Coach Ellis
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Ha! We used to say the same thing about Jersey. Called it the “armpit of NY”.NY’s a dump. Don’t bother.
Now I have to defend both since my daughter will be there for her mission.
Ha! We used to say the same thing about Jersey. Called it the “armpit of NY”.NY’s a dump. Don’t bother.
I have no desire to visit either placeHa! We used to say the same thing about Jersey. Called it the “armpit of NY”.
Now I have to defend both since my daughter will be there for her mission.
I also love Europe. Go about once a year and used to work over there. Been just about everywhere but haven't been to Portugal or Croatia which both look cool. Love the Alps, driving in sporty cars(best roads), Italy, Switzerland, Austria. Germany, especially the Eifel region is great too.
Where at? I was looking at flying in to Lisbon, staying a day or two, then driving to Madrid.Portugal is amazing. If you have a chance to, you should definitely go see it.
Where at? I was looking at flying in to Lisbon, staying a day or two, then driving to Madrid.
Ha! We used to say the same thing about Jersey. Called it the “armpit of NY”.
Now I have to defend both since my daughter will be there for her mission.
Used to take the kids on road trips. Had to go back to NYC for some legal stuff after our car accident. Decided to make a family vacation out of it.
Started in Utah and drove through Wyoming, South Dakota (Crazy Horse Memorial and Mt. Rushmore), Minnesota (went fishing and took the kids to the Mall of America), Wisconsin (Lambeau Field tour and holy cheese), Illinois (visited family that live there), Indiana (Notre Dame), Ohio, Pennsylvania (went to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water home), New Jersey and finally spent four days back in New York eating pizza, hitting broadway, taking the kids to the Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building and catching up with our friends back there.
Decided to take the roundabout way home too. From New York through New Jersey and Delaware to Baltimore (Annapolis National Cemetery and the Smithsonian in D.C.), Virginia, North Carolina (Outer Banks - which was amazing), Tennessee (zip line through the Smokey Mountains and an amazing ropes course in Gatlinburg), Kentucky, back through southern Illinois and Missouri (we visited Nauvoo and a number of other church sites in that area - Liberty Jail, Independence, Carthage, Far West, etc.), Kansas, Colorado (stopped in Denver for a short time) and finally back home to Utah. It was a LONG trip, but it was a blast.
This is what I hate about living back in Utah with so many kids. 10 hours only gives you so many options. We're looking at fall break and for only a few days it would be pricey to fly somewhere, but we'd like to do something a bit newer-ish. We did San Diego last month. Ideally, it'd be cool to do Disneyworld, or Florida, or Caribbean, or even the east coast, NY, or something, but those damn flights. Plus flying with 5 kids, three of them being 5 and under, sucks.
I think I’ve been to every state except nine.Damn, good one. That's a ton of America.
Jersey has a ton of beauty and I’m not just saying that since I live here.
Yep, it's got the vast Pine Barrens for one thing, and I'll bet a lot of people not from Jersey have even heard of the area:
http://www.pineypower.com/geninfopbpg10.html
My wife spent a year in Japan prior to us meeting and has always wanted to go back. We were planning on timing it with the Tokyo temple open house, which is supposed to be some time next year. We'll see if we can survive that flight with the kids...