How to have the best vacation ever
As Mark mentioned, we
snuck away last week to spend four nights on Pawleys Island, and
it was the best vacation we'd ever had. Rather than boring
you with our vacation pictures in one post, I'm going to split
them apart into an elongated lunchtime series and pretend that
makes them more interesting! In fact, I'm even going to add
tips about what made this vacation so perfect for us and pretend
it's educational! Pretty fancy, huh?
(In other words, it
won't hurt my feelings at all if you skip this and the following
only-quasi-homesteading-related (okay, not-really-related-at-all)
posts.)
Perfect vacation tip #1: Start with
good company
We talked Mom into
coming to Pawleys Island with us. As Kayla said, "It takes a
pretty special husband to bring his mother-in-law on vacation"
(then she went on to add that she and her husband brought her
parents on their honeymoon). But, lest you think I'm cruel
and unusual, I should add that my husband is so special that
inviting Mom was his idea.
And I can't help feeling that Mom is
what made this vacation the best one ever. Mark likes to sit
still and watch the ocean, but I'm a relentless explorer, and it
was just more fun to explore with Mom's exuberance at my
side. In fact, Mom and I are so much alike that we
accidentally wore the same t-shirt for our group photo day ---
oops.
So, pretending this
post has actual merit for its non-family audience, your first tip
for building a perfect vacation is to start with good
company. Mom, Mark, and I made a perfect team, so fun was
had by all.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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