Remember How...

We were going to:



Well now we are going to:

For a brief period of time in between we were going to:

but it was so brief I did not even mention it here.

How it all happened is this. My husband travels for work and about two weeks or so ago they had him on the schedule to be in San Antonio from the 15th to the 30th of June. Since this is just 8 hours from our house we decided it would be cool for me and the little guy to go with him so we started planning. Then we had to evict our renters for nonpayment of rent which gave us a court date on the 17th (nothing we could do about the date) forcing the bosses to change SH's (that's Super Hubby) schedule which put him in Atlanta from the 21st to the 30th and we were going to go with him until we found out he would be working 12 hours on/12 hours off. There really is not good way to work out a shift like that with 2 year old in a hotel room. Maybe if we could afford a suit with two rooms so SH would not wake LG (that's Little Guy) up and vice versa but we can not so that left me and LG here alone again which i was not up for so instead we are off to Fort Myers, FL to visit with my family while he is out of town. So I will share as much as i can while i am down there, I have my Iphone but my family is still on dial-up so i make no promises. I'm still not sure when we are leaving exactly but I know we are driving. It's 12 hours just me and the LG, it's one fun trip.


And Now...
Tip Today - When traveling with your pet consider pet daycare at your destination. They provide love and care for your pet during the hot daytime hours while you are most likely to be busy with activities.
Quote Today - “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain
Dreaming Of -A cabin in the woods, noone around just me and nature and maybe a pen and journal. That's all i need.

San Antonio

Even though I made that list of upcoming trips just a couple days ago the line up has already changed. Now we are planning a trip to San Antonio, Texas at the end of the month. That is right we just found out that my husband will be working in San Antonio from the 15th to the 30th of June and the little guy and I are planning to tag along. Now I can hopefully find someone to watch the dog and the new kitty, if not they will have to come with us and that won't be as much fun, trust me if you are already in charge of a toddler on vacation adding in a dog and cat doesn't really go with the more the merrier rule.
I have been to San Antonio, TX before with my family when I was much younger. I have fond memories of riding on the boats by the riverwalk and visiting the Alamo which really moved me. Also we spent the night at a state park just outside the city. It just happened to be a lunar eclipse the night we camped out there, people were gathered with their telescopes looking at the night sky. I remember that this particular park owned a telescope that had been given to them by Louisiana State University. On top of that all through the park were these little deer. They were all along the path when we were walking back from eclipse viewing they were still there hiding in the fog when we woke up the next morning too.
I don't know all the things we will do while we are in town but I am looking forward to seeing San Antonio again and rediscovering the city with my own family.

Welcome my new Somewhere Else Travel blog. I am very excited about sharing all kinds of travel info with you. I have a hard time explaining to people why I love travel or how much I love it, but I will do my best here on this blog.

I figure a great place to start would be to share with you where I plan to travel next.

Trips we have planned:

• Where: Slade, Kentucky When: August 6 - 10 2009 Why: family reunion
• Where: Portland, Oregon When: August 12 - 26 2009 aprox Why: visit husband's family
• Where: Fort Myers, Florida When: September 24 - 28 2009 Why: my 10 year high school reunion
  

Trips we hope to take in the next year (or so):

• Week at Desire Resort - that would be just me and hubby
• Long weekend train trip - the little guy loves trains so we want to take a short train ride to somewhere close like Houston or Memphis or somewehere like that then spend a night or two in a hotel and return home. We could take a longer train trip but right now the price and time doesn't seem worth it, though I think that would be nice, but not sure it's a good idea to keep a toddler stuck on a train for days at a time.
• Girls trip to Wiscon next year
  

Dream trips:

• Paris
• Going back to Australia with Hubby and the Little Guy
• A cruise with Hubby and the Little Guy
• A Windjammer type cruise where you can work on the vessel while you sail.