About travel experiences and road trips.
For years, we stayed home for spring break. The kids were young, and the mass exodus from the metro area made Atlanta a more pleasant place to be, because of the slower pace. Travel times within the city were cut by more than half and we could eat in any restaurant we chose, without a wait. Having lived in the state of Florida for almost twenty years, I knew that the beaches were dreadfully crowded during spring break. I had no interest in participating. Continue reading Spring Break 2014
The itinerary of last summer’s road trip was reshuffled a few times. This resulted in us missing a couple of cities, and we’d already had the t-shirts made – literally. Consequently, I’ve felt an obligation to get the kids to Birmingham, AL and Jackson, MS since last summer. I’d planned to do that over President’s Day weekend, but then “Snowmageddon Two” occurred, and our plans were put in limbo. The week at home with the kids was long and we were all rather bored and on each other’s nerves, so I decided to go for it – icy roads be damned.
Happy Valentine’s Day
The kids and I are probably on the road as you read this. The snow week sucked and I had to get out of the house. Birmingham, AL and Jackson, MS sound like heaven as I write this! Fingers crossed that the roads are ready for our departure.
I like Valentine’s Day. “Thomas” (feels so weird using his alias) always makes it special. We are officially celebrating on Sunday, as I’ve decided to leave for our mini-road trip on Friday, instead of Saturday. We never go out to dinner on Valentine’s Day, because it’s too crazy. We tried for a pre-Valentines getaway in the city earlier this week, but it was cut short due to the dire warnings of the local news and weather forecast. We did get snow and ice, but honestly, we could have stayed for our second night. Of course if we had, something disastrous would have happened! It was along week with the kids, but we’re all ready for an adventure!
What are you Valentine’s Day plans? Do you do a couples thing, or hang with the family? Do you venture out, or stay in? Candy for the kids or presents?
It’s hard to believe it’s almost the end of September and I haven’t even started on my Summer Road Trip scrapbook. Usually it’s completed within weeks of our return home. At the beginning of August a friend contacted me to ask why I hadn’t posted a “wrap-up” of the road trip, like I usually did. Sadly, it hadn’t even occurred to me to do one. It was a very tough summer and I was in no hurry to revisit it. I can say with the benefit of hindsight that my broken heart wasn’t up to travel this summer, especially travel that requires a great deal of physical energy, mental acuity and the excitement to experience and do new things. I was lacking all three, as my son would say – “Epic Fail.”
If it hadn’t been for the fact we were scheduled to meet my cousins in the Grand Canyon (a trip that had been a year in the making), I would have scrapped the whole thing. At the end of each day, writing the daily Road Warrior Momma blog was a chore. I can see that now, after reading each and every post again, in preparing to write this. The entries are badly written, with so many mistakes! I’m embarrassed that I posted those entries. I apologize. I’ve tried to clean them up as best I could, but I’m warning you in advance in case you click on any of them. I also neglected to even write about our last stop in Indianapolis! I threw up a post on RWM today with photos, for those of you who are interested. The other thing I noticed was that I didn’t take many pictures, probably only half of what I usually do. You won’t see many of me either, because the sadness in my eyes was palpable, even in pictures. Continue reading Summer Road Trip Wrap-up – Finally