Where to go?
This year the Mr and I will be celebrating our 5th anniversary. (I think we may have been suckers to fate because not only is this the Mr’s 30th year of life, it’s also his parents 35th year of marriage too. So many big events in one year, and we are guaranteed that every 5 years it’s going to be a big deal all around, in the next 5 years, it will be our 10th and his parents 40th!)
The Mr and I don’t really celebrate our anniversary. We are not an uber romantic couple to begin with (he “proposed” over the phone when he was living in CA & I was in MN, and I received my ring in the parking lot of a Home Depot after picking him up from the airport) maybe it’s because we had a super short (ie 4 months) courtship, maybe it’s because we worked together for 4 years of our marriage, or it means more to me that he cleans out the cat box without me asking than it does to ever receive flowers? I don’t know. We love each other unconditionally & feverishly, but I guess we try to express it every day rather than in grand gestures. Maybe because we were soooo broke the first year of our marriage?
The point is that we have cruised quite easily and quickly through almost 5 years of marriage. Now that we work at different companies we are able to take a full week off work and go on vacation. This year we have planned it around our anniversary. But where to go?
We have been thinking about Sanibel Island FL, but since we now again live every day in a temperate beautiful climate, would it be as wonderful to go to Florida? Then we thought about Flagstaff AZ because I have never as an adult experienced the Grand Canyon. I kinda thought Santa Fe NM would be fun. I’ve always wanted to go to Boston (but maybe not for a full 10 days).
I just don’t know. Any ideas? We are definitely not tropical people. We enjoy crisp much more than any other weather.
April 28, 2008 at 5:31 pm
I really loved the grand canyon when I went a few years ago. Block Island, RI is also on my list of favorite places.
April 28, 2008 at 6:09 pm
How far ahead are you planning/when would you be traveling? If you’re tempted by the Northeast, you could do a lovely tour of Boston/Cape Cod/Maine, etc. just about any time of year, and I’d love to see you! …that said, summers get hot in Boston (think MN, with fewer mosquitoes). If your anniversary is this summer, you could also try an Alaskan cruise–my aunt and uncle (who are both very fond of crisp weather) went on a small-scale one a few years ago and had nothing but fabulous things to say. And hey, you’d have reason to wear & make fabulous handknitted garments.
April 28, 2008 at 6:25 pm
We took off work from September 25-Oct 5. So it’s deffinately fall. I think the east coast is going to honestly wait. Being that my husband grew up outside of boston it’s not really a huge desitnation on his list
April 28, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Makes tons of sense. End of Sept-early Oct. will be great weatherwise wherever you go, then. I’ve heard wonderful things about the Grand Canyon–I imagine you’d need extra flash cards for your camera, though, considering all of the beautiful photo opportunities that would present themselves!
April 28, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Tracy you need to move out here! that would be the “bomb” lol
Though I do have to admit, California UU’s are *really* diffrent O_O