Catch-up - December 2011 to March 2012

So we decided to expand this blog beyond our Hawaiian vacation to include our ongoing travels through life.  Therefore I changed the name of the blog and was intent on posting more pics on an ongoing basis.  Unfortunately, intents and reality sometimes don't meet.   As such, I'm posting a couple of catch-up entries to cover the period from last years end of the anniversary vacation to this summer.  Not only is that rather lame, but also I'm only posting pics from a handful of events because either a) I/Tina were too lazy to interrupt our fun to take pictures of our fun, or b) the pictures we took were not good enough quality to be worthwhile posting.  Regardless, here's what we were left with.

The kids cousin John came for his usual visit after Christmas and helped Shyanne fish off our dock. For the record, John didn't even come close to beating out Shyanne for total fish count.  (I think it was 1 to nothing ... 'nuf said.) 

In January, Mom, Dad, Tina and myself made our yearly brutal "why do live in Florida" trip to NYC.  It wasn't the 12 inch blizzard we'd had the year before, but it was rainy, wet and cold nonetheless.  Down near Wall Street we came across "Drago Shoe Repair" which didn't seem to be offering any discounts to potential family members.  Tina and I also took the opportunity to go down to Cony Island which is pretty much one of the silliest places you can visit in January.  The winter ocean breezes are cold as all get out and every place is closed other than Nathans.  Nathans is not only open but still serves hotdogs, even at 10 AM, just for those silly Florida tourist who happen to want to visit the NY ocean front in January.  :) 

Towards the end of March we did a week long vacation just outside of Asheville, NC with Tina's sister Arrietta, her bf Tommy, and our friends Pat and Debbie.  It was a great time of year for the highlands of NC.  While there we visited the Biltmore Estates and reacquainted ourselves with the fantastic gardens on the premises. 

At the end of the week, Tina and I did a day of hiking around Pisgah Forest and the numerous waterfalls there.  Within a 20 mile radius you can drive to 6 different waterfalls each of which is less than a mile from the roadway.  It was a super fun day, and certainly not nearly as exhausting as the last waterfall we visited over in Kauai. :)

The only downside of the day was when the tree fell down on me an nearly broke my leg, but I persevered and made it down the remaining 50 miles of the trail to safely return Tina back to our cabin.  :)

So, I'll try to do the rest of our catch up posting soon and then it's onto our latest saga ... the reconstruction of the back portion of the Drago River Resort.  :)