20th Anniversary Trip Archives

20 ideas to put the sizzle in your Summer!

by Robin | Jul 20, 2011 | 20th Anniversary Trip, Advice, Antigua, Hermitage Bay, Therapon

More than any other season, Summer makes me feel young. Maybe it’s nostalgic camp memories, or our tradition of family vacation, or great weather allowing more time outdoors, but Summer invites the kid in all of us to come out and play. I...

Project Blue ~ #1

by Robin | Jun 1, 2008 | 20th Anniversary Trip, Antigua, Blog Carnivals, Hermitage Bay, Personal, Photos

Anna (Anna Carson’s Photography) is back from Hawaii and she’s cranking up our color photo hunt for the next little bit. If I hadn’t already posted the umbrella photo in this series repeatedly, I would’ve uploaded that...

The Greatest Spot(s) on Earth

by Robin | May 26, 2008 | 20th Anniversary Trip, Antigua, Family, Family Traditions, Favorite things, Fun Mondays, God's Country, Grand Tetons, Hermitage Bay, Kiawah Island, Personal, Photos, Yellowstone

I have three favorite vacations–choosing just one is like saying I love one of my children more than the other. A glimpse of each: 20th Anniversary, Trip-of-our-lifetimes, October 2007: Antigua (in the Caribbean) This is the first time I needed a...

Beauty in Old San Juan

by Robin | Mar 11, 2008 | 20th Anniversary Trip, Favorite things, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Personal, Photos, Wordless Wednesday

October, 2007, our 20th Anniversary Trip–On our way to Antigua, we spent one night in Puerto Rico, not nearly enough. Old San Juan is a walking city, with magic awaiting every city block;this beautiful window box, cascading with florid beauty,is just one...

Wordless Wednesday – Under my Umbrella

by Robin | Jan 22, 2008 | 20th Anniversary Trip, Antigua, Beach, Favorite things, Hermitage Bay, Personal, Photos, Travel, Wordless Wednesday

My view for the week during our 20th Anniversary trip of our lifetimes,to Hermitage Bay, Antigua, perhaps the most glorious spot on planet earth…certainly one of the most romantic destinations imaginable.With snowy or cold days for so many, I thought a...

Swell shells

by Robin | Jan 18, 2008 | 20th Anniversary Trip, Antigua, Hermitage Bay, Personal, Photos

This was the carpet outside our villa at Hermitage Bay. Some might complain that it was too uncomfortable to walk on. Me? Pure delight…I felt like a kid with carte blanc at a candy store every time I squatted down to look at these shells, each...