Jamaica, Mon

October 25-29, 2010, brought Tim and I to Jamaica for a friend’s wedding. Here’s a view from our hotel room balcony:

Getting ready for the wedding:

The wedding location:

The wedding cake:

The happy couple:

Back on the beach:

On the last night there, we went to Rick’s Cafe, which is a fun bar/restaurant on the west side of Jamaica. They are known for cliff diving and beautiful sunsets:

Tampa Bay Trip

On January 1, 2008, Tim and I (along with two of our friends, Craig and Becky), attended the Outback Bowl game in Tampa, Florida. The Wisconsin Badgers were playing the Tennessee Volunteers.

Our hotel was right on the beach.

The day before the game was spent playing in the surf, sun and fun. Here are Tim and Craig on one of those water bicycles. Come to find out, these bikes aren't as easy as they look!



The night before the game, we went to Ybor City, which had a lot of shops, restaurants and bars.

We found an outside bar that was crawling with Badger fans, so we made ourselves at home.

The game was played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. This is the same stadium where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play.

Our seats were in one of the endzones.

Sadly, the Badgers lost, but we all had a great time anyway.

San Antonio Trip

Over Memorial Day weekend in 2008, my family went to San Antonio for a long weekend. We were there Friday-Tuesday of the holiday weekend.

This is my family enjoying the Happy Hour our hotel offered every evening from 5-7:

The hotel we stayed in over-looked the famous Riverwalk. This is a view from the balcony of our room:



These are a few pictures illustrating how beautiful the Riverwalk is:

While in San Antonio, we saw many cool sights. This is The Alamo:

This is the church where Davey Crockett's remains are buried in a vault:

This is the Tower of the Americas:

And this is the view of San Antonio from the top of the Tower:

Here are some fun pictures from our trip:

Springfield, IL

On the final day of our mini-vacation, we stopped by Springfield, IL, on our way home from St. Louis. We wanted to see the house where Abraham Lincoln lived before he was elected the 16th President of the United States.

St. Louis

On our way home from my brother's place, we took a side trip to St. Louis, where we saw the Gateway Arch.

We took the short ride to the top of the Arch and were able to see the city of St. Louis on one side:

And Illinois on the other:

Kansas City

In October, we took a mini-vacation through the Midwest. First, we went to visit my brother in Kansas City (he actually lives in Overland Park, Kansas). The Sunday we were there, he took us to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.

Here's a statue of Rodin's 'The Thinker' in front of the Museum:

Farewell, DC.

DC is a wonderful, historic city. I'm glad we were able to spend a full week in our Nation's Capital.