Vacation immersion
Perfect vacation tip #2: Plan for immersion
When Mark, Mom, and I
decided to go on vacation together, we opted for Pawleys Island
since Mark had gone there as a child. "I always wished we'd
rented a house right on the beach," he sighed. Even in the
off-season, beach-front rentals are more expensive, but we decided
to splurge and give Mark his dream...and I was so glad we did!
Being right on the
beach meant we could watch the ocean from the screened-in
porch, or wander down the boardwalk several times a day for a walk
or a swim. If I'd had to get in a car, I probably would have
spent more time lazing around the house, but I was so engrossed by
the ocean on this trip that I barely read one fiction book and
didn't even crack Small
is Beautiful,
which I'd brought along for deeper-thought periods. In
contrast, on other vacations of this length, I've often gone
through one or two non-fiction books and three to five fiction
books.
(You'll start to
notice that each perfect facet of this trip was dreamed up by
Mark. Hmmmm.)
In case you're curious, we rented Knox
Station for
four nights. It was fancier than we needed, but was a
perfect fit for our family.
Being up on stilts gave us perfect ocean views, and Mom only
stumbled on the stairs once when I made her walk down them in the
dark just before dawn so she wouldn't mess up her night vision for
sunrise. As an added bonus, the bend in the stairs smelled
just like my grandmother's attic, so I thought of that deceased
relative every time I passed by.
So, to return to the
point, if you can afford it, try to find a vacation spot that
really immerses you in what you came to see. Or, maybe the
moral is really "Pay attention to your husband"?
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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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