Pucaya Guatemala

Yellowstone (day 3)

(Catch up on Day 1 & Day 2 if you missed them!)

With a few days (mostly) off from work over the Christmas holiday, I was able to catch up on some picture-editing from the past few months.  Here are a few more pictures from day 3 of our Yellowstone trip in the fall.

Yellowstone Falls

Hayden Valley

Teton Range

Lake Yellowstone

Another beautiful pool (the colors just amaze me!!!)

A grizzly in Lamar Valley

Atitlan Guatemala–Take 2

Here are some more shots I took around Atitlan. 

Atitlan Guatemala

Casper Fun

We’re spending a few fun-filled days in Casper this holiday season. Here are some of the activities we’ve been enjoying

 

Dreaming of the Beach

I’m not going to lie, tonight’s episode of the Bachelorette inspired this post.  Ashley and the remaining bachelors are on the island of Phuket, Thailand and the scenery is absolutely gorgeous.  Southeast Asia, specifically Thailand are very high on my must-see list, so consider this a little pre-trip (very pre-trip since it will probably be a few years before we make it there!) planning.  Do you think I can convince Joel that trip planning is the reason I seem to be addicted to watching the Bachelorette?

There are so many places to see in Thailand, I don’t even know where to start. Of course we’ll probably hit up Bangkok and Phuket, and we’ll spend some time in Pattaya to help out 3L Foundation to finally see the hard work my cousin has poured her heard into….but besides that, I don’t know how to pick where to go (in my mind, there is no time limitation on this trip)!  Since some of the favorite places we’ve travelled to are smaller, low-key, less touristy places it seems like Ko Maak, a small island south of Ko Chang might be the place for us.

Who can pass up crystal clear water like this?

And these views?

So beautiful!

The first settler on the island established a coconut plantation.  Most of the island is still owned by the original family that settled there.

Totally a side note – I stumbled across this picture while looking for pictures of Koh Chang. What in the world??  The website didn’t say anything more than that you too can have a close encounter with a whale shark….ummm – I love snorkeling and really all things water sports but I DON’T really want to get this close to a whale shark!

wishing I was here.

sorry for the lag in posting…life has been busy and I’m longing for a vacation or at least a weekend with hints that spring is coming…nice blue sky, warm weather

I just discovered pinterest.com….what a cool site!

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina! (Part 4)

For some reason Windows Live Writer didn’t like it when I had parts 2-3 combined into one post…or parts 3-4 in one post.  I’m REALLY not trying to drag out this series!
The devils throat.

The devils nostrils?

Two miniature otolaryngologists in the devil's throat.

More route 68.

In this photo: Little foot. The Great Valley.

Red rock.

More red rock.

Even more red rock!

The GOL smiles for one last photograph before getting broken into at a mall parking lot in Salta. No more cameras = no more pictures.

Can I move here?

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina! (Part 3)

Another lesson learned. I take pictures of people. Joel takes pictures of scenery. Since my pictures got stolen we ended up with primarily pictures of scenery. I swear we were both on this trip…and had good intentions of getting lots of pictures with both of us in it…I was even taking a series of pictures of joel taking pictures. it was going to be awesome…maybe next trip

Get your kicks on route 68.

And that killer cacti!

These next pictures are not from Alcova. Again, that's for the Wyoming peeps.

Route 68 between Salta and Cafayate, Argentina.

The water looked like tomato soup but tasted like dirt.

Yet another child star fallen on hard times, Wishbone now roams the lonely canyons of Northern Argentina looking for food.

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina! (part 2)

Again – Joel gets the credit for the photo commentary…Joel also gets all of the credit for the photos since he was the smart one and downloaded pictures throughout the trip….when our bags got stolen so did my cameras and a week’s worth of my pictures. Lesson learned. 
Cabra Corral

Argentine Chef Boyaredee. This stuff was amazing!

A happy girl!

A bridge

Yellow rock

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina! (part 1)

I don’t remember whether or not I shared the story of us getting robbed (okay – not that dramatic…our car got broken into) in Argentina…so sometime I will…but in the meantime, these are the pictures from the part of our trip that we DID have a camera for.  You’ll have to give Joel credit for the captions on the pictures…these are the comments he posted on his facebook album.

The ferry from Colonia, Uruguay to Buenos Aires is called the BUQUEBUS. Every time I saw this word, it reminded me of the BBQ BUS that would grill burgers at my elementary school on track day. My Casper peeps know what I'm talking about.

The steak in Argentina is a bit better than you get from the BBQ bus.

Katy operating the elevator like a pro. This is the first elevator I have been on that requires turning a doorknob

On our flight to Salta, our Nalgene bottle leaked about a liter of water into the overhead compartment above us. We found out that water pouring through the light fixtures does not cause an electrical fire in the cabin of a Boeing 737. Good job Boeing!

Blocks of salt stacked behind a mound of salt. FUN FACT: The Salinas salt flats are one of only a couple places on Earth with more white bricks than Charlie Sheen's basement

The fearless Volkswagen GOL, ye are the salt of the earth

Argentina is very high in sodium.

Want a mountain pass road that never needs plowed? Build it out of salt!

Argentine grape juice. Malbec = winning, DUH!

Lazy Lizard

I just found pictures of this outdoor bar/restaurant in Caye Caulker.  It sounds like people just hang out on the beach at the restaurant and go snorkeling right there.  Apparently the view of the sunset from there is awesome too.

Cheap drinks, tasty appetizers, laid back atmosphere…my kind of place!

We’ll just have to check it out!!

According to Lonely Planet, it is 18 of 43 things to do in Caye Caulker.  I guess we’ll be able to keep ourselves busy if someplace this cool is only 18th on the list!