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Patrick on July 29th, 2010

This morning we embarked on our final stretch of driving to the north.  We were heading to Kennebunkport, ME, a place that we have enjoyed since we went there together for the first time for Drew and Fran’s wedding back in 2004.  If you have not been, it is really a cool historic city with a ton [...]

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Patrick on July 28th, 2010

We awoke to yet another beautiful day in Darien, CT, in our hotel.  Emily the event planner had a full day of fun activities planned for us all.  The first stop of the day was for lunch of course, where Emily, Grandma, Hunter, and I went off to find a restaurant that Emily had researched [...]

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Patrick on July 27th, 2010

After a good night’s sleep at the Aloft hotel in Winchester, we packed up the car yet again and set out on our day.  We had about 6 hours of travel ahead of us, so before we departed Winchester we had to fuel up the car and ourselves.  We received a great recommendation from our [...]

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Patrick on July 26th, 2010

Today was our day to pack up the car and continue to head North.  After Hunter polished off the box of chocolate chip waffles, we got the car packed, said our goodbyes and continued on our journey.  Our destination for this Monday was Winchester, VA.  The drive was roughly 5 hours, and Emily had a [...]

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Patrick on July 25th, 2010

We woke to another oven of a day in North Carolina.  Hunter decided that 6:30 a.m. was a perfect time to greet the day, and he thought that he should play drums to start the day.  We helped him understand that the neighborhood might not want to wake up to his concert but that he [...]

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Patrick on July 24th, 2010

We awoke after a good night’s sleep (aside from Hunter waking up at 4:00 am) in North Carolina.  We couldn’t have planned the North Carolina stay better being that we got to enjoy a mild first day of 101 degrees.  Didn’t think that we would leave Florida only to find warmer weather, but what can [...]

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Patrick on July 23rd, 2010

It has been two years since our last road trip so we were eagerly anticipating our trip.  Hunter and I are so lucky that Emily is such an amazing road trip planner.  From hotel stays, to fun places to eat, and also having just the right clothes in each suitcase so we don’t have to [...]

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Patrick on July 18th, 2009

As we awoke to our human alarm clock, the cruise ship was making it’s final crawl to Disney’s private island Castaway Cay. We were all very excited about this stop because everyone I had talked to, including Emily, said it is one of the most beautiful places around. They all could not have been more [...]

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Patrick on July 17th, 2009

As with most of our vacations with Hunter, we found ourselves awakened by our personal rooster before the sun had a chance to rear its head. But this time around, Emily and I had already resigned ourselves to the schedule that is Hunter-driven! We all got showered and dressed, then made our way to the [...]

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Patrick on July 16th, 2009

Today, we excitedly departed our house in Orlando and made the 40 minute drive to Cape Canaveral to board Hunter’s and my first cruise. As we made our way to the Cape we commented on how lucky we were to live so close to the port to take advantage of vacation deals when they arise. [...]

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