Summer Vacation - Getting Ready to Travel
Packing up the kitchen sink for a travel destination may not sound like a plan, but we've done it... Remember Motor Homes - way back when it didn't cost an arm and a leg to buy a tank of gas? Packing it up and taking it with you was pretty common. Some of us had motor homes in the backyard all year long, just waiting to take us wherever it was we desired to go. Across country - no problem. To the mountains - piece of cake. By the sea shore - snap! But the best family vacation we ever took didn't take so long to pack. I arrived home one night after work with an unexpected week off of work. No money in the bank, and I wasn't going to get paid for the week I was off, but the bills were current and I had three hundred dollars in my pocket. I told the kids, pack one bag, your tent, your sleeping bag and a water jug, we're off to a wonderful vacation. I packed the cooler with juice boxes, bottles of water and the milk jug. We added a dry good box with peanut butter, jelly