ahhh...the summer

there is only one week left of school until the summer and i think i am just as excited as my wee one is…summers were always great times…we would ride our bikes everywhere, go fishing, play all kinds of sports and there was always the summer vacations. now what is not to like about a vacation…especially if you’re a kid because you don’t have to pay for anything…we always took a two week vacation and headed to the northeast no matter where we were living and we always drove to save money [which at the time i thought was a pain but, i have great memories of riding in the car and also realize just how expensive six airline tickets would have been not to mention having to get a rental car…otherwise you’d be stuck at someone else’s mercy to drive you places] i still love vacations and i usually still drive unless it’s just too far away and honestly there really isn’t any where in the continental u.s. that’s just too far away…as long as you have the time to get there and back.

we have traveled together every summer since my daughter was four…she likes the idea of vacation and is a seasoned veteran at riding in the car for long hours and dealing with it…the hardest time was once when i had no air conditioning in the car and we were heading to the deep south and it was super hot…she was trying to read and the windows being open were moving the pages in her book so we were driving with the windows up in the sweltering heat…until mom couldn’t take it any more and she was just going to have to put the book up. she and i both are lovers of museums so we always hit them every where we go…add in day adventures using public transit, trying new restaurants, and taking a million, zillion photographs we have great times whether we are around the corner or a thousand miles away. i can’t wait until i have saved enough money so we can spend a month at a time during the summer in europe, austrailia, or were ever we want…

last summer we were on vacation for a month and i highly recommend being away and letting your batteries recharge for an entire month…it was fabulous and thanks to friends and family…i only ended up paying for three or four nights in hotels…you feel free with a change in latitude and it gives you a change in attitude…i am getting ready for this summer…milwaukee, chicago, louisville, indianapolis…here we come…woo hoo…so if anyone knows anything fun to do in any of those towns leave me a comment as i will be getting ready to leave in a couple of weeks…change in latitude here i come.