Wednesday, September 10, 2008

VACATIONS

Cruises are great ways to have fun for all the family; mom and dad time and play areas for kids. Food, entertainment, lodging and excursion were GREAT! Vactions do not have to be far or budget buster. The Gateway Arch in St. Loius is fantastic!

Enjoy other people's art on vacation. This Chihuley glass chandalier is owned by Steve Wynn, owner and designer of the BELLAGIO.


You do not have to "SIN" in Las Vegas. We stayed at the beautiful Bellagio Hotel and had a fatastic family vacation. The drive through Utah is gorgeous, for starts. In Vegas, we enjoyed the fountains and pools at the Bellagio, as well as their Cirque de Soile' show entitled "O".
Other family stops included the Hoover Dam, Maddame Tussaud's Wax Museum, a gondola ride at the Venetian hotel, IMAX 3-D at the Luxor and amusement rides and sculpting at Circus Circus.



Vacations are good. They create lasting memories, enrich our minds, broaden friendships, give us rest, and somehow make us appreciate home more than ever, after we return.

Vaction seemed like a fitting word to blog about today. My parents just returned from a 10 day trip that started in Spokane, Washington, continued down Hwy 101 into the Redwood Forest, back to Spokane and commenced in Illinois. It has been neat hearing their stories, the memories they made and the explicit beauty that beheld from each destination.


No sooner than I could say EXPEDIA.COM, I found myself leafing through old photos (when I should have been studying) and dreaming of my next travel destination. Hmmm...what sounds good? Maui? Turkey? Greece? At this point anything; anything to escape the flood of medical terms and history dates spinning in my head. The Carribbean? Greenland? Ireland?


The next thing I know, Whitley is asking me an Algebra problem.


"Huh? What day is it?", I said.

"Mom are you alright?", Whitley asked.

The truth is, I'm not sure I am. Twenty three minutes had just ticked by and I can not account for one second of it.


I sighed heavily and took a glance at the calendar; only 13 weeks of school left until break.


I exhaled, again.


"I can do this, " I said to myself.


"I know," I said back, "these old photos will have to suffice for now".


So, I uploaded and pasted and thought I would share a few old photos.....,


just in case,

you too,


were in need of a VACATION!
















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