travel more

This summer my dh and I left one Saturday morning without a particular destination. We ended up at a beach on Lake Ontario for the day. Then we spent the night in nearby Rochester. (2 1/2 to 3 hours from home). We ate at an ethnic Indian restaurant for the first time – loved it! We also went to a huge art fair and a downtown market. It was a fun, unscripted adventure.

I spent a weekend in Pittsburgh with the dh to celebrate our anniversary. That was great and I want to return soon – as in this spring or summer. I have many ideas on what I want to do when I return.

I just came back from an overnighter with my mom and daughter. It was a fun little girls getaway. We shopped, ate Mexican food, went in the pool, hot tub and sauna…basically we made the most out of our time. I want to do this again in a few months in a different locale – I am thinking about Ithaca, NY – a cool funky, hippie town that I have visited once before.

This year:

I want to spend a night or 2 in Pittsburgh with my family. I am hoping to do this in February when my kids have a break from school. I’d like to take them to museums there and maybe see Falling Water (the house by Frank Lloyd Wright). I am about 3 hours from this city, so this goal is pretty doable.

I’d like to rent a house in the Outer Banks (North Carolina) this summer for a week – again with the family and maybe the dog too.

I’d like to make another trek to New York for a weekend.

My mother in law is also talking about spending Christmas in the Florida Keys. This is just an idea at this point, but it could happen.

I am also open to any other possibilities that may arise throughout the year.

I reserved seats on a bus to NYC for my mom, daughter, and myself in 3 weeks. It should be fun.

I am looking at going to New York at the end of the month for a quick trip with my mom and daughter. If it works out it will be an early birthday present for my daughter (she turns 15 in December).

I recently received the Rough Guide First Time Europe book. I’ve been reading this to prepare for a monthlong trip in 2009. My daughter and I have talked about the things we absolutely want to do. The rough plan at this point is to visit France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain for certain. I’d like to go to the U.K. and the Netherlands also. I am dying to go sooner, if only money and time were not an issue.

to the Dominican Republic. It was eye-opening. I loved the raw beauty, the music, and the people. I am not loving the lingering stomach upset but I will get over that!

I would like to take several weekend camping trips starting as soon as the weather warms up here. Then I want to rent a house on Okracoke Island, NC at the end of summer.

so I am ready to hit the road. First stop is Dominican Republic in April.

to be more inclusive of my different travel longings. Previously I had separate destination goals. Well, I still have the goals….just not as separate listings on 43things.

-I am going to the Dominican Republic for a week in April.

-I would like to go to Mexico sometime next year. (perhaps on a medical mission)

-I am going to Europe in 2009 with my daughter (backpacking trip)

-I have a someday goal of going to India hopefully as part of a medical mission within the next five years