Welcome to Laura and Lee's Vacation Page!


We started this page in January 1997, when, in honor of our tenth wedding anniversary (January 31), we decided to do some sort of vacation/getaway every month. We documented the trips here, with trip reports and photos. Tigger accompanied us on many of our trips, and his trip reports are here, too.

(For those of you who are *just* here for Tigger's trips - and you know who you are... :-) - you might want to bookmark Tigger's Vacation Page, which only has his trips listed on it.)

(For your general amusement, here's our wedding photo from 1987.)

We had so much fun in 1997 that we decided to try and continue the practice, and we're still taking trips to lots of fun places. Tigger of course, still going with us, and still providing his valuable insights. He was joined in 2003 by Stitch...let's just say that they tend to reinforce each other's less desirable traits. :-)

The trips are now sorted in reverse chronological order, so that the most recent trip is at the top instead of at the bottom. We didn't want all of you to wear out that scroll bar. :-)

Ok, I must admit that since 2006 I've gotten a little bit lazy, and rather than writing web pages with trip reports, I mostly did on-line photo albums on the KodakGallery.com web site instead. You do not have to be a member to view the photo albums - just go to the page and click on the "View Slideshow" link.

And since 2007 I have had a Disneyland blog at AllEars.net - though I blog about our Disney World trips and cruises there, too. So the more extensive trip reports tend to be on my blog now, with additional photo albums usually available.


2011 Trips

December 7-12 - Walt Disney World
November - Mammoth
Photo Album
October 15-22 - Disney Dream Cruise and WDW Food & Wine Festival
Part 1 - Embarkation
Part 2 - Nassau
Part 3 - Castaway Cay
Part 4 - Day at Sea
Part 5 - Debarkation, Epcot
Part 6 - Animal Kingdom, Epcot
Photo Album
September 2-5 - Disneyland Half Marathon
Part 1
Part 2
Photo Album - Disneyland 5K and Half Marathon
June 3-11 Yosemite
Wawona
Yosemite Valley, Part 1
Yosemite Valley, Part 2
April 27 - May 10 - Disney Cruises of Pacific Coast and Alaska
Day 1 - Embarkation in Los Angeles
Day 2 - At Sea
Day 3 - San Francisco
Day 4 - San Francisco
Day 5 - At Sea
Day 6 - Victoria
Day 7 - Vancouver and Alaska Departure
Day 8 - At Sea, Part 1
Day 8 - At Sea, Part 2
Day 9 - Tracy Arm
Day 10 - Skagway, Part 1
Day 10 - Skagway, Part 2
Day 11 - Juneau
Day 12 - Ketchikan
Day 13 - At Sea
Day 14 - Vancouver Debarkation
Photo Album
January 6-10 - Walt Disney World
Part 1
Part 2 - Half Marathon Day
Part 3 - Marathon Day
Photo Album - Half Marathon Photos
Photo Album - Marathon Photos


2010 Trips

December 8-14 - Walt Disney World
Part 1
Part 2 - Universal's Islands of Adventure - the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
      Photo Album - Wizarding World of Harry Potter
      Photo Album - Islands of Adventure
Part 3 - Animal Kingdom
      Photo Album - Animal Kingdom
Part 4 - Epcot
      Photo Album - Epcot
Part 5 - Magic Kingdom
      Photo Album - Magic Kingdom
Part 6 - Studios
      Photo Album - Studios
Part 7 - Epcot and home
      Photo Album - Last day
September 6-11 - Yosemite
Photo Album Part 1 - Mirror Lake, Birthday Dinner
Photo Album Part 2 - Biking the Valley, Vernal/Nevada Fall
Photo Album Part 3 - Cloud's Rest
September 4-5 Disneyland Half Marathon
Part 1 - Health and Fitness Expo
Part 2 - Race Day
      Race Day Photo Album
May 12-27 - Mediterranean Cruise Aboard Disney Magic
Part 1 - Barcelona
      Photo Album - Barcelona
Part 2 - Embarkation Day
Part 3 - At Sea
Part 4 - Valletta, Malta
      Photo Album - Embarkation, At Sea, Malta
Part 5 - Tunis, Tunisia
      Photo Album - Tunisia
Part 6 - Port of Naples - Vesuvius and Pompeii
      Photo Album - Vesuvius and Pompeii
Part 7 - Rome
      Photo Album - Rome
Part 8 - At Sea
Part 9 - Port of La Spezia - Florence and Pisa
      Photo Album - At Sea, Florence and Pisa
Part 9 - Ajaccio, Corsica
      Photo Album - Corsica
Part 10 - Villefranche, France
      Photo Album - Villefranche, At Sea
Part 11 - At Sea, Debarkation, Barcelona, Home
      Photo Album - Debarkation, Barcelona
March 12-15 - Mammoth - Fun in the Snow
Photo Album
January 27-February 3 - New Orleans - I had a work trip to New Orleans, but managed to do some sightseeing with my co-workers while I was there.
Photo Album - Part 1
Photo Album - Part 2


