Oh the Places We Have Gone...

I love to travel, visit new places, re-visit favorite spots!  I love long vacations and quick weekend get aways.  Looking through my pictures from the last few months, I've realized that we've been on a few adventures.

OSCODA/LAKE HURON/AU SABLE RIVER
First up was a nice weekend up north to the cabin.  Chris and I got away without the kids (only the second time I have ever gone away without the kids).  We met up with some friends and had a great time!

This little beauty was the only decent fish I caught all weekend.

Now this trip was a memorable one, as it was the first and ONLY time I have been or ever will be canoeing.  Let's just say the short 4 hour canoe trip turned into a 7 hour paddling trip from HELL that involved every canoe flipping over at least once, me getting clothes-lined out of my canoe by a tree branch - a loss of a flip flop and Oakley sunglasses - a mad rescue of some paddles and shoes rapidly flying down river and the over turn of a cooler full of beer cans.  We left that river crabby, hungry, sun-burned, scraped, bruised and the muscles on my arms were sore for a week after.  We laugh now, but at the time I seriously considered knocking out one of the people floating down the river on the inner-tubes just to get out of my canoe and stop paddling!


TENNESSE ~ UP A VERY BIG MOUNTAIN
Next up was our girls trip (plus one happy little boy) to meet up with my aunt, cousin and her lovable girls in Tennessee!  It was a happy reunion 6 years over due for my Mom and her Sister!  And a wonderful time for my cousin's girls to reconnect with my girl!  It took all of two minutes for the little lovies to become inseparable for the whole weekend!

Our gorgeous view from our condo we stayed in!  It was well worth the terrifying drive up the moutain!

I loved watching the girls play like they haven't had 300 miles separating them all their little lives.  My cousin and I stayed up most the night chatting and catching up like we used to when we were little!  We left that weekend determined to make this trip an annual one!


HOCKEY WEEKEND!
Our last mini getaway was to see my brother play hockey on his home ice!  Destination: Youngstown Ohio, home of the Youngstown Phantoms!

 Go #13!!

Unfortunately I have no more pictures than these ones because after I took these I was too busy screaming and yelling for my brother who played an awesome game that weekend.  Taking pictures took a backseat to cheering on the Phantoms!

I am looking forward to our next trip (oh yes, it is being planned already)!  In fact, I think a repeat of all these trips are a complete MUST for the family and me!