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Washington State May 27-30

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I had heard about the beauty of Northwest region for a long time but never visited before.  Until now, Memorial weekend sounded short but in fact it was perfect for us! May 27 We left DFW 7:30 pm Central time and arrived Seattle-Tacoma Airport around 10:00 pm Pacific time.  We took a shuttle bus to the rental area and picked up a small SUV for our trip.  Then we drove to the hotel for our first night. May 28 We started the day with breakfast at the hotel.  Our plan today was to drive to Leavenworth, one of my bucket list! and then continue to Wenatchee for hiking.  I was nervous about the weather as it was raining in the morning.  However, the weather in Leavenworth and Wenatchee was perfect for us.  The scenery on the way to Leavenworth for 2.5 hours was really beautiful!  Leavenworth was a really cute German town surrounded by mountains.  We walked around the town and enjoyed the time there.  We had ...

Universal Studios Dec 24-25, 2015

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After the Bahamas cruise trip, we drove from Cape Canaveral to Orlando less than 1 hour.  This was the second time for the boys visiting this area but this time instead of Disney World, we were doing Universal Studios! Dec 24 We arrived and parked the hotel around 9 am.  The Universal Studios was across the street.  It was about 15 mins walk.  There were 2 parks, one was Universal Studios and another one was Island of Adventure.  Today we were doing Universal Studios.  After we got tickets and entered to the park, we started with something that we didn't have to wait for a long line :) Here was what we did.... Shrek 4 D - The animation was cute and fun.  Shrek was helping Princess Fiona from Lord Farquaad as he kidnapped her.   I heard a lot of kids or even adults laughed and screamed including me :) Transformers: 3D - The 3D battle ride of tran...