Welcome to the New Year!

Another year seemed to have passed by quickly. It's now the second day of 2008 and I'm about to get on the plane to go back to Columbus. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. This was the second vacation for me since moving to Columbus.

Ivy and I had the same days off of work. We started our vacation off by meeting a few family members, including Stanley and his girlfriend. Then a Xmas dinner together where Ivy bonded with my dogs Bowser and Yoshi. We spent Xmas Eve at Disneyland. It was a pretty cool time to visit due to the special holiday parade.

On Xmas day, Ivy and I went off on our 6 day/5 night southwest road trip. We toured Arizona and New Mexico, but also stayed at Texas and Nevada. The photos are extensive and are included in our photo album. We visited: White Sands NP, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Petroglyph NM, El Malpais NM, Bandera Volcano and Ice Cave, El Morro NM, Grand Canyon NP, Meteor Crater Center, Hoover Dam, and Las Vegas. Of these places, I would highly recommend White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, Ice Cave and Meteor Crater. The drive was very long, so we only visited one to two places per day.

We capped off our vacation with fireworks at the Queen Mary in Long Beach.