OT - Summer Plans?

Next weekend we set up our camper at our seasonal site.  From 1 May to 31 October.  It's great.  Once it's set up we can come and go without having to tow it.  

Fishing, hiking, boating, swimming and beers by the camp fire.  That's my idea of a great summer.  

Also, set up to watch a few UM football games on our outside TV.  I never said we rough it.  LOL.

You can fly to Paris? I thought they were on total lockdown. Is that not the case?

Nothing really, life is in a weird spot right now so our focus is elsewhere. We have a long weekend planned with friends and all the kids Labor Day weekend, so that's the big one to look forward to now. 4 more months!

In later August, my wife and I are taking a trip to see the national parks in North Dakota and South Dakota (T. Roosevelt, Badlands, and Wind Cave).  We're also touring Custer State Park in SD which is supposed to be beautiful.  We have a goal of seeing all (or most) of the national parks in the continental U.S.   We have a ways to go though, since they keep creating more NP's all the time!

We may go up north in Michigan too at some point, as well as visit our daughter in D.C.  

Hey canzior, I'm in NOVA too (for now)! I don't really have plans, hoping to head down to Richmond next month for my birthday (need to get my second shot first). As far as an international trip, I don't think we really have anything planned. It's kind of hard to think about going abroad right now.

Is the MGoBlog camping trip still on? I can't wait to see you all there!

House on a lake in New Hampshire for a week.

Quick trip to FL to see parents for first time since last January.

Assorted long weekend road trips to see family and look at colleges for daughter who is a junior.

Drop off older daughter for freshman year at Northeastern.

Should be a busy and fun summer.

Trip to Shenandoah NP

Pilgrimage to Leelanau County

Trip to the Cascades (Mt. Ranier area)

Trip back to Leelanau County in September

Possible SoCal trip

We live on Lake Huron, so we usually spend the summers at home enjoying the lake. We usually try to travel during spring break/winter. We just got back from South Carolina, and are planning a trip to Arizona this winter. 

Michigan in June.  
Seattle in July.
Cape Cod in August

First time flying for our soon to be two year old so not sure how that’s gonna go, but happy to be getting back out in the world.

I was fortunate enough to be able to make two big trips in early 2020 prior to covid (Australia and Costa Rica). Now those trips feel like 10 years ago.

Just moved cross country to California for the 3rd time in my life, is that a record? Settled on Santa Barbara this time and enjoying is thus far. So I guess this already feels like a new/fun summer plan.

Got a few wine tasting weekends already in place and would like to set up a trip to Yosemite at some point. Maybe a trip up to Seattle to visit a friend for some fishing as well.

I would love to travel internationally if things open back up. If not I will golf, bike, drink beer, and go out on the boat all summer. 

Hawaii (Big Island) in July. My family is about to be fully vaccinated, so we are really looking forward to start travelling again.

Disney in JULY.  Yes, I said it.  Disney in July.  Wife's orders.  She doesn't mind sweltering heat but that's when it works for her job.  I assume I'll survive, but maybe not.  

Kind of a Summer as usual, except having a bunch of family come to our place instead of meeting up in a resort (in like Mexico).

I'm in Florida so it's summer most of the year - mowing the lawn year round was an interesting thing coming from the north. Basically I'll probably just go to the beach more often and spend the day in the water now that the gulf is starting to warm up. Nice thing about living in a world-famous vacation destination is most weekends can be made into a vacation if you want; not a bad way to live life if you ask me.

Yearly trip to somewhere in carribbean...tbd. Scouting where we are going to move when we retire. Trip always includes property search and local resources.

1.  Drink more

2.  World Domination

3. ???

4.  Profit

Sort of in flux here.

Son - 2023 UM Grad - is having jaw surgery in early June, so puts things on hold for about a month.

Going to Providence for a wedding in three weeks.

Going to Chicago over Memorial Day weekend.

Probably going to get to NYC to see friends at some point.

Maybe a week up north.

Probably not traveling internationally for a while.  My family of four is vaccinated, but we are a little concerned about getting trapped somewhere if there is some sort of outbreak or if a limitation on travel is instituted while we're out of the country.  Plus, my wife is feeling a bit more anxious than I am about getting back to a "normal" level of activity...and I don't want to push her or make her feel stressed.

My beloved dog will be 11 years old in September.   While I try not to dwell about it too much, I know that we don't have a ton of time left with him.    He loves spending time at our lake getaway in northern Wisconsin, so I'm making every effort to take as many long weekends as possible to let him thrive in the water and outdoors.   A bonus:  I also thrive in that environment.

I also look forward to spending some extended time with my parents in the U.P.  I haven't seen them since January 2020.   They also live on a lake, so my dog will be very happy.

My wife and I are finally going to do a UP road trip we've talked about doing for years it seems in June.  We figured it would be a good year to put aside our normal winter trips to somewhere warm - The plan is to go to the falls, then kayak around Pictured Rocks, go to Mt. Arvon and then finish it by going to Isle Royale for a night.  Praying it all goes well with safe travel and good weather.  

After basically 18 months of be locked up at home, can't wait to get down to the condo at Myrtle Beach. 

Trying to decide right now where to go over memorial weekend, Vegas (Been there before) or san fran, charleston SC. Anyone have insight that could help me decide please do. 

I'm just going to Oregon to be trapped at the lake with my In-Laws for a week.  Beyond that its going to be business travel if anything.  Which is fine as I just spent Spring Break on a National Parks tour in Southern Utah and so can't afford to go on anymore vacations.  

My family, however, is going all over the place.  Son is going backpacking with my parents and other nephew Out West and then Wrestling Camp(also out West) before coming back to do Boy Scout Camp.  Daughter is going to Hawaii with my parents and other nephew for a week.  Then both kids and my wife are going to Oregon for three weeks with the in-laws.  My son is not super-excited about it, but my wife is starting to anticipate that its the beginning of the end for her parents and so she's trying to spend as much time with them as possible.  End result is I get left to my own devices for two weeks back here in Tennessee with the Dog and a likely long list of Honey-do's before going to Oregon to join them.  I tried to make it shorter but got hit with the, "But this is when we're doing family pictures."  Game Set Match.    

Travel for delayed funerals and memorials.  Otherwise, working while the family vacations regionally.

I'm taking the kids out to Zion and we're hiking the Narrows.  We're just doing bottom-up this trip although I'd like to make it back and do the full top-down hike at some point.  Also plan to hit Kanab and Escalante for some other hikes.  We've already started collecting gear and doing some practice hikes.

Driving up to Grand Lake, CO with the wife and 6 month old baby this weekend. It's only a couple hours away but it's our first trip since March of last year so we're excited to get out of the house for more than a few hours at a time.