What do you like to do on vacation?

Sweetgum
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:25:42 +0000

The thing I like about a vacation is getting away from home and all those little tasks like cleaning the toilet and emptying the cat litter and other daily stresses. When I’m not at our house I am on vacation from that kind of drudgery.

I love a beach vacation but rarely sit on the beach for very long any more. Love long walks on the beach, especially in the evening. We have gone kayaking a couple of times too. I grew up with annual beach vacations here in NC where we have amazing beaches. It is family and friends time.

Also love the mountains. MIL has a mountain vacation cabin and while it’s fun and free to go there and we do love it we are always thinking about the upkeep of the home while we’re there — is it time to get a new roof, does that tree need to come down, etc.

When we go to a different location I use the restaurant menu concept for planning. I’ve done this since the kids were little. I do the research on things that seem appealing to everyone and let people know and then we pick and choose from the menu knowing that we can’t do it all anymore than you can eat all the dishes on a restaurant menu. We do split up some if it’s the whole family. If it’s just DH and me we tend to stick together more and might just walk around the city and see what we see. I like museums but they are not a must. DH loves to hike and walk so we try to work in some natural beauty sights and hikes.

No cruises, no big organized tours. We will do a tour with a guide at a castle for example but nothing that involves getting in a tour bus unless it can’t be done another way.