2018 Vacation Plans

After tax season, going to take dgs to San Diego where we will hit the zoo and to Carlsbad for Legoland. Hoping to check off some more states (part of my bucket list) in the early fall with a road trip. Trying to convince DH we need another camper so we can get away more often.

Camping in state in ol’ Bessie, our little RV.
We are also going to Iceland in June. Very excited.

We cram most of our travel into the summer since I teach.

Really wish I had a warm winter vacation to look forward to.

We were just talking about this! We are going to scale back a little since we just bought a house (before we planned to and we need to sell our other house asap!).

But it looks like we will be heading to Vermont sometime either super soon or in the Spring, my grandma just passed away and we will go back for services. Part of me hopes it is soon, since I'm 25 weeks pregnant and would rather go now than in the spring with a newborn. Her husband - my grandpa - turns 90 in June and I had planned on trying to get back there for that, but we'll see what happens.

We have been going to Yosemite for the 4th of July since I was a baby, but since the new company took it over and they renamed everything it just isn't' the same. We were really disappointed this last year in all of the "cost-cutting" measures they had taken. So that is up in the air.

Dh's cousin is getting married in Washington State in August and mil/fil are now trying to convince their family (us, sil's and their families) to do a week or so long trip up for it. If that is the case we will not do our summer trip to CO to visit the sil's.

The big trip is that dh qualified for World Triathlon championships and they are on the Gold Coast of Australia in September. We haven't figured out how long we are going to go for since the kids will have started school (kindergarten and 2nd grade) we aren't sure if we want to pull them out for more than a week that early in the year.

Then Cabo for Christmas and New Years!

DH and I are real close to being able to retire when we hit 50, so I think we're gonna stay close to home this year.

DH just asked if we're going to the beach in October. Well, YES we are! It's still pretty close to home so I didn't fib. 

Ive been to The Gambia and Senegal. We loved the Mali market by the train station in Senegal. Had fab necklaces baskets and fabric. We are going to Chile for solar eclipse and on a cruise up Norwegian coast to the arctic circle. We might sneak in a week in Northern Ireland/Wales on that trip. Dh is retiring in Jan. Right after we get home from a month in New Zealand.

Everyone's travel plans sound wonderful! I'm going to Minneapolis for a quick trip to go with my DD and GS to the Crayola Experience for his birthday in a few weeks. I'd love to see New England in the fall.

Siesta Key Florida in the spring
Ireland in September
Disney/Orlando in October. My nephew is getting married there.

Playa del Carmen for last week of December and 1st week of January. Naples, FL for last two weeks in January. Supposed to be going to Lake Havasu in February, but that's up in the air. Belize in late Feb/early March - still working on it yet. Then our lake house for the summer. That's as far as I've gotten. I think we'll be out of money by then! lol

Instead of going to the mountains this winter (ugh traffic and weather and too many people!) we are going to try a mini stay at a tiny house community! We are fortunate to live near a place that has a tiny house community that you rent a tiny house like a hotel room.
Plus my husband and I will do our annual just us trip, this year to Barbados. We also take an annual trip to MT.
It is an off year for family gathering so one less trip but may be a time to go where we want to go.
My parents have decided they are going to take each of their grandkids on a trip. My niece got her chance last year and this year is my DD turn. She just has to decide where she wants to go and so far she is leaning towards New York.

DH and I visited Siesta Key this year for our anniversary and it was lovely! We went to Anna Maria Island also. 

What part of Canada are you coming to?

We need to book a spring break trip. Probably Puerto Vallarta again because we've been and we have good connection flights. I want to go to the east coast this summer and explore Nova Scotia.

Maui for a family reunion in July and a quick trip to Maui in January with a smaller group. My favorite place on earth.

Family Cozumel trip in February.

I would love to visit DC during cherry blossom time but nothing solidified since dh job is iffy after first of year.

I wish we had stayed more days in Bovec. There is so much outdoor stuff to do and quite a bit of WWI history. The site that really blew us away was the Skocjan cave. Absolutely do not miss it. You know the scene in LOTR where they are traversing the mines of Moria? That but, add a river at the bottom.