July 16-23
I'll be driving with a friend from Boston to Chesapeake VA from the 16-20. I'll be in Washington, DC from the 20-23rd. hit me up if you're around either of those areas.
In bigger news, I will be staying with a good friend in Los Angeles (she lives in Playa Del Rey) from Wed night Aug 3rd to Wed morning Aug 10th.
I am 100% all about meeting PI peeps on either of those trips if y'all are avaiable. PM me or email me @ mszebra@gmail.com.
Anyways. Are you guys going anywhere good this summer?
I have no trips planned whatsoever.
Boring.
I did go to Singapore in April though.
I haven't really thought much past July 9th. Don't know how much money, work, etc I'll have past that and if or when I'll go on holiday. Would like to do one short trip (2 weeks, maybe a month) to Sudan before the end of the year though.
my budget is too tight right now to afford any proper vacation in the near future. Also, part of having a spouse from a different country means any free travel budget usually needs to be spent visiting their family. I enjoy that too, but I haven't had a warm beach holiday in over half a decade.
There are beaches in England! And it's warm if you wear a couple of jumpers.
haha! I couldn't believe the amount of surfers still hitting the beaches in Devon in January. It was freezing!
Other then my trip to Seattle and Van in January, I'm not gona be going anywhere.... And the vacation time I have left, I will be sitting on my ass at home doing nothing. Oh ya...
I wouldn't really consider it a vacation but we're spending one night in a fancy Seattle hotel next week
There was a plan earlier to drive up north to Fort Vermillion, Alberta. My mother-in-law was adopted, and recently found her birth family, which means my wife now has a new grandma and a whole slew of new aunts, uncles, and cousins that we'd all like to meet. However, the person we were going to stay with had their house burn down, and the only hotel in town is one of those places that'll give you syphillis just by walking within a one-block radius of the thing. So, that's going on hold for at least another year while the family up there rebuilds.
So instead we're probably going to Winnipeg for a week in early August. My sister-in-law is out there, as are a couple friends of the wife.
All of the vacation time this year was used up by having a baby and him having surgery. Damn greedy kids. We're making up for it next year by meeting my mom down in florida to see her family and making the all mighty disney world trek.
In all probability I won't be in a different country when you're in the UK this time, let me know when you're around.
if funds are good, VAN PART 2 IN JAN
Quote from: tim on June 25, 2011, 01:58:56 PM
In all probability I won't be in a different country when you're in the UK this time, let me know when you're around.
Awesome, I'll keep you updated, thanks!
Not a lot of going happening here, either. The Beloved finally got his dad to come out and visit, so we'll be doing a stay-at-home-ish vacation and hitting all the local tourist traps that I've rarely bothered with as a native. I really hope that if/when he does move forward with this whole "getting out of landscaping" thing that our schedules will be more compatible. Both of our jobs have roughly three months of annual downtime, but they're at opposite times of year right now :hmm: Makes vacations difficult.
We did just come home from my cousin's 10th anniversary/vow renewal/late wedding shindig up in Dryden, NY though. It's ALWAYS great to see them, and they live in such a beautiful area that even with all the travel and scheduling and whatever else, it was a pretty relaxing weekend.
We are SO moving up there someday. DO WANT.
My wife and I went to Brisbane/Sunshine Coast for about 3 weeks in May to visit her sister. It was pretty cool.
Quote from: boom on June 23, 2011, 04:27:23 PMmaking the all mighty disney world trek.
Ah that's what we just did. Well, this year we did one of those package dealies: 8 days, 4 days on the Disney Cruise (to Nassau and Castaway Cay) and 4 days at Disney World. Hotter than shit, but the cruise was really nice and Animal Kingdom was fun because last time we were there it had just opened so there wasn't as much to do as there is now.
Quote from: rokken like dokken on July 01, 2011, 10:33:27 PM
My wife and I went to Brisbane/Sunshine Coast for about 3 weeks in May to visit her sister. It was pretty cool.
How nice! The guy who owns the Floyd community I belong to lives in that area. Did you get to go to any other regions?
Whereabouts on the SC? We went to visit my wife's sister, and her boyfriend's parents had a condo in Mooloolabah. We spent a few days in Sydney, and like one or two in Melbourne.
I believe Brisbane is the city nearest to him, but I don't recall the name of the town he actually lives in.
