Category: Travel

Travel posts

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A long busy day

Had a very long and fun day with the family yesterday. Started off with a trip to Stanley Park and the Vancouver Aquarium. Stanley Park is pretty big with lots of biking, walking and hiking trails running throughout. Kind of wish Charleston had big parks like this. Ended up spending a little more time there than we thought, having to go look for Dad who decided to wander off and go for a walk.

Then it was off to Chinatown for some dinner and to check out the Night Market. It’s a pretty cool 2 block long farmer’s market type atmosphere with all kinds of stuff to browse around and purchase. Most of the stores were closed, so there wasn’t much point browsing around Chinatown itself. I was expecting Chinatown to be bigger than what the map showed though. Guess I’ll just have to come back to browse around some more.

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Off to Vancouver!

After a brief stop at the Microsoft Store we hit the road for Vancouver. It’s not a bad trip, a couple of hours or so in good traffic straight up I-5. Went across the border at the Peace Arch. Didn’t get to stop or anything though. Maybe on the way back. Looks like a nice place to relax while you’re waiting in line at the border crossing.

US/Canada Peace Arch border crossing

At some point during this trip, we’ll be going to the Vancouver Aquarium, makikng our way to Chinatown and somehow squeezing in a visit with my brother and his family. All before we leave tomorrow.

Oh, and today is SysAdmin Appreciation Day. Go give one a hug. Or the day off. Or just don’t do anything on/to/with your computer today :).

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Orlando photos

We had a good time on the trip. Went to Seaworld where we got to pet penguins and dolphins and feed stingrays. Rode on Kraken, one really kick ass rollercoaster and got soaked on Journey To Atlantis.

The next day we drove out to Kennedy Space Center and explored around there most of the day. Very cool place. I particularly enjoyed the Apollo/Saturn V center. It’s hard to imagine just how large the Saturn V really is until you see it up close.

Our last full day we spent the evening at Downtown Disney and saw Cirque du Soleil’s La Nouba. I love Cirque du Soleil. They’re so much fun to watch. And like many shows, it’s even better to see in live. Definitely worth going to if you have a chance.

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Off to Orlando

Headed off to Orlando tomorrow for a little mini-vacation. We’re going to drive down there, so it should be an interesting road trip. We’re going to hit SeaWorld, Kennedy Space Center, Cirque du Soleil Nouba, and hang out at and Universal Studios Orlando.

Should be fun.

While I’m gone, I probably won’t be blogging, and I’ll be turning commenting off. Since upgrading to 3.0D, spam’s been a bit of a problem lately without MTBlacklist to filter things out. So rather than come back and have to delete several hundred spam comments, I’m just going to turn it off. I’ll turn it back on when I come back.