Author: Mike
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A Quick Visit to Salt Lake City
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFollowing our short trip to Las Vegas, we had about a week before our next destination outside of the USA. We decided to spend that week in Salt Lake City so that we could see our great friends in that area. Here are our highlights from our week in Salt Lake:… Read more
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We’re Off to See the Wizard
Reading Time: 5 minutesAfter our month in Iowa and Minnesota seeing friends and family, we were off to Las Vegas to see the Wizard (of Oz). Our flight out of Minneapolis was on Frontier Airlines and it was direct to Las Vegas. After I had booked our flights, I learned that one of my favorite… Read more
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Catching Up in the Midwest
Reading Time: 3 minutesFollowing our trip to Brazil, we spent just over a month in the Iowa and Minnesota area. We wanted to attend Tyra’s and Paige’s Love Party (in celebration of their marriage in June) the end of August in Minnesota. Since we were going to be in the area, we took advantage of… Read more
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Ami Training Center in Chapada dos Guimaraes, Brazil
Reading Time: 14 minutesFollowing our extended stay in Sarasota, we were back on our journey and this time headed to Brazil for a couple of weeks. We’ve been so fortunate to have the kinds of experiences we have had during our first 29 months of this chapter of our lives, and the two weeks we… Read more
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Extended Summer Trip Home
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough we have spent a longer stretch in the States this summer, we have had a great time with friends and family. The World Cup and America’s 250th birthday were the drivers that kept us in the States longer this time – we spent about ten weeks this time compared to five… Read more
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Back to Our Normal Life – Now in Seminyak, Bali
Reading Time: 9 minutesOur last 15 days have been spent living a more normal life than what felt like being on vacation for the time while Sarah was here. We have lived in the Seminyak part of Bali for this period of time. The southern tip of the island of Bali seems to hold the… Read more
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Five Days In – Already Hooked on Bali
Reading Time: 13 minutesWith our exploration of Komodo National Park complete, it was time to move to what drew us to Indonesia in the first place. Indonesia is on Sandy’s top 10 countries to visit list because of Bali and when she was deciding where she wanted to spend her birthday this year, Bali was… Read more
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From Orangutans to Dragons
Reading Time: 10 minutesLast Sunday morning, our Grab car picked us up from the hotel at 7:30am and when we arrived at the airport in Jakarta the board said that our flight to Labuan Bajo had been canceled. Our hearts sank. We went to the check-in counter to find out our options and learned that… Read more
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Spending Time with Orangutans
Reading Time: 11 minutesThis journal entry starts very early on Tuesday morning. The alarm was set for 2:15am and we finished getting things packed up so that we could be ready for a Grab ride to the airport at 3:30. Our flight departure was scheduled for 6am. Everything went as scheduled and the check-in process… Read more
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Sarah Comes to Visit!!
Reading Time: 5 minutesSaturday was an exciting day as we get to greet one of our great friends from the States who is coming to visit us and explore Indonesia with us for a couple of weeks. We started the day with a workout, bananas and yogurt with blueberries, laundry, and I finished The Egyptian… Read more