Bali Trip

Here is the video from the trip. The pictures are in the other posting, but I wanted to say a few words about Bali.

We went with the Romanski family and our families got along great on vacation. All the kids got along great.

We started the weekend with massages. What a better way to start relaxing than a massage overlooking the Indian Ocean.

The villa we had was amazing. It was on the 13th hole of a golf course and just past that was the Indian Ocean. I could sit for hours on the 2nd floor veranda and listen to the waves crash. During the day, they were gentle, tumbling waves. You could follow the waves from along the coast as they tumbled in. At night, they were loud, angry, crashing waves. It almost sounded as if a thunderstorm was rumbling on.

We spent most of our time swimming. The villa had a plunge pool and then we also had access to the Le Meridien resort pools. The resort had a few different pool areas and all were nice. There were two water slides that the kids and the adults had a blast with. Our typical day started out with breakfast, a swim in the plunge pool, a trip to the resort pools, lunch, nap, and swimming again before and after dinner in the plunge pool.

Kirk was able to golf a few times. Romo went out with him the first time and he was done at the 13th hole. I told Kirk before we left that he had my permission to golf everyday, this was his vacation. Too bad for him that he didn't take advantage.

We did take an opportunity to travel into town a couple days. Once to Kuta, which is a beach town popular with tourists, beach bums, and surfers. It was a little like Myrtle Beach, so Kirk really didn't like it. We played in the ocean and did some big wave jumping. Alex was scared at first, and then got comfortable and loved it. Elizabeth, Allie, and Madison all had a great time and didn't want to leave the water. It was a reaally hot day!

Another day, we traveled to see a volcano, Mt Kutamani, or something like that. We ate a restaurant that overlooked the mountain. Then we went to a market that sold coffee and chocolate. After, we went to a Hindu temple that was really peaceful. Maybe not so peaceful with Alex there :). That car trip threw us over and the Roessler family decided that we would be doing no more car trips.

A couple nights, we went down to the hotel to watch Balinese dancing.

Elizabeth and I also went horseback riding on the beach. I was nervous for her, but she did great. Her first time. She loved it.

We had a great lady, Marni, who cooked for us. She made some great satay - otherwise known in the Roessler household as "chicken and steak popsicles". Elizabeth would chow down on these.

We will definitely go back someday!