2009 Trips

December 7-12 - Holidays at Walt Disney World
Part 1
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
September 5-7 - Disneyland Half Marathon
September 5 - Registration
September 6 - Race Day
Race Day Photo Album
Park Touring
July 3-11 - Nags Head
Photo Album
May 31 - June 6 - Yosemite
Yosemite Photo Album
May 24 - Elephant Odyssey at the San Diego Zoo
Opening of new Elephant Odyssey Exhibit at the San Diego Zoo
April 16-20 - New Jersey
New Jersey Photo Album
April 10-11 - Wild Animal Park and San Diego Zoo
Wild Animal Park Photo Album - Butterflies, Cats and Flowers
San Diego Zoo Photo Album
March 4-9 - Disney Princess Half Marathon at Walt Disney Word
Race Photo Album
Trip Photo Album
Blog Entry - Day 1
Blog Entry - Days 1-2
Blog Entry - Race Day
Blog Entry - The Rest of the Weekend
January 22-31 - Walt Disney World and Disney Cruise
Pre-Cruise WDW Visit Photo Album
Blog Entry - WDW Days 1-2
Blog - Cruise Day 1 - Embarkation and Departure
Blog - Cruise Day 2 - Key West
Blog - Cruise Day 3 - At Sea
Blog - Cruise Day 4 - Grand Cayman
Blog - Cruise Day 5 - Cozumel/Tulum
Blog - Cruise Day 5 Continued - Tulum
Blog - Cruise Day 6 - At Sea
Blog - Cruise Day 7-8 - Castaway Cay and Debarkation
Cruise Photo Album


2008 Trips

December 10-15 - Walt Disney World
Blog - Day 1
Blog - Day 2 - Animal Kingdom
Blog - Day 3 - Epcot
Blog - Day 4 - Magic Kingdom
Blog - Day 5 - Studios
Blog - Day 6
Photo Album
October 22-29 - WDW and Epcot Food and Wine Festival
Blog Day 1: Arrival and Epcot
Blog Day 2: Epcot
Blog Day 3: Studios, City Tastes
Blog Day 4: Animal Kingdom
Blog - Tower of Terror 13K
Blog Day 5: Animal Kingdom, Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party
Blog Day 6: Studios, Epcot, Jiko
Blog Days 7-8: Animal Kingdom and Epcot
August 29-September 6 - Yellowstone National Park
Days 1 and 2 - Mammoth Hot Springs, Norris Geyser Basin
Days 3 and 4 - Lamar Valley, Yellowstone Falls, Lake Yellowstone
Day 5 - West Thumb Geyser Basin, Upper Geyser Basin, Old Faithful Inn
Day 6 - Lone Star Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin
Days 7 and 8 - Fairy Falls, Grand Prismatic Spring, Lower Geyser Basin, Black Sand Basin, Fountain Paint Pot
June 28-July 5 - Nags Head
Photo Album
May 4-10, Walt Disney World
Blog Day 1: Arrival and Epcot
Blog Day 2: Epcot
Blog Day 3: Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom
Blog Days 3-4: Magic Kingdom Dream Event, Epcot
Blog Days 5-6: Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Home
Photo Album
February 29-March 3 - Snowshoeing at Mammoth
Photo Album

