So now that we’re officially in June, have you thought about any plans that you have coming up for this summer?
I don’t know about you, but we’re probably going to take it pretty easy this year. We even cancelled on a big summer trip that my wife’s family usually makes up to Bear Lake, Utah. We’ve been telling them for a couple of years now that we probably won’t come every time, but this year we finally decided to live up to that statement. Naturally they weren’t too happy with the idea, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do!
I remember as a kid our tradition was that every summer we would go down to Lake Powell, Utah and spend a week there. If you’ve never been to Lake Powell and you live here in the West you should totally go sometime! Some of the most beautiful desert scenery you’ll ever see, and if you’re willing to wake up at 6am to go water skiing you’ll be on perfect glass.
So what are some of your traditional vacation spots? Are you going this year?
So I talked recently about how I’m excited for the summer (or at least May) because of the trip my wife and I are making to California. Well, back when I was growing up I was always excited for summer because each year we would go boating!
Seriously, every year for about 11-13 years growing up we would make trips down to Lake Powell which is on the border of Utah and Arizona. Great place to go for a vacation if you’ve never been.
The sad thing is that some people head down there to party and then make some really dumb decisions. For example, drinking while boating. Just like drinking and then driving a car, Boating and Alcohol Don’t Mix.
Sure, you may think that you’re safe because you’re on water and not on asphault, but you can still make some really stupid decisions if you’re boating while drinking and either kill yourself, your buddies, or other innocent boaters near you.
So please, if you’re going to go boating or anything else, be safe and don’t drink and operate a vehicle whether it be a car, boat, or anything else.
Here’s a video from the Arizona Game and Fish Department that talks about the dangers of boating while under the influence of alcohol.
May is looking to start of really well. Ok ok, I know that it isn’t even half way through March and I’m already thinking about May. Well, March has annoyed me so far and so I’m looking forward to a month that seems to be more comfortable with itself.
So the reason that I’m excited for May is because my wife and I are making a trip down to Oceanside to learn how to surf! It was her idea originally. She used to spend all of her summers in California and really misses the beach, so this was a great way to get us both motivated to go down there.
I honestly have no idea what surfing is going to be like. I’ve done a little boogie boarding before, but I wasn’t any good at it. The most water sport experience I have is water skiing behind a boat. But either way, I’m excited and it should be a lot of fun!
Vacations can be really funny things. It seems like on almost every vacation you go on there tends to be some sort of tragedy that you can look back on later and laugh about.
For example, when my wife was in high school she went with the high school choir to a competition in Las Vegas. While they were there they decided to do some sight-seeing as well. So while walking up and down the strip my wife (then girlfriend) somehow managed to cut her toe open when riding the escalators! I to this day don’t know how she managed this, but she left a pretty good trail of blood all the way back to her hotel! She would have been safer staying on the tour bus offered by various Las Vegas tours!
In high school I was in band, and I was part of a local group that got to go to Europe for about 2 weeks. The biggest problem that I had there was that I’m too tall and kept hitting my head on different things! I remember one day I was so proud that I had gone the whole day without hitting my head. I was walking along the side of the bus telling someone this when ‘crack!’, I hit my head on the rear view mirror…
So needless to say, vacations can be a lot of fun when you look back at the painful and silly moments that happen.
One place my wife and I would like to go sometime is to New York City to see the sites there. Maybe while we’re there we can check out the Top of the Rock Observation Deck at the Rockefeller Center. I hear it’s pretty cool!
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I remember as a kid one of the cool vacations we went on was down to Disneyland. Isn’t that every kid’s dream? To go to Disneyland?
Well, maybe it isn’t every kid’s dream, but Disney would sure like you to think so. But honestly, I know that it is a place that a lot of kids love to go, and I was one of them.
The only problem is that when we went to Disneyland and the Los Angeles area in general, I was too young to really appreciate it. I think I’ll have to go back with my kids once they are at least 8-10 years old. Then we can check out all the other things to do in Los Angeles along with visiting places like Disneyland.
