Great 4-day holiday from school when I was a kid, not to mention the food and family. And either a 4-day holiday at work, or working the day after when there wasn’t a whole lot to do with no distractions.
Halloween 2015 Tempe Arizona, seeing Tool headline the Monster Mash Festival
Visited Ireland with my wife’s family. Loved the countryside, seeing Galway, and I got to pour a pint at Durty Nellie’s.
A week in the saddle of my bicycle doing a multi-day cross-state tour.
Spent a week with friends in Oak Harbor, WA, with cycling/hiking tours of Orcas, Lopez, and San Juan islands.
Long road trip when the kids were old enough to appreciate the scenery, visited Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Zion, Bryce, & Yellowstone.
A week on the beach in Nags Head, N.C. Reading on the porch, a cold drink close at hand, watching the pelicans fly by. Sandcastles, seafood and swimming. Paradise!
Halloween 2015 Tempe Arizona, seeing Tool headline the Monster Mash Festival
Visited Ireland with my wife’s family. Loved the countryside, seeing Galway, and I got to pour a pint at Durty Nellie’s.
A week in the saddle of my bicycle doing a multi-day cross-state tour.
Spent a week with friends in Oak Harbor, WA, with cycling/hiking tours of Orcas, Lopez, and San Juan islands.
Long road trip when the kids were old enough to appreciate the scenery, visited Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Zion, Bryce, & Yellowstone.
A week on the beach in Nags Head, N.C. Reading on the porch, a cold drink close at hand, watching the pelicans fly by. Sandcastles, seafood and swimming. Paradise!
Later summer of 1959- I was not quite five years old but that year our family took the first of our vacation road trips out west. We saw national parks, mountains, deserts, and I still recall that in Yellowstone we counted nineteen bears. One young cinnamon coated bear was up in a tree with a leg hanging down. And the huge pinecones from Yosemite.
Halloween 2015 Tempe Arizona, seeing Tool headline the Monster Mash Festival
Visited Ireland with my wife’s family. Loved the countryside, seeing Galway, and I got to pour a pint at Durty Nellie’s.
A week in the saddle of my bicycle doing a multi-day cross-state tour.
Spent a week with friends in Oak Harbor, WA, with cycling/hiking tours of Orcas, Lopez, and San Juan islands.
Long road trip when the kids were old enough to appreciate the scenery, visited Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Zion, Bryce, & Yellowstone.
A week on the beach in Nags Head, N.C. Reading on the porch, a cold drink close at hand, watching the pelicans fly by. Sandcastles, seafood and swimming. Paradise!
Later summer of 1959- I was not quite five years old but that year our family took the first of our vacation road trips out west. We saw national parks, mountains, deserts, and I still recall that in Yellowstone we counted nineteen bears. One young cinnamon coated bear was up in a tree with a leg hanging down. And the huge pinecones from Yosemite.
Athens, 1978. Ostensibly a high school study trip, it was a chance for me to get away from my parents, and realize that there was a helluva lot more to everything than what my parents had planned for me.
Halloween 2015 Tempe Arizona, seeing Tool headline the Monster Mash Festival
Visited Ireland with my wife’s family. Loved the countryside, seeing Galway, and I got to pour a pint at Durty Nellie’s.
A week in the saddle of my bicycle doing a multi-day cross-state tour.
Spent a week with friends in Oak Harbor, WA, with cycling/hiking tours of Orcas, Lopez, and San Juan islands.
Long road trip when the kids were old enough to appreciate the scenery, visited Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Zion, Bryce, & Yellowstone.
A week on the beach in Nags Head, N.C. Reading on the porch, a cold drink close at hand, watching the pelicans fly by. Sandcastles, seafood and swimming. Paradise!
Later summer of 1959- I was not quite five years old but that year our family took the first of our vacation road trips out west. We saw national parks, mountains, deserts, and I still recall that in Yellowstone we counted nineteen bears. One young cinnamon coated bear was up in a tree with a leg hanging down. And the huge pinecones from Yosemite.
