Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Road Trip!

I'm taking off tonight for the weekend.  Heading to Des Moines to visit my sister.  On the to-do list: seeing my sister's new apartment, lunch with an old friend, drinks, my sister's cooking, and most importantly - the Iowa State Fair.  The to-do list for the fair is even longer (air brushed t-shirts, foot-long corn dogs, deep fried snickers bars, take my picture in a big tractor, see the Butter Cow, prize-winning farm animals, etc. etc.).  Very much looking forward to it!  But in order to get there, I will be taking a 6 hour bus ride tonight so I'm stocked with all the necessities:



1. Trader Joe's dried mangos for a little evening snack.
2. My fully charged iPod so I can snooze in peace.
3. My infinity scarf, because I can wrap it all around me and you know those big buses get cold!  Mine is a homemade gift from a friend, but this one comes from American Apparel
4. A new read from the library.  Hope it's good!
5. The latest issue of People Magazine so I can keep up to date on all my celeb gossip while I'm away

Monday, August 8, 2011

Vacay

Just returned from a 5 day vacation in the Lake of the Ozarks with the family.  Nothing but eating, relaxing in the sun, drinking, pool, live music, eating, boating, drinking, bars on the lake, eating, card games, drinking, lake swimming, eating, outlet shopping, and did I mention eating and drinking?  Other than all the bugs, it was totally worth the 8 hour drive. 


Captain Ron's is one of our favorite local places.  We boated over there for a late night of live music, dancing and drinks.

Photo via Lake TV 32

Another favorite hot spot is the Bear Bottom Resort where we heard more live music out by the pool complete with water slide and swim-up bar and ate a plate of nachos bigger than my head!
Photo via Bear Bottom Resort