Splurges and savings
Perfect vacation tip #9: Buy
souvenirs for somebody else
This tip really
speaks for itself. I've always found it's much more fun to
pick one or two gift recipients and buy for them instead of for
yourself. Of course, if you happen to get a book, you can
read it before gifting it....
Perfect vacation tip #10: Splurge a
little
One of Mark's fondest
memories of Pawleys Island was going to an all-you-can-eat seafood
buffet. The prices have risen considerably since then,
though, and even eating out at the cheapest of the non-fried
seafood restaurants felt like something we didn't want to do more
than once. However, buying fish from the upscale Fresh
Market was a great compromise, since most selections came prepared
to the point that even a seafood know-nothing like me could cook
them easily. And dinners on our porch overlooking the ocean
were vastly preferable to a restaurant meal for us three
introverts. Given the ambiance, a little splurge felt like
decadence!
Perfect vacation tip #11: Bring
vegetables from home
"Now I understand why
Mark won't eat vegetables away from your house," Mom said as she
bit into a homegrown tomato. "And these sugar snap peas
might as well be fruit, they're so sweet!"
I packed the car up
with summer squash, peas, tomatoes, apples, and green beans from
home, not so much to save money, as to ensure we had delicious,
nutritious meals on the road. After you start growing your
own, even the vegetables at fancy restaurants seem subpar, and
vacation is all about excellence!
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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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