2007 Trips

October 26-November 2 - Walt Disney World
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Photo Album
June 30-July 6 - Nags Head
Photo Album
May 27-June 2 - Yosemite National Park
Photo Album
March 3-10 - Maui - We spent a week on Maui with family and friends, celebrating my mom's 75th birthday.
Maui - Days 1 and 2 - Arrival and tour around West Maui
Maui - Day 3 - Haleakala
Maui - Day 5 - The road to Hana
Maui - Day 6 - Birthday bash
Maui - Day 7 - Virtual whale-watching
Tigger's Maui Mania
Podguy Goes to Maui
Podguy Meets the Maui Marauder

2006 Trips

December 26-30 - Yosemite
Yosemite in Winter - we spent several days in Yosemite after Christmas, and even had some fresh snow!
The Adventures of Gorillapod Guy
Tigger's Snow Days in Yosemite

November 27-December 3 - Walt Disney World - We posted a daily photo album while we were there.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Holidaze Around the World with Tigger and Stitch

September 17 - Disneyland Half Marathon - We ran the very first Disneyland Half Marathon - you only get one chance to do the first one!
Half Marathon photos

September 1-5 - Mammoth and vicinity
Photos - including hikes around Rock Creek and the Saddlebag Lake basin.

July 1-8 - Nag's Head - We spent a week with friends in a beach house at Nag's Head, NC.
Photos

May 29-June 3 - Yosemite - Our annual trip to Yosemite - we did lots of hiking and bike riding.
Photos

April 22-29 - Walt Disney World - We posted another daily photo album while we were there enjoying the Flower and Garden Festival.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Tigger's Floral Frolic

March 22-28 - Hawaii - We visited the Big Island and attended the Kona Chocolate Festival. Yum.
Photos from Hilo, Kona, and the Chocolate Festival

February 2-6 - Mammoth - We went dogsledding and snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
Dogsledding photos

January 5-10 - Walt Disney World Marathon
Photos from the Walt Disney World Marathon
Marathon Report


2005 Trips

November 9-13 - Wining and Dining at Walt Disney World
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Tigger's Cusine-art

June 11-16 - Photos from our Yosemite trip
Photo Album - Saturday
Photo Album - Sunday
Photo Album - Monday
Photo Album - Tuesday
Photo Album - Wednesday and Thursday
Flower photos - page 1
Flower photos - page 2

Jan 27-31 - Snow Much Fun in the Sierras!
Tigger's Snow Tracks

January 6-11 - Photos from our Walt Disney World Half Marathon trip


2004 Trips

December 5-11 - Walt Disney World
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Tigger and Stitch's Holiday Escape
Photos of resort decorations

June 19-26 - Nags Head
Tigger's Beach Bash
Photo Album - Page 1
Photo Album - Page 2
Photo Album - Page 3

May 29 - June 5 - Yosemite - The Assault on Half Dome (finally finished!)
Tigger's Half Dome Hike
Photo Album - Page 1
Photo Album - Page 2
Photo Album - Page 3

March 13-19 - The Big Island of Hawaii
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Trip Photo Album - Just the pix, ma'am!
Tigger's Hawaiian Hukilau

February 5-9 - Lauri and Laura's Disney Vacation
Part One
Part Two
Tigger's February Frolic


2003 Trips

December 7-13 - Walt Disney World
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Epcot's Holiday Storytellers
Tigger's Christmas Carols
Holidaze with Tigger and Stitch

October 11-19 - The Post-Apocalyptic Virginia Tour
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Tigger's Histerical Virginia Tour - Part One
Tigger's Histerical Virginia Tour - Part Two

June 11-17 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite with Tigger and Stitch - coming soon

