Summer feels much weirder then it used to. Now that our "kids" are 21 and 19, with jobs, we just don't do summer vacation the way we used to, and it feels weird to me.
- Back when they were in school we'd head out every summer, a week here, two weeks there, camping in the Shuswap, or Osoyoos. Osoyoos was always our favorite because it was guaranteed to be hot and sunny, and the lake always warm, shallow and safe. That's Osoyoos in the pic. Now though, the kids head to Osoyoos with their friends....mom and dad cramp their style....and it feels weird to me.
This must be one of the harder transitions us parents have to make....from family camping vacations to vacations with just the two of us......which brings up the subject of this post.....if you're a "just the two of us" vacationer, how do you decide where, what, when, and how you're going to spend your time?
The blessing is that with just the two of us, we can afford somewhat more exotic vacations then camping trips to the interior....that's nice....notwithstanding that I really miss those family camping trips....I envision a day when BooBoo and Gruntman are married with kids of their own, and grandma and grandpa get to go camping (occasionally) with them all.....except we'll be trading in the tents for an RV!
But I digress....so now that vacationing options are almost unlimited, I want to take advantage of it...we have a week off coming up soon and I'd love to take the train down to Seattle for a couple of nights, then the ferry from Seattle over to Victoria for a night or two and then the float plane from Victoria back to Langley......a mini circle tour.....while Hottyhubby prefers to head to our usual spot in Osoyoos and chill for the week.....he loves heat and sun and lazing on the beach....while I love sightseeing, museums, and fine dinners out. He says he wants to just chill 'cause he works so hard....and I don't? (oops, did I say that out loud?)
Who'd have thought that figuring out a vacation when you have options other then camping, would be so "conflictual"....if you know what I mean. My thought....do culture and sights around here in the summer, and head somewhere with sun and surf in the fall.....perhaps we oughtta just flip a coin.
2 comments:
that would be a strange transition...but after my day with my girls today I would LOVE to plan just a 2 of us vacation :)
oh and I say do a coin toss!
We're fortunate that we haven't had to deal with differing ideas. DC does take some time of his own to do the kinds of things I don't like to do - and then I enjoy some alone time. But we plan to do a really nice vacation each year now that we'll be retired.
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