travel

  • Our first Colorado weekend

    What, a weekend recap? Could it be that we did something this weekend? In our continuing effort to procrastinate and to not finish unpacking, we decided to ditch town and go exploring. Saturday morning, we headed up to Woodland Park. We had seen a commercial for Williams’ Log Cabin Furniture, so obviously we needed to…

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  • The trip to Colorado

    The trip out to Colorado was quite the saga. We scheduled our closing for Tuesday afternoon, so I booked a morning flight. My cab arrived a bit early, and I left around 4:10 am. Miracle of miracles: I was checked in and at the gate by 4:45. My 6 am flight was delayed a bit due…

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  • Colonial Williamsburg

    Before we headed over to Jeymie’s party on Saturday, Ashley and I stopped to visit Colonial Williamsburg. Neither of us had been in quite a while, and I really enjoy exploring. Sadly, the weather was pretty terrible.

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  • How I pack a carry on for week-long trips

    When I fly these days, I rarely check a bag. It’s partly to avoid paying a baggage fee, and it’s partly to make a quick exit as soon as I land. I’ve fine-tuned my packing process so that I can now pack a carry on for up to a week at a time. You can…

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  • Drumroll please

    If you’ve been playing along, you’ve reached the finished line of our PCS game. If you checked Instagram last night, I might’ve let the secret slip! You’re welcome for a grainy photo taken from the plane. That’s right, we’re moving to Fort Carson!!! I consider Colorado Springs to be where I grew up, so I’m…

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  • Apple picking at Carter Mountain Orchard

    Yesterday, we made the most of a gorgeous fall day and headed down to Charlottesville (aka enemy territory) to go apple picking. We decided to check out Carter Mountain Orchard. Fun fact: the Page family (of which I am a member) closely intermarried with the Carters. This farm actually borders the land owned by Monticello…

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