Vacation Time

Tuesday, 23 August 2011 18:40

Vacation time is coming to an end. But does it have to?  What if I couldn’t afford a vacation this year? Does that mean I have to miss out?  I don’t think so. You see it depends on what your definition of vacation is. I think we have this stereotypical image in our head of a vacation, being in a car driving hundreds of miles to see something and experience something new. 

I'm sure most of us can remember being trapped in the car with folks, hot, bored, irritated by siblings and the heat, plus needing to go to the bathroom and having to wait, because your sister or brother went a few miles back, when you didn't have to.   Sure, a vacation was an adventure, something new and exciting to experience but a vacation/adventure doesn't have to be 1 to 3 weeks long, and your destination doesn't have to be hundreds of miles away.  It can be in the next neighborhood or neighboring town.  And it can consist of a few hours of getting away from your everyday life. 

Belva and I love to hop on the ferry and travel into that foreign land we call Cross Sound or drive around the lake to Issaquah or North Bend, maybe down to Tacoma or Auburn or up to Camano Island or Mount Vernon.  Sometimes we just head for one of the near by beaches or the Seattle Water front and mix in with the tourists. Taking a vacation close to home for a few hours, can be as much fun as traveling hundreds of miles to take one that lasts three weeks and costs a fortune. Hell's Bells, life's an adventure, you just need to get out of your own back Yard to enjoy it!

The Bearded One