Vacation

     When you retire and just “work” when you want to, it’s kind of hard to get yourself worked up for a vacation.  However, next week my wife and I will be taking a week off.  My son and his family along with one of my granddaughters and her husband are taking us to Branson, Missouri as part of our 50^th wedding anniversary.

    Actually our anniversary was back in April.  Then they gave us a nice party with many of our friends being invited to attend and share the moment with us.  At that time they informed us about taking us on a trip.  Over the next few months details of the trip got finalized and now we are excitingly getting prepared

     Neither my wife nor I have been to Branson so we are anticipating what is going to be involved.  My daughter-in-law has laid out all the details and provided us with a daily itinerary of our activities.  There’s going to be shows, swimming, boating, museums, and sight-seeing in various areas around Branson.

     We feel that the most important part of this entire trip is the fact that we will be sharing it with our family.  Together over the years we have done many things and shared many various experiences, but the fact that we can continue to experience these things together adds a greater and more fulfilling experience to the entire adventure.

     I forgot to mention that we will be taking this trip together by van!  It’s only about an 8-9 hour driving time, but we’re going to take two days going there and two days to return.  There are places along the route that my daughter-in-law wants us to visit.  Again it will be because we are sharing this journey together that is going to make it most enjoyable.

     As I mentioned we don’t really consider ourselves at a point in our lives where we take “vacations.”  But we are really looking forward to spending this time together with our family.  And who knows, if it works out the way we are thinking it will, “vacation” may be something we begin to look at more seriously.

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"A vacation is a time to get away from the stress,

but that's hard to do when you 

carry your worries in your mind."