Disney---How Do I Love Thee??

So, most people won't need this explanation...but if you're new to our trip blogs, you might be wondering....do Erik and Jason REALLY mostly only vacation with Disney?  And why?  The answer to the first question is ABSOLUTELY!!!  And the answer to the second question is....well...too long an answer for this blog, honestly----but suffice it to say that we have a deep love of all things Disney and we love Disney vacations!

We're on our way!!

OK...so we're not technically ON OUR WAY yet....but we're out of the house, at least and sitting in the airport waiting for our plane!

Ugh the things I do for a fabulous vacation!  Those of you who know me well know that early mornings and I are NOT close friends....in fact, I'm morally opposed to any time in the morning when it's still as dark as it was when you went to bed....which is what we woke up to at 5am when our alarm went off this morning.  Amazingly, though, when the alarm went off, I woke up almost instantly and was ready to go.  Does it say something awful about me that if the alarm goes off at 5am and I'm going on vacation then I'm ready to jump out of bed and get going-----but if it goes off at 7:30am and it's time to get up for work I just can't motivate myself out of the bed? LOL

Oy....the packing....

Well, for any good trip the final necessity is the packing....and we waited til the last minute to get it done, too.  It's 10pm the night before we have to get up at 5am to catch our morning flight to California and we JUST finished all our packing.  Here are some pics of everything thrown around our bedroom and spare bedroom:

 Miraculously....we were able to get it ALL into just 3 suitcases that all came in under 50 pounds!  We were pretty pleased....now we just have to hope that we packed everything we need.  We're not used to having to pack for a climate that might be chilly....vacation for us usually involves sun and swimming and beaches....but this time around it's whales and glaciers and igloos for us! YIPPEE!!!  

OK, now have to turn in so we can get up in time to make our flight....looking forward to bringing you all along on our trip!

Here we go again....

Welcome!!

So you've found our new little corner of the web! 

For those of you who followed the last trip blog we did in September of 2010 during our fabulous Mediterranean & TransAtlantic voyage (you can find that blog here:  erikandjason2010.blogspot.com), WELCOME BACK!  We're glad you're joining us again! 

For those who are joining our blogs for the first time...we're glad you've decided to join us! 

(And just a note for our return & faithful readers----why the new blog instead of just continuing the old one?  We hadn't realized how much people would enjoy reading about our adventures and so when we did our last blog we'd thought it would be a one time deal and created a blog title with the year in it....well, we heard from lots of people that they really enjoyed the opportunity to follow along with us and so we decided to create a new blog with a bit more general title "The Adventures of Erik & Jason" so we can just keep adding more trips and adventures as life goes on....and who knows, there might even end up being posts here and there that AREN'T to do with Disney trips, too!)

Anyhow, for those new to "traveling with us"....we create these blogs as a way to bring our family and friends along on our many vacations and adventures (most of which involve Disney in some way)....and you've arrived just in time because very, very soon (FRIDAY!!!) we leave on our next big adventure:  flying to Los Angeles to stay at DisneyLand for a few days followed by a Disney cruise from LA up to Vancouver, Canada and then cruising around Alaska!!  So hop aboard and come along for what we hope to be an AMAZING adventure!!!