A tax-deductible family vacation seemed like a wonderful idea several months ago when I paid for a conference in Florida scheduled for late July/early August. But every time I’d been to the panhandle, it was March (college spring break) or May (high school senior trip or weddings). And I’d never stayed at a place with [...]
On Day 3, I ditched the rental’s keys and boarded a tourbus for Arenal Volcano National Park. Five minutes into the trip, my bride asked if I was enjoying this traveling better that the previous two days’ journeys. Me: Infinitely. See? We befriended folks from such foreign lands as Puerto Rico, Poland, France, Denver, and [...]
A few weeks ago, when I decided we needed a “babymoon” and to use some of my USAA points before they dropped in buying power on April 1, a few friends and a neighbor suggested Costa Rica as a warm and relatively inexpensive January destination. But, they advised me that I should not drive. Me: [...]
Today we went to Capitol Reef National Park. Then we went to Arches National Park. In Capitol Reef we saw 11 deer. We saw a black bull next to the road. Dad moo’d at it, and it looked at us real weird. I took a picture of him. Tomorrow we will go to Colorado. We [...]
