Thanks for the kind wishes of good health yesterday. I do feel better today. I had a huge urge to sleep several times, so that is just what I did. I think I slept 11 hours last night, and I feel pretty good this morning.
It is raining pretty good here today, which lends itself to a lazy day. We might be able to get a few honey do list items done, which will require no outlay of money. 
We need to do some vacation planning as well. We are thinking of a road trip along the Mississippi River byways here in Iowa. If anyone has any must see destinations in that area, let me know. We also want to have a stop for a day or two that is just relaxing in some way. Enjoy the scenery and each other. It seems it could be a semi frugal vacation as it will be meals, hotels, and fuel and activity admissions. I'm hoping for a budget of $1000 or less.
Will you be taking a vacation this year? Do you have a budget? Will you fly, drive or stay in town?
Vacation Thoughts
May 25th, 2013 at 03:11 pm
May 25th, 2013 at 04:50 pm 1369497009
I'll be taking two vacations soon - one where I'm flying (CA) and one where I'm driving (NE.) Don't really have a budget for either one yet.
May 25th, 2013 at 06:10 pm 1369501833
May 26th, 2013 at 03:24 am 1369535077
May 26th, 2013 at 05:19 am 1369541945
Obviously flying
No real budget, but we are getting a compact car...I don't care how big the car is as long as it has air. We also did a ton of comparing for where we are staying. No big must do's at this point other than a luau...we had fun at the one on Maui. We might do a zip line...not sure though. Mainly plan to explore (hiking, driving and seeing the sights). Relaxing on the beach and by the pool and snorkeling too.
May 26th, 2013 at 03:57 pm 1369580242
May 26th, 2013 at 08:12 pm 1369595566
It has been about 8 years since I have been to my husband`s native country. It was hard to travel overseas when we had our dog. Now that the dog has passed, we plan to go in the fall and make a "grand tour" of it, travelling around and visiting relatives in various parts of the country, visiting DH`s birthplace, and hopefully going to the place where I studied as an exchange student decades ago. It will probably be at least 10 days, maybe up to 2 weeks. Haven`t worked up a budget yet, but it won`t be cheap. We will probably use free reward air tickets and stay much of the time with family, but we will have to buy rail passes, some lodging & meals, and of course many gifts. I would also like to treat his immediate family to a little excursion somewhere. If I had to come up with a figure right now I would throw out $3,000 as a rough estimate for the 2 of us (with about $500 going towards the family excursion).
May 26th, 2013 at 08:41 pm 1369597276
It's such fun to avoid the freeway, use backroads, visit with locals and hear their stories to learn the history.