Vacation

My wife and I have the best summer vacations around. As teachers, we get July and August off of work.

We try to squeeze the most out of all that time. This summer is a good example. It includes, camping, a music festival, visiting family, visiting friends, and a cruise. Squeezed amongst the parts is time spent enjoying our home.

It is all fun, but hectic.

It will be our last such summer. By the time the next one rolls around, I'll be retired. We will still travel as much, or even more, but can do it off-season.

In the summer of 2013, we will be at home much, much more. There might be a couple of small, short trips, but nothing big.

Summertime in Sechelt is fabulous, and we will finally start being here to enjoy it.

We'll put bigger vacations into the chillier part of the year. I can't tell you how many times we've been in Vegas or Miami in August and almost croaked from the heat. Either of those places would be very sweet in say, November.

Especially for less money.