that was sometime last year.  And honestly, I’m not a big fan of Vegas.  It’s ok and all, but I don’t gamble and all that so it’s kind of a pointless destination for me.

Anyway, I’m leaving to go out of town.  I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!

Crazy Vacations Make for Fun Vacations

Ok, with summer approaching I’m getting the feeling that I need to go on vacation! So I was thinking this morning about different vacations that I’ve been on that have been a little more wild.

I still think that one of the crazier vacations I’ve been on was a band tour in high school to San Francisco. Think about it, a bunch of high school band kids crammed on a bus driving from Utah to San Francisco. It was interesting to say the least! Once we got there we found plenty of things to do in San Francisco like going to the Hard Rock Cafe, visiting Alcatraz, and playing card games with like 20+ people in on the same game. Crazy stuff…and honestly looking back I think I would much rather visited San Francisco with a different group of people!

My wife had a crazy trip to Boston once. But this was to see her friend get married. They still found plenty of things to do in Boston, but the sad thing about that trip for her was that a bunch of her CDs got stolen! Not cool, but despite all that she still wants to take me back there sometime because she liked it so much.

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Great Summer Vacations

One of the best summer vacations I ever had was my senior family trip to Hawaii. It was just my Mom, Dad, and sister but we had a great time. We spent most of our time on the island of Kauai, and if you’re going to go to Hawaii I highly recommend that island! I still have scars on my knee from that trip…that might be a story for another time…

In the future I hope to have some more great summer trips. These days I’m just doing so much that I don’t always get to have a good vacation. We’ll see what happens in the next couple of years.

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Going on Vacation…Don’t Forget a Car!

One of the nice things about flying somewhere is that you don’t have to make a long drive to your destination…but then what do you do to get around? Well of course that’s where a car rental comes in handy!

Now I have to admit that the last time my wife and I rented a car was for our honeymoon. But it was a lot of fun. We were talking the other day about someday making a trip to Hawaii or some other really cool place then renting a sports car to drive around in. We’d mainly do this cause I know I’ll probably never buy one, but would love the fun of driving one sometime!

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A Spring Vacation in San Francisco

I could use a little vacation. Chances are that I’m not going to get one, but I think it would be great. I remember one time in high school we went on a trip to San Francisco in the spring and it was really nice this time of year! There are tons of things to do in San Francisco, whether it be touring Alcatraz or a number of other things.

If you’ve never been to Alcatraz, it’s pretty cool! Honestly, when I was there almost the whole time I was thinking about the scene from “So I Married an Axe Murderer,” so it made it extra fun.

Another cool thing to do there is check out the Golden Gate Bridge. It really is impressive when you see it live, and I can’t imagine what it took to get that thing built! Stuff like that has always blown me away.

But one of my favorite things that I did on that trip to San Francisco was visit the Hard Rock Cafe! I think that’s the only one that I’ve actually eaten at, and it was good food and good times!

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