Vacation 2024

 My wife and I are leaving today for a week-long vacation because we need a break from our life of retirement...  LOL

We decided to take a vacation twice a year when we first got married thirty years ago and we have never reduced this goal but have sometimes increased it.

In 2015, we both retired and until COVID shut everything down, for about 5 years we took a vacation every other month.  Those vacations included:

• Cruises to the Caribbean, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Mediterranean.
• Several flights to Los Vegas, Vancouver, Europe, the United Kingdom, Texas, Mexico, New Orleans, and Florida.
• And always two weeks at Myrtle Beach, SC.

Even though COVID halted our traveling, we were both losing interest in traveling so much and since we really enjoyed Myrtle Beach and knew what to expect when going there, we decided to just go there twice a year.

However, we did not want to go there when there were a lot of tourists going there as well, so we decided to go before and after the season.  This meant May and September.

Myrtle Beach in May is not always that warm, so this year we decided to go to Florida.

So, today we are on our way to Ft Lauderdale to spend a couple of days at a resort FREE OF CHARGE and listen to a presentation, then drive to St Augustine for another five days until returning to TN.

The presentation will give a $100 just for listening, so we will use that money to pay for our gasoline there and back.

Twelve hours down to Ft Lauderdale, stopping after 8 hours, then continuing on Sunday.  Tuesday, we drive north 3 or so hours to St. Augustine, then five days later, will only have an 8-hour drive back to TN.

We will take chairs and umbrellas with us as many of the resorts do not provide them on the beach.

I will share the highlights of our days on vacation as they unfold but I do not expect spectacular to happen.