I have been so excited lately because I am planning our summer excursion. 14 days of driving almost 3000 miles! Although I know the driving may become somewhat…tedious (to put it mildly) I still am so excited to see how it will go. I don’t know why I love road trips so much. Let’s face it, I just love all kinds of trips! I have this fantasy of Grant and me when we are old getting in the car, picking a random direction and just driving. I would choose for us to avoid interstates, eat at local (not chain) restaurants and stay in little B&B’s along the way. We would have no itinerary or agenda but to be together driving, talking, exploring, listening to audio books… Doesn’t that sound magical? (That is, when we aren’t at our seaside, four-room, all-bookshelf-and-window cottage or serving missions in the far corners of the world!)
For now, when I plan a vacation I have our campsites and hotels reserved 5-6 months in advance, and packing lists assembled. I am putting together play lists and audio books on my I-pod…I have mapped our our itinerary and planned our routes… definitely a different experience traveling with four children! At any rate, I am just excited to be going somewhere. I am excited to be seeing some of the beauties of our nation that I have wanted to see for more than 20 years (namely Yosemite). I wonder a little if we will be inundated with grandeur. Will we feel like after so many days of seeing so many amazing things will we be thinking, “Oh look another really big tree. Oh look, another ocean view. More big rocks.”? Will we take it all for granted and how can I make sure the we are grateful and inspired every day by what we are seeing? I’m going to have to include this question in my trip planning.
I am grateful for my love of travel, though sometimes I feel like it is a curse. Why does it have to be so expensive?!? The world is such a wonderful, interesting place. Thank goodness for books! For the time being I can travel to far away places through the written word!
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