Athens, 1978. Ostensibly a high school study trip, it was a chance for me to get away from my parents, and realize that there was a helluva lot more to everything than what my parents had planned for me.
Drove to Memphis on the spur of the moment. Fell in love with the city. Been back twice since.
Halloween 2015 Tempe Arizona, seeing Tool headline the Monster Mash Festival
Visited Ireland with my wife’s family. Loved the countryside, seeing Galway, and I got to pour a pint at Durty Nellie’s.
A week in the saddle of my bicycle doing a multi-day cross-state tour.
Spent a week with friends in Oak Harbor, WA, with cycling/hiking tours of Orcas, Lopez, and San Juan islands.
Long road trip when the kids were old enough to appreciate the scenery, visited Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Zion, Bryce, & Yellowstone.
A week on the beach in Nags Head, N.C. Reading on the porch, a cold drink close at hand, watching the pelicans fly by. Sandcastles, seafood and swimming. Paradise!
Later summer of 1959- I was not quite five years old but that year our family took the first of our vacation road trips out west. We saw national parks, mountains, deserts, and I still recall that in Yellowstone we counted nineteen bears. One young cinnamon coated bear was up in a tree with a leg hanging down. And the huge pinecones from Yosemite.
Athens, 1978. Ostensibly a high school study trip, it was a chance for me to get away from my parents, and realize that there was a helluva lot more to everything than what my parents had planned for me.
Drove to Memphis on the spur of the moment. Fell in love with the city. Been back twice since.
Spring break sometime in high school: Went to Memphis and New Orleans.
Halloween 2015 Tempe Arizona, seeing Tool headline the Monster Mash Festival
Visited Ireland with my wife’s family. Loved the countryside, seeing Galway, and I got to pour a pint at Durty Nellie’s.
A week in the saddle of my bicycle doing a multi-day cross-state tour.
Spent a week with friends in Oak Harbor, WA, with cycling/hiking tours of Orcas, Lopez, and San Juan islands.
Long road trip when the kids were old enough to appreciate the scenery, visited Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Zion, Bryce, & Yellowstone.
A week on the beach in Nags Head, N.C. Reading on the porch, a cold drink close at hand, watching the pelicans fly by. Sandcastles, seafood and swimming. Paradise!
Later summer of 1959- I was not quite five years old but that year our family took the first of our vacation road trips out west. We saw national parks, mountains, deserts, and I still recall that in Yellowstone we counted nineteen bears. One young cinnamon coated bear was up in a tree with a leg hanging down. And the huge pinecones from Yosemite.
Athens, 1978. Ostensibly a high school study trip, it was a chance for me to get away from my parents, and realize that there was a helluva lot more to everything than what my parents had planned for me.
Drove to Memphis on the spur of the moment. Fell in love with the city. Been back twice since.
Spring break sometime in high school: Went to Memphis and New Orleans.
Spent three days in New Orleans, one week after Mardi Gras in 2008.
The B&B served coffee and fresh beignets every morning. The atmosphere was very relaxed, with colorful beads hanging from trees and business owners very happy to see/serve us. We walked in to a free concert in the French Quarter, even dropped in on a church service.
Places you went to on vacation and to which you will probably never return
Bahamas - Took a family trip on spring break while I was in high school; it was fine, but there are many other places in the world I’d now like to see
Mar del Plata, Argentina - a family trip when I was 9. We lived in Buenos Aires for 4 years, and I don’t think my parents were impressed by the country’s biggest beach resort because we never went back.
Places you went to on vacation and to which you will probably never return
Bahamas - Took a family trip on spring break while I was in high school; it was fine, but there are many other places in the world I’d now like to see
Mar del Plata, Argentina - a family trip when I was 9. We lived in Buenos Aires for 4 years, and I don’t think my parents were impressed by the country’s biggest beach resort because we never went back.
Disneyland - Begged to go there when I was a kid, finally went when my kids were old enough to go. Not going back.