Family Trips – Page 8 – Carey & Donna's Travel Site

Oceanside, CA – February 2007

This was our first trip to visit Donna’s brother Carl since he moved to California, and to see one of his job sites. He owns an HVAC Company and the job site was one of his biggest clients. This was prior to his marriage to Dawn.

Picking a grapefruit in the hills of southern California

Ruidoso, NM Ski Trip – December 2006

This was a trip that we took with the family and stayed at my Mom & Dad’s neighbor (Margaret) condo in Ruidoso.

Overnight at the Inn of the Moutain Gods (Carole, Mom & Dad)

Mt. Cristo Rey Hike – October 2006

We took this hike up Mt. Crista Rey during the October 2006 pilgrimage, with the local citizens of the area. This is a semi-annual event for the people, and it draws quite a crowd.

Hatch, NM Chile Festival – September 2006

This was a trip Donna & I took with my parents to see the Hatch Chile festival. Hatch is the Chile pepper capital of the world.

There’s nothing like a Hatch chili burger

Let’s see – what shall I buy today – lots of cool stuff

Albuquerque Visit – September 2006

We drove to Albuquerque, NM to check out solar panels and visit an Indian dance ceremony. Great trip.

Mexico (Copper Canyon) – August 2006

This was our first big trip after moving to the southwest (Santa Teresa, NM). We went with my Mom & Dad. The sponsoring organization was the UTEP Alumni Association. We took a bus to Chihuahua City and eventually boarded a train to Copper Canyon. We hiked the trails and rode horseback and had a great time.

This is a great video. Check it out

White Sands Picnic – July 2006

We went to White Sands with the whole family to have a picnic and enjoy riding the saucers down the hills. This was our first outing after we moved to the El Paso area.

Carey & Donna at White Sands National Monument

Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world’s largest gypsum dunefield. White Sands National Park preserves a major portion of this unique dunefield, along with the plants and animals that live here.

Wheeling, WV – December 2005

We were living in Pennsylvania at this time. We drove here to see the Christmas light display.

The Oglebay Winter Festival of Lights at the Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, West Virginia, is one of the nation’s largest and most extravagant holiday light shows in the U.S.

The Oglebay Winter Festival of Lights covers over 300 acres over a 6-mile drive throughout the Oglebay Resort. Ninety displays and over 1 million lights are featured in this celebration, and the entire event has been converted to use energy-efficient, brilliant LED.

Memphis, TN – December 2005

We were on a trip to El Paso to look for a home. On the way we stopped in Memphis, TN to visit Graceland – the original home of Elvis.

The tour of Graceland Mansion includes the living room, Elvis’ parents’ bedroom, the kitchen, TV room, pool room, the famous Jungle Room, his father’s office, the newly-enhanced Trophy Building, the Racquetball Building – newly-restored to how it looked in 1977, and Meditation Garden.

China – October 2005

We took this trip with my sister Carole & her husband Dave. We were all part of a group of 10 hosted by Carole’s neighbor who was from Hong Kong originally. The major highlights of this trip included the Imperial Palace, the Great Wall, Terra Cotta army, a national park in eastern Tibet, a visit to a panda bear breeding facility, and a stop in Shanghai. It was a wonderful trip.