Friday, 19 June 2009
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A Honeymoon? Now?
For our 25th wedding anniversary, our son and his wife initiated a fund drive to send us on a vacation. Our other children became involved and collected money from all of our friends and family. It was a well-kept secret. They did eventually tell their dad, since we were talking about cancelling his planned vacation time.
They collected a large sum of money and want us to spend it on a vacation - no camping and no visiting friends. Just the two of us. We never did get a honeymoon, and our last family vacation was in 1990. I have enjoyed the dreaming and idea-kicking stage of the planning, but we really need to make plans soon. I have a wonderful husband who will do whatever makes me happy. He did say "nowhere HOT", but later that was qualified. We can go somewhere hot if it is a beach location. No Arizona or Grand Canyon trip. (That wasn't on my list, anyhow.)
I am still taking suggestions. When someone posts a link, I check it out and bookmark it to show Pat. We can't go out of the United States, because I don't have a passport. I'm not about to use any of our vacation money to get one right now, and there are plenty of places to visit in our own country.
I am very frugal by nature. I would rather have two weeks of a frugal vacation (I like camping!) than five days of a more posh vacation. I am not into expensive restaurants, either. I just want to go away for ten days or two weeks.
And yet... I would prefer a mildly adventurous vacation - hiking, caving, parasailing, snorkeling, or something else energetic that we don't normally have the opportunity to do. As I wrote in my last post, I don't find "laying around" to be relaxing or fun.
So at this point I am still taking suggestions! In fact, I want suggestions. I have a lot of phone calls and notes to make, thanking people for their gift, but I would like to have a plan to share with them when I do it. I am so overwhelmed and excited that I haven't been able to pin down a plan.
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Comments (5)
Oh how exciting!!!!!!! What a lovely way to celebrate your anniversary. You have an awesome family!
I'd say come to Michigan, we have great beaches, but you won't find parasailing. At least, I don't think so. You COULD do a Great Lake cruise, but they're super expensive and not worth it [from what I hear]. My vote would be for somewhere on the coast. My friend Shirley, that taught me to sew, went to FL about a month ago and went tandem parasailing [with her daughter] for the first time, at the age of 79! She loved it.
What state haven't you been to? Any of them you've always wanted to see?
When are you planning on going? That might affect location. Let me know, I'll be thinking here. We've been a lot of places and I'll do some memory searching and give you some ideas.
I am pretty sure I don't want to go to Michigan, Allie.
M, we are going in mid-July. We have a nice amount of money, but it won't stretch forever.
do you need a passport to go to canada? if not, see quebec. it's not hot. and so different from our own culture. and very beautiful. there are expensive things, but also frugal things to do. eat in small french-style cafes, walk around on real, old, cobbled streets. the buildings are old stone ones with rich histories. it's a city, it's true, but a very teeny one.
if you can't leave the usa think about the great lakes area. you can camp there. and walk or hike. kayak, whatever outdoor thing you like. the only places i can think of to parasail or like that is california , florida or the ocean south of texas. you need a passport for mexico. but those three places are expensive. we've done that in mexico and it doesn't come cheap even there. where are you coming from, anyway?
@butterflywing - We actually live in the Great Lakes area. We like it a lot. But it's not a "vacation" for us. LOL
We hve to stay in the US. I would love to visit Quebec some day, though.
My husband informs me that I want to go windsurfing and not parasailing. I used the wrong word.