tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post6737642378640574844..comments2024-02-26T00:38:41.733-05:00Comments on Jollett Etc.: A to Z April Challenge: V is for VacationsWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-67163154556229853642016-04-29T07:26:14.180-04:002016-04-29T07:26:14.180-04:00Traveling outside the US was never even a thought ...Traveling outside the US was never even a thought when I was growing up. When my girls were little, we went to Canada, but that was the extent of our non-US vacations.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-17262042674230070022016-04-29T07:22:02.609-04:002016-04-29T07:22:02.609-04:00I remember your Lake Idlewild pictures and stories...I remember your Lake Idlewild pictures and stories. I would have enjoyed those vacations.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-4697340797150603662016-04-28T19:01:37.043-04:002016-04-28T19:01:37.043-04:00You've made a good point about how times have ...You've made a good point about how times have changed. Higher incomes, higher expectations or cheaper travel? <br /><br />My family used to go away every couple of years...Dad got a railway pass so that meant we travelled by train (besides we had no car). Sometimes we'd go to the beach about 100 kms away and it would be sand and surf all the time, plus some bush walks. About five times we travelled to the town mum came from, about 1000kms away and two nights and one day on the train. We visited her friends and took the ferry across to an island where we stayed in very basic accommodation but I loved it and have written about Magnetic Island holidays in my blog. <br /><br />I was nearly always taken out of school because that made it cheaper, and possible, to go.<br /><br />With our kids it's been a combination of camping trips, occasional holiday units and overseas trips (because of where we worked). Cassmob (Pauleen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18397134336319778519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-25739201399121661472016-04-27T13:15:39.547-04:002016-04-27T13:15:39.547-04:00When I was growing up we only went drove about 4 h...When I was growing up we only went drove about 4 hours from Detroit to my Uncle's cabin on Lake Idlewild. We stayed in the cottage. When my kids were growing up we only went to Idlewild to visit my parents or to St. Louis to my husband's family reunion. Eventually his parents died and we stayed in a hotel instead of with them. The kids were pretty old by that time.<br /><br />It is only since my children have grown up that we go to the ocean and to the mountains where we have no relatives. The grandkids must think of vacations in a very different way than we did.<br /><br /><a href="http://findingeliza.com/" rel="nofollow">Finding Eliza</a>Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-66848880489285216592016-04-27T06:45:23.098-04:002016-04-27T06:45:23.098-04:00When our girls were little, we vacationed several ...When our girls were little, we vacationed several years at Fairy Stone State Park which has a lake and lots of trails for hiking. Fun times.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-69218918134306018742016-04-27T06:43:20.751-04:002016-04-27T06:43:20.751-04:00We played a lot of Twenty Questions in the backsea...We played a lot of Twenty Questions in the backseat. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-45505764984416538212016-04-27T06:42:24.206-04:002016-04-27T06:42:24.206-04:00Well, flying on a pink elephant - what can top tha...Well, flying on a pink elephant - what can top that?Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-8469219826167918762016-04-27T06:41:23.221-04:002016-04-27T06:41:23.221-04:00Just think of all the genealogy we could have been...Just think of all the genealogy we could have been doing had we known better.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-15146962556397775112016-04-27T06:40:23.145-04:002016-04-27T06:40:23.145-04:00My 6-yr old granddaughter just learned the Pete an...My 6-yr old granddaughter just learned the Pete and Repeat joke so we had to play along with that for quite some time.<br /><br />I would have loved going to Disneyland as a kid. When I saw film footage of it while watching Mickey Mouse Club on tv, I was mesmerized. We took the girls to Disney World twice when they were kids.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-22561499276135131842016-04-27T06:36:52.903-04:002016-04-27T06:36:52.903-04:00We always made sure to stay in a motel with a pool...We always made sure to stay in a motel with a pool when our girls were little too. The pool was really like a reward for putting up with the rest of the trip.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-91525347760926844322016-04-27T06:35:42.152-04:002016-04-27T06:35:42.152-04:00Now that would be fun!Now that would be fun!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-87042471870146156342016-04-27T06:35:04.009-04:002016-04-27T06:35:04.009-04:00I'm sure that was a pretty sight.I'm sure that was a pretty sight.