Adventure Day 2/22/14
There are times during The Adventure Bowl, where I think to myself: “Did I actually choose this?” Adventure #99 was one of those WTF? moments. Make 2 model cars. Not just 1, but 2, model cars. And...
View ArticleAdventure Day 3/8/14
The boy deemed this our first REAL adventure. He won at paper/rock/scissors and drew out #25….drive out to Santa Barbara. My initial reaction was to second guess if we had the time. The boy had been...
View ArticleMrs. Vital Forever
Went here…. Did this…. And this… And then a bit of this…. then hiked this…. to see this…. to end up here…. then came this… And it all started because we wanted to go do this…. Mr. & Mrs. Vital...
View ArticleAdventure Day 4/27/14
It’s been 6 weeks since our last adventure bowl drawing…..we were too busy getting married and whatnot. Now that the formalities of becoming Mr. and Mrs. Vital have passed, we can get back to...
View ArticleAdventure Day 5/4/14
Long Beach is NOT the only aquarium in the OC. Nope. In my search for LA-based adventures, I ran across the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro, CA. Not only is it closer to LA, than the Long Beach...
View ArticleWeaning off the Wedding
I was warned that after the wedding bells tolled, I would be left a bit forlorn. That there would be this feeling of “Wedding Blues.” That this would be a time where I would want to fill that void...
View ArticleGiraffes in Big Bear
This is the 3rd year in a row that I have chosen to rent a cabin out in the piney woods of Big Bear for a little summer getaway. Previously this vacation had coincided with my birthday (Giraffe-tastic...
View ArticleTwo Longnecks are Counting Down the Days
Ten giraffes for the 10 days left until we hop on a plane to Africa…. You could say we are excited, but that wouldn’t quite cover the feelings of anticipation towards kicking off the biggest travel...
View ArticleTwo Longnecks: Travel to AFRICA, Day 1…and we still aren’t in Africa
After a long 8 months of planning, preparing and talking about this trip, we finally set off on the adventure to Africa, Dec 20th, starting with a redeye to Istanbul. What we did not expect was that...
View ArticleTwo Longnecks Travel to AFRICA: Day 3, Christmas Eve in Amboseli
It was our first morning waking up in the bush of Africa. At 6:00am, they sent a wakeup call, which consisted of a Maasai warrior saying “Hello” outside of our tent. As soon as we acknowledged we...
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