The affect the economy has had, causing unemployment for both my husband and son, has caused us to live on the memories of past vacations over the past few years. We’ve been able to get away for our anniversary weekend, but that’s about it.
This year, since my husband now has a job, and has not used the 5 days allotted to him for the year…yes, that’s it, just 5 days…for vacation, sickness, personal day, whatever, we hope to get away for a week and go to our favorite destination, Maine. We’re going to have to keep it downright simple, but we enjoy the simple things of life, so that’s fine with us. There’s so much beauty in Maine, and the lobster is wonderful.
We vacationed many times in Blackwoods Campground in Acadia National Park when the children were growing up. We loved vacationing in September before they were school age, and now that they are adults, we are back to vacationing in September.
I’ve probably written a few pages on here before about our vacations, and have elsewhere on the web, here’s a few links for you:
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I wish I had fond memories of Memphis, Tennessee to tell you about, but visiting Tennessee is a dream of mine…a memory I’d like to make. Some of the nicest people I’ve become acquainted with here on the internet live in Tennessee, and when I make my way down there one day, I can’t imagine not visiting Memphis.
I visited the site at one of the links included on the page and found that you can enter to win a trip package, something I’ll be doing as soon as I’ve finished typing this post.
Then I visited their website, which is what I’d call a “Memphis-savvy travel guide” and looked in the blue box around the middle of the page…under it was a large section of white with nothing written in it….hmmm…kind of a waste of space it seemed UNTIL I picked my interest…music was the first thing that caught my eye…and as soon as I picked it, that blank white area filled in with all kinds of wonderful things related to music…so I went on to pick a few other favorite things, like couple trips as I’d be going with my husband…no children…we’ve raised them…but they do have a family selection. In fact there’s lots of interests to select, you’ll have to give it a try…you can plan a good part of your visit right there.
I love flickr, have some of my own pictures uploaded there, here’s some nice places to see while you’re down there:
This is at the Memphis Botanical Garden…there are lots of beautiful natural things there, but what a cute idea…literal “flower beds” I love botanical gardens. You can look at the I Love Memphic photostream in Flickr for many more pictures.
Don’t forget to sign up for the enter to win a trip package…I’m going to right now…win or not, I do hope to visit Tennessee and have some memories to share with you.
Many of my memories take place right here in my home state of New Jersey, and around this time of year, when it is COLD and I’m busy stoking my wood stove up here in the hills of Northern New Jersey, a Jersey Shore beach vacation isn’t the first thing that pops into my mind…so it’s good to have a reminder to make summer plans ahead of time when the prices are GREAT. Now that our children are grown, we love to vacation at the jersey shore in September. Last year the Spring brought with it warm weather as early as April, so we were down at the shore for several days.
When you are vacationing with children, a fun place to enjoy a New Jersey vacation is in the Wildwood area of the Jersey Shore at Morey’s Piers. Not only are you in the vicinity of beautiful beaches as well as the natural beauty of preserved land, but there’s plenty of water park fun for the children!
There is a special going on right now, from December 1 through January 9, you can save close to 40% on a season pass to Morey’s Piers, and enjoy both of their water parks, and these days, with all of us counting our pennies, sales like this are just what we need. So visit the link above, and makes some plans to make some memories with your family this summer…come to think of it, this may be a great Christmas gift idea!
Summer vacations were something we always looked forward to when we were children, they were spent at my grandparents every year. It sounds like such a simple vacation compared to the elaborate vacations many take these days, but we loved it and I don’t have a single regret. My grandparents were wonderful, as I’ve probably shared in other posts.
They lived on property surrounded by woods, with what I thought was a HUGE hill in the yard. Everything seems bigger when you look back on it from the perspective of an adult. At the top of the hill was a metal shed that always smelled like gardening…manure probably, but it was a good, clean smell.
In the shed was a box that contained fun in the form of rolled up yellow plastic. We’d take it out, unroll it down the hill, and then attach a hose to the top so there was a steady flow of water, and we’d slide down the hill on the Slip ‘n Slide to our hearts content. Oh yes, there were times when the water wasn’t flowing as nicely as it could, and you’d get a nice “belly burn” on the plastic, but it was fun as can be and among the treasured vacation memories stored away in my mind.
Slip ‘n Slides have come a long way, now there are Slip ‘N Slide Mega Sharks, can you imagine? Now you can feel like you are escaping the jaws of a shark when you slide down the hill, but for us, just a plain piece of yellow plastic was enough.
In our town it was the last day of school for the young ones, and a flood of memories came to mind as a result, I’ll have more for you. When my husband and I went to my Grandparents house after Grandad passed, about 10 years after Gram, we took a look in that shed, and sure enough, the box was still there. Now the house and property have been completely redone, but pictures and happy memories remain.
I love botanical gardens. You can look at the 
