vacation – Stacy's Books

We went to Kelley’s Island, Ohio on Monday with my parents for the week. We love it there (more info here). Here was the view from the deck of the condo we rented… ki view from deck

Kelley’s Island is a hidden gem in my opinion. It’s only four miles across, but there are so many walking trails and even a small beach that it feels bigger when you explore. This is the third time we’ve gone there and it won’t be the last. Here are a few photos from around the small island… ki boats ki me & jason on beach

ki sunset So after a peaceful week surrounded by Lake Erie we took the ferry back to the mainland and headed down to Columbus for a little football game. I’m a Buckeye alum and I get two football tickets a year and lucked out getting these seats to the biggest game of the year, #3 at #8… osu-usc football It was so loud and the Bucks were leading with less than two minutes to go, but then something bad happened. We lost. It was a good game and I can’t believe I have any voice left. It was great to be on campus again and I was thrilled that the crowd was as loud as they were the whole game. We got back at 2:30 this morning.

A great week with a not so great end.

We are home from Puerto Vallarta 🙂 It was a wonderful vacation. Friends invited us to stay in their timeshare at the Grand Mayan. This was the view that greeted us from our deck.

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This is only toward the beach, so it doesn’t really do it justice, but there is no photo that can do that, so you’ll have to use your imagination. The whole area is surrounded by mountains and it was beautiful.

We spent a lot of time circling the complex on the Lazy River on innertubes. We decided we’d like one of these around our own yard 😉 This picture is of our friend Kate (she is 5 months pregnant), Jason, and Kate’s husband, Steve.

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We did go into Old Town Puerto Vallarta. I’ve seen photos of sand sculptures, but never in person. This was the largest one.

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Here’s one of Jason and me taking advantage of the sculptures.

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Puerto Vallarta was a beautiful place, but we are also glad to be home. We flew through Houston yesterday and they closed the airport for a bit due to weather, so we landed at another airport and sat there for awhile before flying back to Houston and then home. We were supposed to land at 10:30 last night, but didn’t land until 2 AM this morning! We did not get into bed until 3:30. Maybe it’s time for a nap 😉

Thanks Steve and Kate for a wonderful vacation!

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