Comments on: Friday Five http://www.idivamemphis.com/2008/07/11/friday-five-6/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:09:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kalisa http://www.idivamemphis.com/2008/07/11/friday-five-6/comment-page-1/#comment-3984 Kalisa Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:43:16 +0000 http://www.idivamemphis.com/2008/07/11/friday-five-6/#comment-3984 Not to mention before Vieques became a US military testing ground... Not to mention before Vieques became a US military testing ground…

]]> By: Melissa http://www.idivamemphis.com/2008/07/11/friday-five-6/comment-page-1/#comment-3979 Melissa Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:10:49 +0000 http://www.idivamemphis.com/2008/07/11/friday-five-6/#comment-3979 1. We used to camp on the way to visit Grammy in Louisiana from Virginia. It was a blast for us kids; I cannot EVEN imagine how much work it must have been for my Mom. 2. I really enjoyed Vieques before it was turned into a popular resort vacation spot. I love the Blue Ridge Mountains in the winter. 3.Driving from Anchorage to Kansas in my Honda Accord with my husband, a 9-year-old and a 1-year-old in a carseat in back. What a beautiful world we have. (I guess maybe my Mom rubbed off on me ... camping down the highway ... it was work, but I enjoyed it, strangely enough.) 4. I would love to see Scotland and Cornwall. 5. I think I would overwinter in Antarctica, and be their librarian. Yes, they have a library! 1. We used to camp on the way to visit Grammy in Louisiana from Virginia. It was a blast for us kids; I cannot EVEN imagine how much work it must have been for my Mom.
2. I really enjoyed Vieques before it was turned into a popular resort vacation spot. I love the Blue Ridge Mountains in the winter.
3.Driving from Anchorage to Kansas in my Honda Accord with my husband, a 9-year-old and a 1-year-old in a carseat in back. What a beautiful world we have. (I guess maybe my Mom rubbed off on me … camping down the highway … it was work, but I enjoyed it, strangely enough.)
4. I would love to see Scotland and Cornwall.
5. I think I would overwinter in Antarctica, and be their librarian. Yes, they have a library!

]]> By: Tammy http://www.idivamemphis.com/2008/07/11/friday-five-6/comment-page-1/#comment-3978 Tammy Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:46:16 +0000 http://www.idivamemphis.com/2008/07/11/friday-five-6/#comment-3978 Kalisa, Thanks for recognizing that not everyone is a beach person. Like you, I can certainly recognize the beauty of a white sand beach with the ocean lapping the shore. It is the beach details that get to me -- you have to wear a bathing suit, I don't swim, and the sand is full of little creatures that crawl on you! All that aside, we were planning a group trip to Hawaii next year, but it looks like that is on hold because of other commitments and air fare prices, etc. BTW, our Alaska cruise ended in Vancouver, and parts of it are like every other city in the world (which is why the movie and TV industries use it as a stand in for other cities), but parts of it are very pretty. We toured Stanley Park and the aquarium, but my husband refused to let me walk down the street with all the designer stores! Vancouver is VERY expensive, so we were only there one day. Now for my 5: 1. I can remember that we went to Opryland several times, and we went to Washington, DC to visit relatives more than once when I was a kid. 2. I loved Alaska, but I also love the Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri -- both mountainous -- not beachy! 3. I have several favorite vacation memories -- all 3 of our cruises have been fabulous and Washington, DC is so historic. Probably the most unique memory is taking a helicopter to a glacier in Juneau to dog sled -- fabulous! The most tragic vacation was when we left Munford for Murfreesboro on a rainy day. Two dogs ran in front of our car on the highway just outside of Covington. My husband swerved to miss the dogs, and the car slid on the wet road. We hit a phone pole which broke onto the car. We were OK, but unfortunately, we still hit one of the dogs. Needless to say, we never got out of Tipton County on that trip. 4. If I could break the mold, I would go on the Hawaii trip (how much more beach can one person want?). I think it would be something to see once in my life, plus there is more than just beach there. And I would like to see NYC -- just because. 5. If money and safety were no object, I would go to England and Scotland. When I was younger I read the "All Creatures Great and Small" book series by vet, James Herriot, and I would love to see the Yorkshire countryside that hew wrote about. Plus, I would go to China to the panda preserve where you can actually hold the baby pandas! Kalisa,
Thanks for recognizing that not everyone is a beach person. Like you, I can certainly recognize the beauty of a white sand beach with the ocean lapping the shore. It is the beach details that get to me — you have to wear a bathing suit, I don’t swim, and the sand is full of little creatures that crawl on you! All that aside, we were planning a group trip to Hawaii next year, but it looks like that is on hold because of other commitments and air fare prices, etc. BTW, our Alaska cruise ended in Vancouver, and parts of it are like every other city in the world (which is why the movie and TV industries use it as a stand in for other cities), but parts of it are very pretty. We toured Stanley Park and the aquarium, but my husband refused to let me walk down the street with all the designer stores! Vancouver is VERY expensive, so we were only there one day.

Now for my 5:
1. I can remember that we went to Opryland several times, and we went to Washington, DC to visit relatives more than once when I was a kid.
2. I loved Alaska, but I also love the Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri — both mountainous — not beachy!
3. I have several favorite vacation memories — all 3 of our cruises have been fabulous and Washington, DC is so historic. Probably the most unique memory is taking a helicopter to a glacier in Juneau to dog sled — fabulous! The most tragic vacation was when we left Munford for Murfreesboro on a rainy day. Two dogs ran in front of our car on the highway just outside of Covington. My husband swerved to miss the dogs, and the car slid on the wet road. We hit a phone pole which broke onto the car. We were OK, but unfortunately, we still hit one of the dogs. Needless to say, we never got out of Tipton County on that trip.
4. If I could break the mold, I would go on the Hawaii trip (how much more beach can one person want?). I think it would be something to see once in my life, plus there is more than just beach there. And I would like to see NYC — just because.
5. If money and safety were no object, I would go to England and Scotland. When I was younger I read the “All Creatures Great and Small” book series by vet, James Herriot, and I would love to see the Yorkshire countryside that hew wrote about. Plus, I would go to China to the panda preserve where you can actually hold the baby pandas!

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