Question of the Day | 07/11/2008 12:00 am
With the obscene price of gasoline these days, what is your ideal one-day stay-near-home vacation?
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Peggy Sue, Lake Geneva is gorgeous. I went there for my first honeymoon. An interesting site I stumbled across www.pioneerwoman.com you might enjoy. This woman is delightful- daughter of a MD, city bred lawyer who married a “Marlboro Man” and ended up living on a ranch out west with 4 kids. She’s fun to read and so well written. She calls her husband “manager of her remote control”. The pictures of her horses - wild mustangs - are breath taking.
Ooops- here is the proper link to this lawyer living on a ranch http://thepioneerwoman.com/
Kay Sara
I love that website. Thank you for the introduction to it. Reminds me of when my dad cut the alfalfa and my brothers hauled it all in. The photos are great. I am sure that is a huge ranch, but I miss the ranch of my girlhood. It is such a great way to grow up. I wanted to get on a flight and go pitch in.
WL,
WL quand comptez-vous quitter pour la France?
Adios, …. :)
YOU ARE TOO MUCH FUN … I just love your non fiction … Auf Wiedersehen und Au revoir!
“WL quand comptez-vous quitter pour la France?” Uncertain because of Dad….
“YOU ARE TOO MUCH FUN”
That’s today BCG…tomorrow you’ll be smacking me down—that’s ok, I can take it. You remind me of my sister Mimi!
Suzanne,
You have upset allot of people …. I don’t understand it.
It feels ugly don’t it?
It is my understanding that you have been suffering with your foot and other health issues. We all have issues …. I wish we could be nice to one another all the time …. you make that hard. I also make that hard … I say some stupid stuff and then I wonder why no one is talking to me that day. I am my own worst enemy.
I don’t care for bullies and I ain’t gonna’ let you do it without calling you out.
How about we let this go now …. start over.
Mostly, I think you are so smart and I do learn from you …. I just wish I could learn from without getting upset.
I’m sorry about your Dad … I really am. It would seem that your family means everything to you and that is good … are a good one to take care of him and stay close to him during these difficult times.
I am so blessed to live in south central PA. At my finger tips I have:
The Appalachian Trail and hundreds of other hiking trails
A number of Atlantic coast beaches
Fantastic cities - Philly, Baltimore, DC, Pittsburgh
In less than an hour, I can be at our family’s lake house on a private lake. I can kayak, have cook outs for my friends, or, my personal favorite…just sitting on the deck doing needlepoint…with a glass of vino, of course! I will be there all of next week, and I can’t wait!
I live in a beach/tourist town on the panhandle of Florida, which is growing at a rapid rate. A one-day stay-near home vacation for me would be to simply get a hotel room on the beach (or stay at a friend’s timeshare condo). With new restaurants, resorts, attractions, and the steady influx and outflow of tourists, the local scenery changes almost daily—each month when I look around me, it’s almost like being in a different town.
There’s nothing too close that would qualify as an exciting vacation. I like the beach along Lake Michigan in South Haven, Michigan. I also like Mackinac Island, but it’s a six-hour drive from Bland Rapids. One could also take the Lake Express ferry across Lake Michigan to Milwaukee. Or the 2-1/2 drive to Chicago.
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