Sorry (to our few followers) for the long delay between posts. Between 4 more trips (2 major, and 2 minor), I've switched jobs 3 times between 2 companies (being at one company twice). Heidi and the kids also made multiple trips to Truckee, while I saved up my PTO for all these trips.
Our 2 major trips consisted of 2 trips to Hawaii; one in 2013 (that lasted 10 days) to Maui (without our kids) for our 20th anniversary, and again in 2017 (that lasted 3 weeks) to Oahu/Hawai'i/Maui (for a week each) with the whole family.
The 2013 Maui trip cost us a total of $700 (cash and rewards miles); including airfare, rental car, 2 different accommodations (one small hotel and one high-rise hotel), a snorkel dive at Molokini, a couple movies and LOTS of eating out. The 2017 3-Island tour cost about 3 times the price (also cash and rewards miles) but included pretty much the same amount of activity for everyone. You gotta love not having any debts beyond our mortgage.
The 2 minor trips consisted a 10 day long trip to Disneyland and Yosemite, and a week long road trip up the California coast to Fort Bragg. Each of those trips were pretty low cost too, especially the Disneyland/Yosemite trip since we were able to stay with friends right outside Yosemite.
As for my job changes; from USWired (until Q3 2014), to Orchard Supply Hardware (until Q3 2015), to Central California Alliance for Health (until Q2 2018), and back to Orchard Supply Hardware (which officially closed its doors for good in December 2018). Crazy times. I met lots of great people and made some real friends but the time to move on from each came to pass.
I'll be posting a new blog post for each trip (which will be on the long side), with some pictures as well. After those, I'll also be sharing about our upcoming UK trip in a couple months. If I don't find time to share our adventures when we're there, I'll be sure to post some blog posts afterwards. Thanks!
