First Trip in 2009...Last as D.I.N.K.?

So while the rest of the world was focused on Washington last week, we got out of town. On Saturday before the inauguration, we flew to Cancun, rented a car, and after paying our extortion fee to the friendly police officer that pulled me over for no reason at all, we arrived at our second-floor room on the beach - about a mile south of the Tulum Mayan ruins.

We snorkeled the Dos Ojos Cenote

and Yal-Kul...

saw the Mayan Ruins in Tulum,

and relaxed on the beach.

It was a good trip, Saturday through Tuesday.

2008 Travels

As we start to plan the upcoming months, Tim and I are anticipating that we will not be able to take as many trips as we have in the past. Not that we won't travel at all, but trips will be different. In 2008, took a few great trips... San Francisco in February, NYC in June, Huron in June with Briant and Wendy, and our big trip was to Slovenia and Croatia in September.

We had a fabulous long weekend in San Francisco, visiting Tim's sisters and niece and doing some good tourist things.

We hiked around Muir Woods one afternoon...

Saw the city from the top of the Coit Tower...

Rode tandems across the Golden Gate Bridge...

And, of course, spent quality time with family.

It was great to be able to spend some time out there before Sarah, Sophie, and Maggie made their move back east.