My wife would also like to go to New York City sometime. In the past I’ve had no desire to ever go there, but my mind has been changing lately. I bet we could go on some really cool New York City tours that would make it all worth it.
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Something my wife and I have always wanted to do together is go to Hawaii or some other place like that, and then while there rent a sports car or convertible and just drive around in paradise.
Doesn’t that sound like fun? Just writing about it is honestly making me want to do it again…
So what’s the good news? You can totally do that these days! You can go to a car rental place and usually get good deals on nice cars. In fact, I hear that Advantage Rent A Car is running a promotion right now where you can rent convertibles and luxury cars for 50% off! Maybe I should consider doing our trip sometime soon while the deal lasts…
Growing up we would always go on a family vacation down to Lake Powell, Utah. If you’ve never been there, you really should go sometime in your life. And one thing we always knew is that our dad was very serious about boat safety to make sure that we had a good trip.
Drunk boating is a serious problem in some areas, along with other problems. So before you go boating, make sure that you get some boating education online so that you know what you’re doing. Just because you’re on water doesn’t mean it’s safe to drive drunk.
So with Friday being the 4th it’s already a short week. Next week I’m taking Monday off so I’ll actually have 2 short weeks in a row. I could really use this vacation, and I’m getting excited for it! Granted, it is more of an ‘extended family vacation’, but that’s better than nothing at this point.
What I really need to plan is a weekend getaway for just my wife and me. We haven’t done something like that for a long time, really not much since we started having kids. Now that our oldest is about 2 1/2 and the youngest is about 5 months we’re getting closer to being able to do something like that.
Anyway, I’m ready for a long weekend. It should be nice!
Now that I’m on the topic of vacations, one really cool vacation that I had as a kid was when we went as a family to Orlando. Naturally, the main attraction that we went to was Disney World (at least, that’s all I remember ).
There’s something about going to a Disney Resort as a kid, it just really seems to stick with you. Some of the things I remember was getting a crazy hat that looked like a dragon (his name was Figment for those of you that have been there), going through the “Honey I Shrunk the Kids” area, and ditching the light parade to go ride Thunder Mountain over and over and over again. By the way, that’s the best time to do those rides because everyone else is watching the silly parade!
So if you haven’t been to Orlando, you should go. Maybe even check out Trusted Tours & Attractions, they can show you all the different things to do in Orlando. They also have a great newsletter and online travel guides. I don’t know if they have a Madame Tussauds, but those are pretty cool too if you’ve never been to one!
Anyway, summer is a great time for spending time with family and going on vacations. Even if you have to keep the distances shorter because of gas prices, there’s nothing like getting out with the family and having a little vacation.
Well, thankfully it’s time for another vacation this coming weekend. Every year my wife’s family goes up to Bear Lake, Utah for a weekend, and it just so happens that this year we’re going over the 4th of July weekend. I’m hoping that there will be some sweet fireworks over the lake or something like that.
If you’ve never been to Bear Lake it’s pretty cool. It’s a lake that is part in Utah, part in Idaho. And the really neat thing about it is the color of blue that it is. Most lakes in Utah are kind of a dirty green color, but for some reason Bear Lake has a really nice blue color to it, almost like the ocean…but not salty!
This year should be interesting because now we have 2 kids. It was interesting with 1…I guess we’ll see how it goes!
So now that we’re officially in June, have you thought about any plans that you have coming up for this summer?
May is looking to start of really well. Ok ok, I know that it isn’t even half way through March and I’m already thinking about May. Well, March has annoyed me so far and so I’m looking forward to a month that seems to be more comfortable with itself.
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Well, thankfully it’s time for another vacation this coming weekend. Every year my wife’s family goes up to Bear Lake, Utah for a weekend, and it just so happens that this year we’re going over the 4th of July weekend. I’m hoping that there will be some sweet fireworks over the lake or something like that.
