The first three days of our trip were a cultural safari in which we visited three different tribes. The first tribe was the Datoga, who are farmers and herders. In this particular village, the men worked as blacksmiths, and the women tended the herd, so it was really incredible to see the two vastly different […]
Read more "Tanzania – The Datoga Tribe"We arrived at the Kilimanjaro Airport in Tanzania on a gigantic plane that seemed to take up the entire runway! We deplaned onto the tarmac and walked into the airport. This is what our plane looked like – We had a 45 minute drive ahead of us to where we were staying for the next […]
Read more "Tanzania – Arusha Coffee Lodge"When we originally decided to go to Amsterdam, I knew I wanted night pictures. Even though we weren’t going to need our tripods for Africa and it was something extra to pack, I knew I needed to do it. It was 100% worth it. Plus, I ended up doing some star shots in Tanzania, so […]
Read more "Amsterdam: After Dark"When we were planning our trip, we knew we needed to go see windmills. I mean, when I think of Holland, I think about tulips and windmills! We were too early for the tulips, so that left the windmills! The last day we were in Amsterdam, we took a train to Zaanse Schans, which is […]
Read more "Amsterdam: The Countryside"Mike and I spent three days in Amsterdam on the way to Tanzania. We absolutely LOVED it and would love to go back. It’s such a beautiful city and we loved walking around the canals and just taking in all the history of this city. We went to a few museums, the Anne Frank House, […]
Read more "Amsterdam: The City"This year, Mike and I decided to do a Christmas lights boat cruise in Newport Beach. We usually hit up Candy Cane Lane in Torrance, but we thought that seeing lights from a boat would be fun! It didn’t disappoint! It was so neat seeing all of the houses decorated with lights on the ocean, […]
Read more "Newport Beach Christmas Lights"After living here for over five years, one of the places we had never been was Big Bear Lake. It’s about two hours from where we live, and it’s a very popular place to go in the winter. They have mountains, they get a LOT of snow, and they have tubing, skiing, snowboarding, etc during […]
Read more "Big Bear Lake"While we were in Atlanta, we also spent some time at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Site and visited the Center for Civil and Human Rights museum. Since none of us had ever been to a presidential library, we decided to visit the Carter Presidential Library while we were in town! And, of […]
Read more "Atlanta: The City"Every year, my friends and I plan a long weekend somewhere so that we can see each other and be tourists somewhere together! This year, we went to Atlanta, which is where Rosemary and Tim live! Since I had only ever been to the Atlanta airport and not into the city at all, I was […]
Read more "Atlanta: Tallulah Gorge"For our trip to Central California, I was most excited about was seeing WILD OTTERS. Sure, the scenery was great and the food was great but there were OTTERS! We saw them in a few different places, but the best viewing we had was at Moss Landing, which is about 30 minutes north of Monterey. […]
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