The Johnsons' Journeys

Truthfully, the last few weeks have dragged on. Between the craziness of school, where I have been pulled three days to cover a...

I'm writing this from our couch after dropping Bryan off at the ship for another deployment. As I look back at the last seven months of...

December 27, 2021: Traveling to Yufuin With the new year right around the corner, Bryan and I joined the Castillos on a trip to Yufuin...

December 22, 2021: DisneySea We start our day by getting up at 6:15, packing our bags & checking out of our hotel. The night before, the...

Before I tell you about our amazing trip to Disneyland, I have to start at the beginning, when Katie and I both neared nervous breakdowns...

Monday, December 20, 2021, our day began with a brisk walk to breakfast! On our way there, Bryan noticed armed guards outside a large...

Saturday, December 18- Day One After beginning my new job and surviving the first two weeks of crazy cleaning and reorganizing, Bryan and...

With just a little time left until Bryan's next deployment, we knocked out another day trip by visiting the Nagasaki Bio Park! Located a...

Bryan's deployment was delayed, so we get one more week together! At least it's an extension at home and not an extension at sea- we will...

November 1, 2021, began with a morning trip to Kasuga Shrine for a local shrine sale! located about 20 minutes from our home in Hario,...

Hey there followers! Hugo Here! So, I have to start by telling you: Sissy and I have the best parents ever. I mean, who else gets thrown...

On October 23, Bryan and I were Fukuoka-bound for an overnight trip! You may recognize this city from some of our previous posts, but...

Back in August, when the leave policy for this in-port period was released, I decided to take off leave for the last four days, October...

On Wednesday, October 20th, I got off of work early in the afternoon, so Katie and I decided to spend the rest of the day in the Dutch...

Hey Guys! Reynolds here! As many of you know, Hugo turned SIX on October 7. Did you catch that? My big brother is SIX YEARS OLD! To...

October 9- Kaiyukan Aquarium & Dotonbori District After a great day at Universal Studios Japan, Katie, the Castillos & I were ready for...

On September 28, CFAS released an updated travel map for Japan and the entire country turned green starting October 1! With this news,...

On Saturday, October 2, Katie surprised me with a day trip to the I+Land Resort in Nagasaki, Japan to celebrate my 27th birthday. She...

Welcome back! This is our third and final blog post for our Northern Honshu trip! Thanks for reading, and if you missed the previous...

On Sunday afternoon, Karin, our Real Fukushima tour guide, dropped us off at Namie Station and helped us purchase our train tickets. (If...