Ten on Tuesday: Trips

With today's participation in Chelsea's TOT, I am looking at escapism. I was home with a sick Henry on Monday, and while I did greatly enjoy the snuggles I got with him ALL DAY, my head pounds and I don't want to think about Tuesday morning's work. So I type. And dream about vacations. But then vacations make me think about the fact that I still haven't found Spencer's video game player for the plane trip that we take in just over a week despite turning my house upside down and calling grandparents to see if it was left there. Arg. Dreams!

1. What is your dream vacation?
If someone else would completely plan it for me, and pack and maybe I could bring a nanny with me (especially to handle the plane ride), I'd love to jaunt around Europe. For so long I said, there are so many places in the US that I haven't been that I'd rather check out than brave the long trip out to Europe. So I lied, mostly to myself.

2. What has been your favorite trip so far in your life?
I have two: my honeymoon was fantastic. I planned it all myself, and it was perfect. Two weeks; we flew to San Francisco and spent a couple days. Then we spent a week in wine country, three days in Yosemite and two in Las Vegas before flying home. We ate at the best restaurants, visited museums like the Charles Schultz and the Jelly Belly factory, saw Beatles Love and Spamalot. Awesome.

My second favorite was a camping trip that we took 6 years ago or so. We did 5 states in 9 days, spent time in our favorite cities including an extended stay in Memphis and had an excellent time. I can't tell you the details but it was fantastic. Except the last 10 hours of the trip through Alabama when my air conditioning went out, but other than that.

Oh, and there was the camping trip to Washington DC.

Oh, and there was Chicago for Taste of Chicago. That was epic. Okay, so all of our trips have been great. I guess it's good we don't go a lot of places, because this would get really long.

3. If you and one of your best friends could go anywhere in the world for one week, where would it be and why?
There are very few people I could spend a week with without wanting to hurt. I think maybe I'd like to go on a cruise since I've never ever been on one, and I have no idea who I'd go with.

4. Have you ever booked a trip using an online deal? How did it go?
Not a whole trip, but I've booked hotels with no problem, and I've booked plane tickets with no problem.

5. What’s your favorite thing to do while you’re on vacation?
Eat. Is there anything more to do?

6. Have you ever missed an opportunity to take a trip that you regret?
Nope. I don't get a lot of opportunities to take trips, but I'm pretty sure I've taken them all.

7. You travel far away from home and get stranded with no way to buy anything, what’s the one thing you can’t live without?
Soap. And my camera.

8. What’s one of your favorite traveling memories?
Sitting on Beale Street with Hubby and a Newcastle watching a street band, deciding that Memphis was just so awesome that we needed to stay another day.

9. All included resort or backpacking? Why?
I'm somewhere in between. I like the out-of-my-hands details that a resort would include (in theory, I've never actually been to a resort) but I like to do my own thing, which backpacking would allow for (except that I like to plan some of my visit ahead of time, which probably defies the whole "backpacking" thing).

10. Are you more of a lie on the beach kind of person on vacation, or do you prefer to see the sights?
Sights! We don't relax on vacations, we see what we can see. We get the most out of our vacation, and generally need a vacation from our vacation.