Michael & Nola's Retirement Trip

August 7th, 2015 was Michael's last day working at Certiport and shortly afterwards, we decided that when Nola retired we would take a retirement trip. As we started planning it got bigger and longer.

We have finalized all of our plans and have made reservations at hotels and purchased tickets to various attractions at places we will visit on our trip.

Nola retired from BYU as of June 1, 2016, but her last day at work was on May 26, 2016.

On June 12th, 2016 we will start our retirement celebration trip. Below are the details of when and where we will be.

We decided to create this blog so our family and friends can follow us and see where we are and the things we see. We will try to update the blog daily. 

The one major concern we have regarding the length of this trip is being away from our children and grandchildren for so long. We greatly miss them!!!

We will post each morning what our plans are for the day.  At the end of the day, we plan to update our morning post with information and pictures from our adventures of the day.

This list shows where we will be staying/and doing each day. 
(We will update this itinerary if things change as we travel).

Sunday June 12th - Driving to Farmington, New Mexico - 382 miles

Monday June 13th - Driving to Lubbock, Texas - 505 miles

Tuesday June 14th - Driving to Round Rock, Texas - 378 miles
Wednesday June 15th - Visiting with Bob & Julie
Thursday June 16th - Driving to Beaumont, Texas - 250 miles

Friday June 17th - Driving to Gretna, Louisiana - 266 miles

Saturday June 18th - Driving to Midway, Florida - 398 miles

Sunday June 19th - Driving to Kissimmee, Florida - 286 Miles

Monday June 20th through Saturday June 25th - Visiting Disney World and Harry Potter World

Sunday June 26th - Driving to Miami, Florida - 223 miles

Monday June 27th to Thursday June 30th - 4 days Caribbean Cruise on board the Norwegian Sky

Friday July 1st - Driving to Tampa, Florida through the Everglades - 261 miles

Saturday July 2nd - Driving to Richmond Hill, Georgia - 311 miles

Sunday July 3rd - Driving to Fayetteville, North Carolina - 271 miles

Monday July 4th - Driving to Washington, DC - 321 miles
Tuesday July 5th to Friday July 8th - Sightseeing

Saturday July 9th  - Driving to New York, New York - 228 miles
Sunday July 10th - Sightseeing
Monday July 11th  - Driving to Palmyra, New York - 314 miles
Tuesday July 12th - Sightseeing

Wednesday July 13th - Driving to Niagra Falls, Niagara Falls, Ontario, CA - 110 miles

Thursday July 14th - Driving to Willoughby, Ohio - 189 miles
Friday July 15th - Sightseeing

Saturday July 16th - Driving to Warrenville, Illinois - 383 miles - visiting church sites

Sunday July 17th  - Driving to Burlington, Iowa (Near Nauvoo, Il) - 217 miles
Monday July 18th - Sightseeing

Tuesday July 19th - Driving to Overland Park, Kansas - 312 miles

Wednesday July 20th - Driving to Council Bluffs, Iowa - 193 miles

Thursday July 21st - Driving to North Platte, Nebraska - 280 miles

Friday July 22nd - Driving to Casper, Wyoming - 402 miles

Saturday July 23rd - Driving back home to Orem, Utah - 422 miles