[Apr 09 – Apr 16, 2010, Grand Canyon, Sedona, etc., AZ] My cousin Yuki flew in from Japan to visit my dad so I took a week off and went to visit them. Visited my mon’s grave site 🙁 That was the saddest part. Went to, as in drove from Oracle, AZ (north of Tucson) to the Grand Canyon. Stayed overnight then on the way back visited Sedona. Went to the Sonora Desert Museum on another day. And a few other places. Well, here are the pictures…
[Feb 08 – Feb 12, 2010, Arlington, VA] It snowed big huge time. Closed the airport. Metro was dead. Streets were left unplowed for weeks. It was bad. I was going to LA for a Mensa Regional Gathering but they closed the airport so I was stuck in my hotel room. Oh well, at least I had my Starbucks everyday 🙂
[Feb 4 – Feb 8, 2010, Aruba] So I few all the way down to Aruba. Equatorial, so the sun is intense! DO NOT go outside without SPF1000000 slathered all over your body! I took a five minute walk in the sun and I could feel my skin cooking. Oops. Luckily I dived into building shadows. I went on a sunset cruise and had SPF 50 on and I had to reapply the gook on my face every ten minutes or so. I saw people who were more red than the brightest red lobster walking on the beaches. Skin cancer candidates! I wanted to scream at them to get in now! They will be in massive massive pain the next day. Hopefully that’s all that will happen to them. And, hopefully their family members will inspect their skin every couple of months for about a year. (Bob Marley, the Reggae artist, died of skin cancer – on his foot. Yep, so watch out for any lumps anywhere on your skin!)
[Jan 28 – Jan 31, 2010, Key West, FL] Went to Key West to go to the First Annual Food and Wine Festival. It was pretty good. A tad disorganized but hey, it’s their first one. Next year ought to be bigger and better. If youi know the legend of Captain Tony, I met one of his daughters – she was working at the concierge desk at the Key West Marriott. That was cool 🙂 I also made friends with the Barefoot Winery rep. After the wine and food tasting event in the tent was over, they gave me a few bottles 🙂
[Jan 15 – Jan 21, 2010, Bermuda] Was in Bermuda for an extended weekend, almost a week. Went across the island. This small island has more history than you would think was possible. Anyway, I didn’t get to see everything but here are a boatload of pictures…
