rachelrey

The fam and I usually do a January getaway every year. We really don't have a choice as Tennessee is completely gray for most of December through March. (Howevs, this year we didn't get below freezing til just this week I think... so it was actually about the same temperature back home as it was in Key West, especially since Key West was going through a SEVERE WINTER BLAST. It was like 45F, chill out Floridians, that is NOT cold LOL) ANYWAY, we left for the airport at 6:00am on New Year's Day. Never gonna do that again. Hungover/still kind of drunk from NYE, barely 2 hours of sleep, and food poisoning. It was not a fun day for travel, but when it only takes 4 hours to get to the beach, I really can't complain. ... read more

This happened back in August 2008. So I'm going to be stingy with the deetz, but itz better than nothing, eh? Oh, and in these pictures you'll notice a drastic change in hair. My apologiez. This new bob-looking thing on my head was never supposed to happen. Okay so we go to Paris, France. See the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame, Champs-Elysees, all that good shtuff. I mentioned back in the China entry that I have a big problem with jet lag. Well being on a plane for an entire day, then being awake for another day with absolutely no sleep... yes, I was cranky. Sue me. So I didn't really enjoy my first day in Paris. The other days I was still kind of a little biznatch, but I was annoyed. Not to be ... read more

This happened over 7 months ago, but I figure if I'm going to keep this blog alive, I should write about my trips in it regardless of how long ago it was. Background info: I was at the University of Evansville when I signed up, and all the 9 other students and 2 professors are all still there. Aaron, Lisa, Marisha, Theresa, Ashley, Chelsea, Lauren, Laura, Nathalie, Prof. Ro-ger, and Dr. Milner. Miss them! Okay so we left Evansville for Atlanta on May 12, 2008, and as soon as we landed, we got phone calls about a huge-ass earthquake in China. Of course. Minutes before we take off for Shanghai we get this awful news. Great. But we board anyway, 16 hours or so, I get the seat in the dead middle of the plane :· ... read more

Day 5 - Port Angeles. Olympic National Park. HOLY SMOKEZ, kids, you need to come to Olympic National Park! We drove up to Hurricane Ridge first, which was only about a 15 minute drive. Once you hit the top, there's a gift shop, clean bathrooms, convenience store, and BREATHTAKING views. Snowcapped mountains 'n all. There are tons of trails to hike and camp on, but we had a whole day o' stuff planned so we just went on the short one. It was still incredible.. go on! Look at the pictures! Then we drove on Highway 101 headed towards the Pacific Ocean. On the way there was this incredibly beautiful lake - Lake Cresent - and oh my stars.. there were mountains but just the water itself was a sight. It was beyond blue, y'all!. The ... read more