St. Stephen fishing trip, 2008
I’ve always written about this trip as the “Boundary Waters trip” but I may have to just start calling it the St. Stephen fishing trip since we have been inching away from the BWCA for a couple years now. That’s OK because we still have a great time and catch fish, so whatever you want [...]
Oracle OpenWorld
Last week I took in my first big conference since joining Oracle: OpenWorld. And I didn’t just take it in, I was deemed (saddled with?) the coordinator for all of the speaking sessions, demo pods, and hands on labs for our set of products. It turned out to be a lot more work than I [...]
Onthaal aan Amsterdam!
OK, that’s all the Dutch you’ll see on this site (not really), but what better way to break the silence here than a good ol’ travel blog! (It says “Welcome to Amsterdam!”) Schiphol airport is pretty neat and the attached train station is very convenient. Cab to my hotel in Utrecht: €80. Train to Utrecht [...]
Travel lessons
I’m on my first travel assignment since I’ve taken my new position. For all the jaunting about the world I’ve done, I didn’t figure there were too many travel experiences that I haven’t had. Northwest Airlines though likes to prove me wrong and they did so tonight, which is why I have the time to [...]
Back in Minnesota
We’ve made it home safely and with a minimum of trouble. While Gretchen and I weren’t able to sleep much on the long flight, at least Quinn did and so that made the trip go relatively smooth. When we take big trips like this, we usually have a little surprise for him and this time [...]
Farewell New Zealand
Well, it’s been a great year and the time has come to return to Minnesota. We are really excited to see family and friends again, but before we leave, we thought it would be nice to put up a little recap in pictures of our time here.
TranzAlpine Trip from Christchurch to Greymouth
Well, here is the last of our New Zealand travels (though we are behind in posting some others, so there will probably be more even after we get home!). Wayne, Quinn and I took the TranzAlpine from Christhchurch to Greymouth. The TranzAlpine is considered one of the great rail journeys in the world and it [...]
Happy Anniversary/Father’s Day!
We hope you are all enjoying your Father’s Day back in the USA. All three of us were thinking about Grandpa Dale and Grandpa Roger (and Grandpa Ed, too!) this weekend. We also want to wish Dale and Marge a happy 41st Anniversary on Friday. Time flies, huh? We spent the weekend taking the TransAlpine [...]
Weekend in Twizel continued…
Once we got to Mount Cook Village we set out on a hike to see Mount Cook from a closer vantage point. We were quite proud of Quinn for hiking with us, although we ended up carrying him most of the way. (He is too tall and heavy for the backpack now!) Here is Mt. [...]
Family Weekend Trip to Twizel
This weekend we had a three day weekend because of the Queen’s birthday, so we decided to take a long weekend holiday to see one of our favorite places in New Zealand, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki and Mt. Cook. We had a fabulous weekend and were awe struck by the beauty of this region in [...]