Monday, October 5, 2015

2015 National Parks Utah - Arizona. (Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Canyon)


Our Fall 2 week trip. We started this circle trip by flying to Las Vegas, renting a car, and driving the circle visiting five parks in Utah and Grand Canyon North & South in Arizona.
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Monday, July 20, 2015

2015 Copenhagen, Denmark - Finland - Tallin, Estonia


Family re-union
Biking
This was a trip to visit Finland with the children, to let them one more time see their mothers country. Seija and I traveled first to Copenhagen for 4 days then to Helsinki where we all met up. After 4 days in Helsinki we traveled, by car, to Punkalaidun. Seija stayed there while Erik, Ari and I went on a tour biking the Finnish Archipelago.After returning to Punkalaidun we drove up to the Lakelands (Punkaharju) where we rented a cabin for a week. At the end we returned to Punkalaidun and attended the Pentinmaki Family reunion (over 100 attended). We went back to Helsinki where everybody went their own way, Ari - Iceland, Erik and Sarah - Helsinki,  Seija and I Estonia.   PICTURES

Copenhagen
Finland - the family




Finland
Tallin - Estonia

Monday, April 13, 2015

2015 March Seattle & Oregon

We made a two weeks trip to Seattle and Oregon. Visiting Astoria, Lewis & Clark sites, then driving down the coast to Coos Bay with several stops. In Coos Bay Seija visited second cousins, they found each other through Ancestry.com.  Pictures











Friday, February 6, 2015

2015 January- February Puerto Vallarta Mexico

This year we went again for one month to our favorite Mexican place - Puerto Vallarta. We stayed in a hotel at the beach in the Romantic Zone. It was again a perfect time to get away from the Chicago winter. Pictures!