Today was the opening day of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Because of that, we needed to be on the road by 5:15am. What normally is a 10 minute drive, took us almost an hour, due to the traffic near the park. We managed to get to the park by 6:00am. Since it was still dark…
It’s been three years since we visited New Mexico. We thought it was about time for another visit. We left home around 10:30am and had a very quick drive to the Peace Bridge. This would be the first time that we would be able to use our Nexus card. We drove up to the Nexus lane,…
Karen’s niece Liz is on beach volleyball team with Kara Zakrzewski. The name of the team is Team Mizara and they competed in the 2008 National Beach Championships at Ashbridges Bay Park in Toronto this past weekend. The girls ended up 5th overall. Way to go Team Mizara. …
It’s that time of year again, the 150th Paris Fair. This is my 5th year entering the photography contest. Going to all the Bon Jovi concerts paid off … a 2nd place finish in “Dominant Red”. I’ve come to the conclusion that all of my winning photographs are taken when I’m on vacation. I think…
For our last day here at the shore, we decided to go to the beach in Avalon. A big difference that I noticed right away was that there were many many more cars heading for the beach than during the week. We stopped at the Acme grocery store to pick up snacks for the beach. Once we…