Europe Baby!

10 of us tagged along with a hockey team in San Diego to play in two tournaments in Europe. The 20 of us made a few other stops along the way :)

As with all of my trips of late, it was unusually cold. We got snow of sleet every day while in the Netherlands.

First stop, Amsterdam. We stayed in a NH hotel in Zoetermeer, about 30 miles south of Amsterdam. It was nice and only a 300' walk to the train. We didn't actually do much in Zoetermeer. Cat and I did take a walk to an old windmill that has been converted into a bakery of sorts.

Amsterdam is as crazy and fun as you've heard. It seems like there is a coffeeshop or sex museum on every street corner. Ther Red Light District is almost comical. A window, 3 red lights, and a girl just sitting in the window waiting for someone to walk in. Next door, a church. It's a fun place but I think one and two day excursions will do.

We did stop in the Haag one day for lunch a tiny bit of site seeing. I loved the feel and want to get back to soak up more of this city.

Oh yea, the hockey team went undefeated in this tournament.

From Zoetermeer, we took a chartered by to Enchede ... more soon

Camping at Lake Hemet

I took Cody and Kayla to Lake Hemet to show that camping can be much more fun. It's just our luck that it was unseasonably cold again. We were better prepared and unseasonably cold was just temps down in the 40s.

We had a lot of fun.

3 Day Baja Cruise

Gene, Chris S, Chris K, Walter, and I took a 3 day cruise from Long Beach to Ensenada, Mexico. Drinking is the only way to describe the events. It was a boys weekend and that's enough said.

Camping on Mount Laguna

Cody, Kayla, Laura, Paul, and I headed up to Mount Laguna for a weekend camping trip. Unexpected low temperatures add to the experience. I hope Cody and Kayla will go again. We weren't very well prepared.

Laura and Paul didn't get to the campsite until Cody and Kayla were already asleep in the tents. We huddled around the fire and had a little fun.

On Saturday, after breakfast, we took a nice hike around the lake. Kayla would tell you that it was a very long hike.

Saturday night was very cold. We spent the evening around the fire trying to convince the kids that it wasn't so bad. It got down to 18 during the night. We woke to find everything frozen solid.