Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category

Green Turtle Lodge – Busua, Ghana

November 20th, 2009

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The start of our Ghanaian beach vacation took us to the eco-friendly Green Turtle Lodge outside of Busua.  This backpacker’s resort was located on a remote beach 10km down a poorly maintained dirt road.  We arrived to find composting toilets, solar energy and plenty of our new favorite, Star beer!  The beer label claims to “unlock the joys of life with sparkling brightness” – we are not sure if it was the beer or the beach vacation but we were enjoying life.  Some highlights included hearing the ocean from our hut, meals served on the beach, a bonfire with African drumming and plenty of relaxation with our books.  The lodge is involved in turtle conservation and we went on a walk with a guide one night to see turtles laying and covering their eggs.  We saw three Olive Ridley turtles that are about 30-40 pounds.  It was truly amazing to see these creatures meticulously cover their eggs, a process that takes up to 15 minutes and then disappear back into the ocean.  These and the other turtles native to this area are endangered due to local fishing practices and this lodge and others are working to educated local communities and conserve the turtle population.  – Leah

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Luna!

June 4th, 2009

We recently adopted a puppy from the humane society – her name is Luna.  As far as we know, she is a Weimereiner/Labrador mix.  She is definitely cute!  Our Labrador Sage is starting to get along with her now too.

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Beetle

May 29th, 2009

When I got to Madison, Wisonsin, the economy car I rented turned out to be a Volkswagon Beetle!  It was a lot of fun on the winding roads and rolling hills!

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Labyrinth Canyon River Trip

May 21st, 2009

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Here are some pictures from the river trip I took with some friends at the end of April.  We floated down Labyrinth Canyon on the Green River for four days.  The paddling was very mellow for the most part and we all had a great time.  I enjoyed having some time to take photographs in the desert!

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On our fourth night we all took sun showers with our surplus water.  Everyone was feeling relatively clean so I took a group portrait, dogs and all.  We ate very well every day – that night we had grilled ahi tuna and pineapple over a green salad.

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April 1st At Snowbird

April 2nd, 2009

No fooling!  My neighbor Lauren about to spray me with a foot of snow:

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