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-62884609792311403932016-04-27T06:34:36.690-04:002016-04-27T06:34:36.690-04:00Thanks for coming along.Thanks for coming along.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-22253854198273911662016-04-27T00:42:13.273-04:002016-04-27T00:42:13.273-04:00You had such fun vacations! All our relatives live...You had such fun vacations! All our relatives lived close and we saw them a few times a year. When I was little we always went camping, but one year Dad had saved money and we all went to Kennebunk Maine. Then when I was about 7 my dad got some cheap land on a lake up north (about 3hours or so) and built a plywood cottage, where we spent every summer for the next 10 years! We loved it up there and spent all our days in the lake. Dianne Nolinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797088253825763863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-44283110233039239312016-04-26T21:52:02.130-04:002016-04-26T21:52:02.130-04:00Our family vacations, when I was a kid, were alway...Our family vacations, when I was a kid, were always to visit relatives. It was a long drive but we amused ourselves in the backseat of the car by playing games. It was almost unheard of for people to take their families to a resort the way they do now.<br />Carol at <a href="http://www.rightwriterright.blogspot.ca" rel="nofollow">My Writer's Journal</a>C R Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13212244053084461118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-51240680254048393282016-04-26T14:02:52.666-04:002016-04-26T14:02:52.666-04:00Lovely post again, Wendy. When I was small, our fa...Lovely post again, Wendy. When I was small, our family always went to Great Yarmouth, on the east coast of the UK. OUr first stop was always a beer garden where we got to eat fish and chips (a real treat in those days) and a bottle of coke with a straw in it. Then it was off to the amusement park where every year I got to fly on a pink elephant. The memories are gushing at the moment. Thanks for the trip down memory lane :)Nicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674648154579013578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-4314901435759666542016-04-26T13:14:53.171-04:002016-04-26T13:14:53.171-04:00We too traveled to see relatives, but we were in C...We too traveled to see relatives, but we were in California and our relatives were in Colorado. It was a long trip, but like you expressed, worth every miserable hour in the back of the car to be able to spend time with cousins. We also loved the evening swim with our dad. Great post Wendy and it spurred great memories for me as well. Michelle Ganus Taggarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18238452675846882700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-40007154172673222482016-04-26T11:06:12.099-04:002016-04-26T11:06:12.099-04:00Family vacations bring back so many wonderful memo...Family vacations bring back so many wonderful memories - sounds like yours were lots of fun. We were able to go on a few 'exotic' vacations but the ones I remember most were YMCA family camp (cabins, beds, toilets, and a mess hall) and the 8 hour drive to Disneyland. <br /><br />I had to laugh at Punky and Chunky. Our next door neighbors had two dogs named Pete and Repeat.Debi Austenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409492643470603926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-71722076035232759042016-04-26T09:56:33.303-04:002016-04-26T09:56:33.303-04:00Great vacation memories! Neat too with the theme o...Great vacation memories! Neat too with the theme of visiting battlefields. I remember when the kids were younger we too would always try to find a hotel with a pool with traveling :)<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-7386860509886866192016-04-26T08:16:06.448-04:002016-04-26T08:16:06.448-04:00wow a hotel with a swimming pool! Luxury! We used ...wow a hotel with a swimming pool! Luxury! We used to stay at a friend's beach house and the swimming was in the ocean (no pools for us). And you're right, vacations were a lot less spectacular back in our day, but still a lot of fun! Leanne @ <a href="http://www.crestingthehill.com.au" rel="nofollow">cresting the hill</a>Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-54978768862531414692016-04-26T03:46:05.195-04:002016-04-26T03:46:05.195-04:00You obviously had fun. I do not remember ever goin...You obviously had fun. I do not remember ever going on holiday with my parents and no photos exist - perhaps just as well as I was told I had knitted bathing trunks that hung down to my knees when wet.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-63509904449579713092016-04-26T02:18:37.179-04:002016-04-26T02:18:37.179-04:00Thank you for taking us with you on this trip down...Thank you for taking us with you on this trip down memory lane :)Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.com