April 26 - May 5 - Park Tour of Southern Utah
Part 1 - Arches
Part 2 - Arches, Canyonlands, Goblin Valley
Part 3 - Capitol Reef, Grand Staircase
Part 4 - Grand Staircase, Kodachrome Basin, Bryce
Part 5 - Bryce and Zion
Utah Wildflowers
The Utterly Unique, Uproarious, Unruly, and Ultimately Unusual Utah Adventure of Tigger and Stitch

March 29 - April 5 - Walt Disney World
Part 1
Part 2
Tigger and Stitch's Disney Invasion
Stitch Was Here

February 6-10 - The Lauras' Excellent Disney Vacation

January 23-27 - Laura and Lee's Alpine Adventure
Tigger's Mammoth Moguls


2002 Trips

December 8-15 - Walt Disney World
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Tigger's Part of the Magic - Finally!

Sept 2-8 - September in the Sierras
Tigger's Mini-Mammoth Vacation - at last!!!

Aug 31-Sept 1 - Grand Californian mini-vacation
Tigger's Grand Adventure

June 12-17 - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite According to Tigger

April 6-7 - Mono Lake and Death Valley
Tigger's Death Valley Day

April 28 - May 4 - Walt Disney World
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 5
Tigger's Disney World Day

February 11-18 - The Lauras' Excellent Cross-Country Adventure
Laura drove cross-country from Florida to California with her friend Laura, seeing lots of sights along the way!
On-line Photo Album
Tigger and Bear's version

January 6 - Disneyland
Laura, Lee and Tigger toured Disneyland and DCA with Teddy, a travelling teddy bear from Ms. Simon's third grade class in Kansas City, MO.


2001 Trips

November 28-December 5 - Walt Disney World
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Tigger's Magical Moments

October 19 - A Day in Julian (coming soon)
Tigger's Fall Frolic

September 6-9 - Mammoth
Tigger's Labor Day Lark

June 14-18 - Yosemite National Park
Tigger's 2001 Yosemite Odyssey

May 3-7 - Walt Disney World
Eating Around the Resorts Tour
Tigger's Fun Among the Flowers

April - Wild Animal Park - Trip report coming one of these days...

March 23-26 - Mammoth - Trip report coming one of these days...

March 7-14 - Walt Disney World
Tigger's Animal Kingdom Adventure

January 29 - Disney's California Adventure Preview
Tigger's California Adventure


2000 Trips

December 6-13 - Walt Disney World
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Tigger's Florida Festivities
Lee Rocks Around the World
RADP-V Meet Photos - a page of links to various RADP Meet photos

October 6-9 - Laura Sees D.C.
Tigger's Washington Wanderings

September 6-10 - 40th Birthday Follies - yes, I finally finished it!
Tigger's Bodie Forebodings

June 15-19 - Yosemite National Park
Tigger's Yosemite Trials, Trails, and Tales

May 16 - Laura and Lee See What's New at the Zoo

March 22-28 - Laura and Lee's Mad Magical Millennium March Merriment
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Tigger's Exquisite Escapades

February 6 - Chocolate Around the World!
(Ok, so *Lee* wasn't even on this trip, and Laura didn't actually write this trip report...but she participated in this so... :-) )


1999 Trips

December 8-15 - We're at Walt Disney World!
Here's our Somewhat Live Trip Report
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Tigger's Millennium Marlarkey

October 17 - RADP Meet at Disneyland

October 7-11 - Laura's District Distractions
Tigger's Capital Capers

September 10-12 - Laura and Lee's Northwest Wedding Narrative
Tigger's Wedding Whimsy

September 3-7 - Laura and Lee's Labor Day Lark
Tigger's Kayak Kaper

August 20 - Laura and Lee and Tigger's Visit to the Wild Animal Park

July 2-5 - Mammoth and vicinity
Tigger's Sierra Summits

June 3-6 - Sequoia National Park
Tigger's Treemendous Tale

April 22-28 - Our Semi-Live Walt Disney World Trip Report! Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Tigger's Hats Around the World
Lee's Swan Paranoia Page
NEW! Photos of Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival

