Author: courtneyhillebrecht
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CT and NY (July 2023)
In late July 2023, we took our annual trip to visit family in CT and upstate NY. We decided to drive so that Ollie could be part of the fun. As it turns out, he was the center of all the attention!
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Belize (June 2023)
For our 2023 family vacation, we were looking for a destination that combined some beach and relaxation with a little adventure, so we decided on Ambergris Caye, Belize. Belize is a relatively short trip from the US, but it is also a little more off the beaten path than other Caribbean destinations. We traveled from…
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Dominican Republic (January 2023)
On January 19, 2008, C and I said our wedding vows at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. In the fifteen years since, we’ve moved halfway across the country, we’ve welcomed our two daughters into our family and watched as they have grown, and we have worked hard to create careers that we enjoy.…
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Christmas in Connecticut (December 2022)
As we have been doing for many years now, our family alternates between Connecticut and Oregon for the Christmas holidays. In 2022, we were off to CT for some time with my family before making our way up to Jay Peak in northern Vermont for a few days of skiing. We spent Christmas day with…
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July in New England (Summer 2022)
Every summer we make a trip back to the East Coast to visit family. This year, we also got to celebrate my goddaughter’s graduation and enjoy an extended family reunion with C’s family in Maine. Despite a few hiccups (most notably, N breaking her toe and being on crutches for the week), we had a…
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Iceland! (Summer 2022)
Our family just returned from a wonderful week in Iceland. When I was planning our family’s big trip for the summer, I was playing around with a number of ideas, both domestic and international, and Iceland was the one that interested everyone, and for good reason! Iceland is a truly special place, and we did…
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Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks (Summer 2021)
Last summer, our family made the trek to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. It felt like our first big trip since Covid shut down the world, and we were eager to experience these two national parks. We loaded up the car and began our journey through Nebraska and Wyoming to GTNP, at the northwest…
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East Coast, West Coast, No Coast: Other 2021-2022 Trips
I ran out of steam to write posts for all of our trips during the 2021-2022 school year, so here is a quick run-down of some of our other travels. East Coast: Summer 2021 in Connecticut and Upstate New York As we do every summer, we spent a wonderful week on the East Coast reconnecting…
Traveling Wonderland 