Road Trip

The topic of the month was road trip.  I thought, "where would I like to go", which led me to "where have I been?"

This is my first road trip, back in either summer '79 or '80.  I had never been to the ocean, neither had my best friend Janice.  So, we got out a map and figured out where the closest beach was and went.  

The next summer, we went to the Smoky Mountains, Jan and I, packed into my little red dodge colt.

Years passed, life called for me to get serious.  The next road trip was from San Antonio to St. Louis, to escape.

Then a few good trips:

The man that is my soul mate and I took a trip to Big Bend, 

Then to Maine,

and a few year later, with a two year old Grace and Steven's daughter, Maria we got to go to Alaska.

These days, with two kids and a couple of home businesses and homeschooling, our trips are limited to the beach.  Our trips are satisfying and fun.  We love to watch the waves and play in the sand and do a bit of beach combing.

We have no plans to travel.  Our daughter loves to stay home, and has a busy life here.  We might get in a beach trip this year. Or a trip back to the farm in Illinois. 

 Our son would love to travel, I think, so maybe in a few years we can make longer trips.  

I would love to go to the Grand Canyon, or Glacier State Park or maybe even Scotland.  And I would love to go back to Alaska to visit my sister, Marie (or ***** as I call her).  Those are the do-able trips.  I would love to go to the Galapagos Islands or see the Great Wall of China or even see if we had relatives still in Syria.   

But for now, those road trips are in my mind, in my future, and in my dreams.

In the present, let's ride!

And now, lets hear from others in this wonderful group and where they want to go:

Andes Cruz: http://www.andescruz.wordpress.com

pencilfox www.pencilfox.com

Kathleen Krucoff:  http://kathleenkrucoff.wordpress.com

Catherine Witherell:  http://happydayart.typepad.com