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September 15, 2009
Joy of Travel
Imagine if you had $5000 to spend on a spur-of-the-moment vacation... Where would you go? What would you do? How long would you stay?
What about $500?
What about $50, 2-3 days, a full tank of gas, and a couple of maps...
Imagine it, and tell me about YOUR travellers joy.
M
2 comments:
Amy
said...
With less than $5k apiece, we are going to Thailand to work on the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project for Habitat for Humanity. If Scott's work allowed, I suppose we could spend the rest of the $5k to stay there a bit longer and site see. With a bit less than $500, we went to MN over Labor Day, saw an awesome "Bodies" exhibit, went to Como Park Conservatory, shopped and visited friends. $50 and a full tank of gas and some maps, I'd still like to see the Lincoln Library in Springfield.
5,000 - I'd hit the gathering in Scotland and retrace the steps of all those Lockhearts, Morrisons and Maitlands who left home for the new hope of America. I'd still have money for beer and scotch with that budget!
$500? Well, that's easy. Santa Fe is nice, I hear.
$50? Reexploring Highway 20, or Highway 52 North to Decorah, where all the autumn leaves will be blazing - that would be WAY cool.
When I started this blog in May 2007, it was for the sole purpose of staying in touch with friends and family while we traveled to Europe for three months. I am still staying in touch. "Traveller's Joy" clematis vitalba: Wildflower found throughout southwest Europe/Africa. Used for medicinal purposes and found "climbing and covering" the roadsides of Europe.
We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential. ~Ellen Goodman
2 comments:
With less than $5k apiece, we are going to Thailand to work on the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project for Habitat for Humanity. If Scott's work allowed, I suppose we could spend the rest of the $5k to stay there a bit longer and site see. With a bit less than $500, we went to MN over Labor Day, saw an awesome "Bodies" exhibit, went to Como Park Conservatory, shopped and visited friends. $50 and a full tank of gas and some maps, I'd still like to see the Lincoln Library in Springfield.
Amy
5,000 - I'd hit the gathering in Scotland and retrace the steps of all those Lockhearts, Morrisons and Maitlands who left home for the new hope of America. I'd still have money for beer and scotch with that budget!
$500? Well, that's easy. Santa Fe is nice, I hear.
$50? Reexploring Highway 20, or Highway 52 North to Decorah, where all the autumn leaves will be blazing - that would be WAY cool.
Hmm. There are some wineries up north . . .Lisa
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