April 9-12 - Sierra Schuss
Tigger's Snowy Skiventure

March 28 - Tigger's Tide Pool Trip

February 27 - Tigger's Disneyland Ditties

February 20 - Torrey Pines State Reserve
Tigger's Trip

January 30 - Balboa Park - all the photos are finally back.
Tigger's Balboa Bounce


1998 Trips

December 9-16 - Our Almost Live Walt Disney World Trip Report!
Part 1 - December 9-12 - Official RADP Meet photo added 12/17, list of names added 12/21, more photos added 12/28
Part 2 - December 13 - ToT photos added 12/18, more photos added 12/28
Part 3 - December 14-15
Part 4 - December 16
Official RADP Meet photo, with most people identified
Photo Links - a page of links to various photos from our trip
Christmas Decorations - a page of links to photos of the various Christmas decorations in the parks and resorts.
Tigger's Christmas Capers - added 12/28
Photos from the December 12 meet - new photos added 1/4

October 9-12 - Laura and Tigger do D.C. - Lee stayed home for this one.
Tigger's Trip
Pictures from the D.C. RADP Meet

Sept 25-27 - Tourist Mickey Visits Southern CA - Laura and Lee played host to Tourist Mickey and took him to Disneyland and on a tour of San Diego.

Sept 4-7 - Mammoth Lakes
Tigger's Mammoth Mayhem

July and August - Tigger and friends at Disneyland

July 16-20 - Maine/Acadia National Park
Tigger's Acadia Adventure

June 19-22 - Yosemite National Park
Tigger's Yosemite Yarns

June 5 - A Day At Disneyland - with photos
Tigger's Tomorrowland Tour

May 7-12 - Walt Disney World - We're going to Laura and Dave's wedding!
Photos are up!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Tigger's Whimsical Wedding Wanderings
List of wedding photos

April 26, 1998 - Club 33 at Disneyland
Tigger's Club 33 Carousing

March 20, 1998 - San Diego Zoo
Tigger's Zany Zooventure

January 28-Feb 4 - Walt Disney World
We wrote this trip report while we were down in Florida!
Semi-live trip report - Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
And for those of you who have been asking, here, at last, is Tigger's Trip!


1997 Trips

December 6-11 - Walt Disney World
Lee and I were the "Mystery Guests" at the radp dinner at The Brown Derby restaurant. Prior to dinner a group of us rode The Tower of Terror - here's the photo.
Trip report and photos.
And Tigger's trip, too!

December 14 - Disneyland

November 16 - Universal Studios
And Tigger's trip to Hollywood.

October 9-15 - Washington D.C.
Trip Report and photos.
And Tigger's trip too!

September 21, September 27-28 - RADP Mini-Meets at Disneyland
Trip Report from 9/21 (photos available!)
Splash Mtn photo, 9/27, front to back: Pam Teixeira, Jeff Spencer, Laura, Lee, Laura Acker, Dave Scribellito.
More photos.
Joint trip report by Pam, Jeff, Lee, and Laura available on Jeff Spencer's page
Tigger's Trip!

August 29-September 4 - Mammoth Lakes, Ancient Bristlecone Pines, Yosemite
And don't forget Tigger's trip

July 2-7 - Yosemite, Mammoth, Mono Lake, and vicinity
Tigger's version

June 14 - San Diego Wild Animal Park
And Tigger went along to visit his relatives...

May 18 - Girls' Day at Disneyland - including the Practically Perfect Tea. OK, so Lee didn't go on this one, but Tigger did!

May 9 - Palomar Mtn Observatory
And Tigger's version, of course!

April 11 - Sequoia National Park
(Here's Tigger's version...)

March 9-13 - Hawaii, north shore of Oahu
(Tigger visited Hawaii with us - here's his version of the trip...

Feb 21 - Disneyland (no photos)

January 30-Feb 4 - Walt Disney World


Previous Trips...

April 23-30 1996, Walt Disney World

October 11-20, 1996, Autumn in New England

December 15, 1996 - Disneyland (with photos)


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