Quote from: chimera on July 02, 2011, 09:17:24 AM
Ah that's what we just did. Well, this year we did one of those package dealies: 8 days, 4 days on the Disney Cruise (to Nassau and Castaway Cay) and 4 days at Disney World. Hotter than shit, but the cruise was really nice and Animal Kingdom was fun because last time we were there it had just opened so there wasn't as much to do as there is now.
How nice! The guy who owns the Floyd community I belong to lives in that area. Did you get to go to any other regions?
No offence, but this post has reminded me to never, EVER, have kids.
Quote from: chimera on July 02, 2011, 01:42:33 PM
I believe Brisbane is the city nearest to him, but I don't recall the name of the town he actually lives in.
Fair enough. The weird thing for me, though, was how much Brisbane was like my hometown, Calgary. It was kind of bizarre.
Quote from: tim on July 02, 2011, 02:00:57 PM
No offence, but this post has reminded me to never, EVER, have kids.
This from the person that considers a trip to Sudan a summer vacation :P
^LOL
am I the only one who finds that smiley a bit suggestive to women / fans of anilingus?
No you're not the only one ...it's not animated on my phone so I just consider it the "so there" smiley :P
Quote from: luna on July 03, 2011, 12:24:40 PM
This from the person that considers a trip to Sudan a summer vacation :P
You may have a point. Nonetheless, if I ever announce I'm going on a package holiday to Disneyworld, please shoot me.
sounds like a plan :lol:
Beloved actually took the week off so we could hang out with his son, his dad, and his dad's wife. Rough itinerary is this:
Monday - Mystic Seaport (CT)
Tuesday - Cape Cod (MA)
Wednesday or Thursday - Mystery Hill and other points of interest in NH, but which day and what we're doing on the other is still up in the air.
Friday - Black Ships festival in Newport (RI)
Was going to say more, but realised I was starting to write for the vent thread :unsure:
Quote from: tim on July 02, 2011, 02:00:57 PM
No offence, but this post has reminded me to never, EVER, have kids.
None taken dear, I don't want you to have kids either. ;)
:lol:
Quote from: chimera on July 12, 2011, 07:51:01 PM
None taken dear, I don't want you to have kids either. ;)
hahaha
I should write a manual entitled "How to be a parent, by someone who for the love of everything that is precious, should never be one"
#1 Only wusses feed their babies plain milk. If you want them to grow up big and strong, use White Russians instead.
Leaving saturday for my mini road trip! 4 days in VA and 2 and a half days in Washington DC! Woo!
have fun!
Try not to melt! Then again, given where you live the weather is probably about the same. :lol:
Had a fantastic time in VA. Did tons of stuff and got to hang with old friends, which was amazing. Was there from Saturday-Thursday AM.
Got to DC on Thursday evening. Went to a hotel pool to watch "Wet Hot American Summer" on a big screen, which was cool. But the rest of the trip was down hill. My friend in DC (we'll call her 'S') was NEVER known for her hygiene/cleanliness, but when I went to visit her in March things were surprisingly in good shape. This time around- horrific. Kitty litter tracked all over the apt. Overwhelming smell of cat piss in the air. Sheets and pillowcases REEKING of cat piss. I went with a friend on this trip and neither of us slept well that night.
We wake up Friday morning knowing that it is going to be one of the hottest days of the year. S had told us that not only did she have to work all day, but she was going to a work BBQ after work and wouldn't be able to meet us until 9 for dinner. My friend and I decided at that point to drive home to Boston a day early. It was def. WAY too hot to be galavanting around DC, and spending another night in her apt was not an option. We didn't feel like getting a hotel room, either. So we hit the road. My car did great (2002 Civic) but the SECOND we got home it started making a horrible noise. Boo. $800 for a new AC compressor. :( It just sucks that the trip had to end on such a bad note.
So I'm here for the next week and a half, then I'll be in L.A. from the 3rd-10th. Woo.
K: You'll be here in time for Hardfest on Aug 6th. Also have an art show that night too. Let's hang out that day!
I'm heading down to San Diego Thurs - Saturday.
Obviously, didn't make it down to SD! My friend wanted me to join him when he headlined Voyeur down there, but got booked for a couple shoots instead!
SLIGHT possibility I might make it up to Montreal sometime in September!