Over the weekend, we signed the paperwork so I can now announce that Cheryl and I have booked our honeymoon and will be spending six nights at the Sandals Grande Ocho Rios resort in Jamaica! It'll be my first trip outside of the United States (not counting Windsor, Canada of course) and I'm really looking forward to relaxing on the beach and drinking some Red Stripe and Appleton Rum.

We decided to go through Central Travel since the price was virtually identical to what Sandals offers online and they offer an option to have a Honeymoon Registry where guests can contribute towards the cost of the trip as a substitute for a gift. Personally, I'm hoping at least a few people take this option as I'm not looking forward to paying all of the balance myself. =)

The countdown has begun... just thirty more days until we leave for a week of relaxing in the water with a Yuengling in one hand and a ping pong ball in the other (to play beer pong on the raft of course!). Cheryl and I are heading down to to the Outer Banks and staying in the beach house pictured above (more info here) with the Large, Taylor, and Zimmerly families. We'll be leaving Ohio on the 3rd of July and driving most of the way, staying overnight in Richmond. This will hopefully allow us to arrive before the rest of the vacation traffic so we can get to the house and be ready (and awake) to celebrate the 4th. Since I no longer have a working Macbook Pro, I'll be computerless for the entire trip... something that I'm actually looking forward to (although I do hope Apple surprises everyone and releases the next iPhone model before July 3rd)!

This weekend, we're going camping with my parent's again, this time at Salt Fork State Park in east-central Ohio... camping is so much nicer when you have a camper (with air conditioning!) to sleep in. The nearby town of Coshocton is hosting the 28th Annual Frontier Power Hot Air Ballon Festival this weekend, and I thought it would a good opportunity to take some interesting pictures. Keep an eye for them after I return!