http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/SuzannesJourney/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from SuzannesJourney en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:45:36 +0000 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:45:36 +0000 Whoa.Since my last entry we have driven all around the state of Colorado visited Utah and hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back. We originally planned all these great places to see...Yellowstone Yosemite etc but between concert tickets I bought for a show in Colorado and a last minute opening for the hike down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon the time restraints eliminated a lo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Flagstaff/blog-436935.html The car is officially our home. Car chargers dirty clothes random fruit and bags of chips.... Our belongings are in every crack and crevice of that thing. If you're planning a trip out west and would like to hear some reviews I'll make an entry at the end of places we have been to for sleeping eating and anything else I can't think of at the moment.Currently I'm sitting in our room at a H http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-433950.html I HAVE REPEATEDLY BEEN ASKEDHow have you been losing weightWhat's the secretDo you have any tipsBefore I start this is only what I've personally found to work. What I've personally learned so far or at least interpreted the information to mean. I am not a nutritionist doctor or any other form of an expert. I just know that the weight has been falling off and this is what I am do http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Jackson/blog-425617.html My latest and greatest journey has been on the road to better health.I've never been miss fit but the last three years I have really done a number on my body. I remember specifically saying that I was not going to be one of those people that get into a relationship and gain a bunch of weight but I successfully gained 40 pounds after I found myself in a relationship with Alex.One of my best fri http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Jackson/blog-417024.html Here's some of the pictures from our hike where we sawChapel Falls Chapel Rock Mosquito River and some guy hanging out in the river wearing his jeans with a mile walk back to his car wearing said jeans. He did say it was worth it though so hopefully he still felt that way by the time he got back to his car.We skipped Mosquito Falls. We were spent and took in about all we could handle of the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-415020.html SUNDAY pictures of hike on next postWe grabbed breakfast at a restaurant called The Dog Patch before heading out for a day of hiking. I packed all sorts of food to eat at the campground but the Piranha Flys had a tendency to kill the mood. Our first stop was Munising Falls. It was a little over a 12 mile to the falls and back no biggie. The view was nice but a tad boring on the adventur http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-411299.html FRIDAYThe boyfriend and I decided to go camping for a week of my two week break from school and to take my former coworker John with us. Johnny is known to complain about not getting time off of work and that everyone gets to take vacations except for him because Lord knows Anderson Printing would implode without him. So. We left him no choice but to take a vacation with us. After debating http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-410627.html I am having a hard time concentrating on much other than our trip out west. The trip was canceled last year and is finally coming together for September. I have been researching a proper tent to get looking up scenic routes historic sites national parks and even booked a concert.Someone suggested we visit Red Rocks. When I Googled it the first thing to come up was the Red Rocks Amphitheate http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Jackson/blog-394784.html Well I'm not one of the top 20 applicants but that's okay. I had a good time experimenting with the video and really appreciate everyone's support and encouragementIf I could do it over again I'd try to be more creative with how I did it shoot some video around town and try to be more of a video blogging host.I've been fortunate enough to see a lot for my lifetime and hope it goes to someon http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Jackson/blog-382566.html Alrighty...here it is...the submitted video dun...dun...dun....click here for the final video product on YouTube Tell your friends and family to watch it. Tell your coworkers to watch it. Tell EVERYONE you know to Watch itRate itComment on itgood comments only of course hahaThat's part of the judging process.....so scootOver all it was a good first time video experience. I realize I http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Jackson/blog-361269.html Okay there is now more of me and me talking but I'm not overly impressed by the sound quality....i have to try to make that better and sound a little more excited. Again this is my first video so I guess I have to give myself SOME credit.It's two minutes and 39 seconds which it's supposed to be 23 minutes so that's good. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Jackson/blog-360540.html There's an all expenses paid internship around the world that I want to apply for that the goal is to relay your experiences to other people in this age category and inspire them to travel. There's also volunteer work involved and how awesome of a trip would THAT be I want to give it a shot because.....why not Even if I didn't get it but ranked somewhere it'd be awesome to win the lower ra http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Jackson/blog-358706.html Home sweet homeOur alarm was set for 830 but I was up at 658 and ready to get a move on. I lied about being done jewelry shopping....I got another necklace and a bracelet. Did I mention everything is SO FREAKIN' CHEAP compared to the states I'm very excited about my collectionWe packed ate shopped and hit the road. There were two traffic jams where people were being pulled over for ra http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Jackson/blog-356264.html Last full day here and then we get to come home tomorrow. Wersquore both Mexicorsquod out. Therersquos only so much being lazy by the ocean two people can take....wersquore kind of bored.Last night we had a fantastic meal at the restaurant at this resort. It was the first time we ate there instead of the snack bar that has more casual burrito burger type meals. It was also the first http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Akumal/blog-355856.html We woke up around four in the morning after such an early night to bed but managed to fall back asleep until 8 or 830 Alex got a funny text message photo from his office staff that says We've got you coveredand then the picture is the three ladies that work there hanging out in his office.I hear we got 58 inches of snow yesterday. looking forward to that. It's 78 degrees right now wit http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Akumal/blog-355657.html 12182008 730 p.m.Itrsquos 730 and Irsquom struggling to find the energy to type this. It doesnrsquot help that itrsquos pitch black by 6 p.m. The city of Akumal wound up being nothing that we had anticipated and quickly came back. Definitely no crab to satisfy our craving.At the resort there are little convenience stores restaurants and kiosks filled with hand crafted decoration http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Akumal/blog-355656.html Our trip here was everything any traveler hopes for. Alex packed a small duffel bag I packed my backpack and a pursetote thing. I still canrsquot believe I got a weeks worth of stuff in one backpack including my business text book flat iron laptop and sandals...sometimes I impress myself.... Cassandra the most girly girl I know questioned how wersquore friends. With no luggage to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/blog-355173.html We landed in New Hampshire Thursday morning followed by a car ride that took less than an hour to get to our destination in Massachusetts. It wasn't until I sent my little sister a text message that we landed safely and got a response ofWhat Where Whythat I realized that I forgot to tell my family I was leaving other then one sister on the other side of the family and a cousin in Ohio.Alex http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Westford/blog-293337.html Saturday February 2 2008We're in route to Curacao after an excellent start with American Airlines. I was checked in separately from Alex due to my confirmation not pulling up in their system. Found out the hard way that they charge a flat 50 for anything over 50 pounds. Completely forgetting I packed an 8 pound laptop in my bag I came in five pounds to heavy and couldn't transfer weight to http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Netherlands-Antilles/Cura-ao/blog-245216.html Friday January 25 2008If you travel to Mexico and don't know Spanish...the road signs with the E crossed out means No Parking. We picked that up along the way...it could prove useful.Today was one of the most incredible days of my life. Today. I'm sharing it with you but unfortunately the only photographs of the best parts are the ones stored to memory. I thought I should warn you in adva http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Jackson/blog-240546.html