We were ready for a week in Ubud, after the heat of Gili and the devastation we wanted a little more gentle reality and we had heard that Ubud was a thriving city full of identity, had a certain vibe and we were excited to be its newest vistors.
The news that Lombok had suffered a magnitude 6.9 earthquake on the 19th of August came as a shock to us in the USA. Our home for a week, the beautiful Gili Meno, the smallest and quietest of the Gili Islands sits a stones throw away from Lombok Island. We contacted our accomodation providers who confirmed that they were lucky and received no damage and were ready for our arrival.
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After 40 hours of traveling to beautiful Northern Bali we were so pleased with the mood of the five of us, little sleep and too much sitting
So with so much behind us already and of course so much still to come some people have been asking questions that we have not asked ourselves yet. How far have you travelled? How many places have you stayed? Lost anything yet?
On the return leg of our national parks tour and following two great city visits of Ogden and Salt Lake City (look for the next blog) we were excited and hyped up by the awesome DoTERRA conference and ready to take on the last two great parks in our tour itinerary, Zion and the Grand Canyon as part of our almost 900 miles (1450k’s) drive back.
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We have started to get quite a few questions on preparation so I’m going to try to address them today! This is Kristi, I’m the organiser of the house, so Ian asked me to write this blog… I’m going to try my best to remember everything because the preparation started over a year ago!
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY….
Continue reading “PREPARATION!! Finances, schooling, health & packing lists…”
Over 1,000 miles of stunning scenery, a must see……….
Petrified Forest, Canyon De Chelly, Monument Valley, Canyonlands & Arches National Park
Camping she says, in the desert she says, at State campsites she says, that have no facilities she says, let’s do 5 National Parks in 5/7 days she says. Of course, I ran with it, even knowing the 1200 mile trip would be exhausting but fulfilling her dreams of seeing this piece of the USA that had eluded her for so long. “How hot is it going to be?” I ask, up to 90 degrees was the answer. Happy Wife, Happy Life, right? Right, but every bit of this half of the trip I myself would not have missed for the world and was glad I wanted to make Krist happy and went ahead with the plans.
Continue reading “The Sheer Beauty Of America’s National Parks”
So, our next trip starts now, almost 2,000 miles through Northern Arizona and into Utah,
The loop in the two-week trip will allow us to take in some of the United States most
We decided that this blog is best written by me (Kristi!) since Oregon is one of my home states and this particular trip was a real walk down memory lane for me. I moved to Oregon when I was 1 and lived there until I was 9 before moving to Washington state. Leaving at 9 wasn’t “goodbye” to Oregon though as I continued to visit family regularly throughout childhood and started my career in Portland. This trip wasn’t meant to be a walk down memory lane, it was meant to simply be me showing Ian & Lara the beautiful state, but it was neat to see how it blossomed into so much more. Lara and I had lots of laughs over “when I was your age” statements…. For that reason, this may be our longest blog post on record – I want to document it all for our kids!!
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The fourth leg of our journey takes us into Oregon and driving down into Northern California to tick off one of Kristi’s bucket list items that her Dad loved, to visit the Redwoods in the Northern tip of California, about ten miles south on Highway 101 from the Oregon state line. Shown here at Crescent City.
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