Please keep the lights on for me.

[bwolford]

I'll be on vacation for a week. I don't know if I'll have internet access or if I will use it to post for the next 7 days.

Please keep the lights on for me and put a key under the mat. I may be coming home late.

Brice

P.S. Please don't forget me... (desparate plea for attention)

[karen donnybrook]

Brice, how could we ever forget you :) Of course, we will keep the home fires burning. You just enjoy your vacation and we will be waiting for your return :)

[NMarti]

Brice
We'll miss you. Make sure you bring back some more moon shots - of the one in the sky that is.;)

[kayser]

good one, Nancy!

Brice, we'll start threads in your honor even, so you'll know that we're thinking of you. Hmm, we could have some interesting chats while you're gone...

[Carbone]

Brice, I'm leaving for Toronto in a week. First things I did :

Check with the hotel for internet access : OK
Check with the train for internet access : OK

:)

Ray

[karen donnybrook]

Ray, you have your priorities right :)

[billz]

Brice -

Wherever you're off to have a great time.

Bill

[ktnoon60]

Have a great vacation Brice.

Terry

[NYBOB1]

I Love Vacations,please Enjoy Your's

Bob

[Wendy]

Brice ...

Do hope that you enjoy your holiday ... we are going to miss you :)

Wendy

[Jodi Frye]

Enjoy yourself....pick me up a souvenir trinket. :)

[jazzfisher]

Brice,
Send us a "Wish you were here postcard"!!!!

[crljean]

Brice - Have a super great vacation. You'll just appreciate us more after being away!

[SleeveTugger]

I'll be on vacation for a week. I don't know if I'll have internet access or if I will use it to post for the next 7 days.

Please keep the lights on for me and put a key under the mat. I may be coming home late.

Brice

P.S. Please don't forget me... (desparate plea for attention)


This Minnesotan wonders where a person from Florida goes for vacation??????:D

Hope it's a great time regardless.:)

[mel]

Brice,
Send us a "Wish you were here postcard"!!!!

Or should we send you one from here :D :D

Have a great vacation Brice :)

[kevq]

Brice,
have a great time, you'll be missed but there will be a Welcome Home mat on the doorstep when you come back.
Kev.

[virgo1]

Brice,
Have a great vacation and come back relaxed.:D
SleeveTugger,
I think they might come up to MN, WI or MI.
Eva;)

[bwolford]

People from Florida leave Florida for vacation. :) I went to Lake Lanier Islands in Georgia. Camping. No pictures taken. I just "vegetated" and relaxed. No stress. No kids. Lovely wife. Cool beverages, some boating. Biggest decisions were "where are we eating our next meal?" "Do we go horseback riding today or boating?" and "Which comfort station do I use for personal hygene?" It was very stressful.

Brice

[NMarti]

Gosh Brice - I don't know how you managed such stress.:eek: ;) Sounds like a dream vacation.

I keep saying the next time I go somewhere I'm NOT taking my camera. Yeah right - I can't get past the door without having withdrawal symptoms.:rolleyes:

[virgo1]

Brice,
That sounds like our camping trips. Our priorities are food, ice, fire wood, beer and water, not neccessarly in that order. We're going "up north" next month to the place we go every year.:D
Eva;)

[NMarti]

Eva
Unfortunately my hubby's priorities are room service, comfy bed, air conditioning - in that order.:rolleyes: I love camping - he hates it.

[jazzfisher]

Nancy,
I'll go on vacation with your husband....:eek: :D :D :D

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

:eek: :eek: I'm shocked :D :D

Wendy

[NMarti]

Don't worry Wendy.... she would send him back:p :p ....... FAST:eek:

[BettyC]

Nancy--That is TOO funny!

[jazzfisher]

Nancy,
I'm only going for the room service!:D

[Wendy]

Nancy ... Oh dear that needed a coffee warning .. :D

Sherry ... So did that :eek:

Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Nancy, Wendy,
I have no designs on Nancy's husband--I'm just not doing that tent/outdoors stuff!!!!:) THAT'S NO VACATION!!! :D

[mom to 4]

How did I miss this thread!!!! :eek:

I'll bet you are back already!!!!! Welcome "Home"!! Isn't it great to be back?!?:)

[virgo1]

Nancy,
You can come with us. "Up north" is the south shore of Lake Superior. We have room in the pop-up and a guest tent. We even have a sleeping bag and air mattress for you. All you need is your duffel. This year the full moon occurs while we are up there. Bring your camera for the sunrises, sunsets and full moon over the lake. This is a lake sunset from last year.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1Nv18VVKgOEehODI18nxXm7C6Gvv0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1Nv18VVKgOEehODI18nxXm7C6Gvv0)

Eva;)

[jazzfisher]

Eva,
That's beautiful---Can you see it from the hotel window!!:D

[virgo1]

Sherry,
There aren't any hotels near the lake at Little Girl's Point but there are seasonal rentals down the road. I was down on the beach for this one. Because of the clouds, this sunset lasted for 25 minutes.:D
Eva;)

[NMarti]

Gorgeous Eva! When we leaving?:D

Sherry - you can have him - really!:D I'll even throw in his gross pillow for free.

[bwolford]

Here's our tent (actually not the one we use, but close enough):

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1cKAV2dWReDvct28ZLFH28nbbegP7_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1cKAV2dWReDvct28ZLFH28nbbegP7)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1qqI8Zr5RsaCiHiulhjO1LYz2sq0gp_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1qqI8Zr5RsaCiHiulhjO1LYz2sq0gp)

It's stocked with food, beer, hard liqour, and water with fire wood stacked near by. Of course the refrigerator/freezer makes ice. The microwave/convection oven combo cooks delightfully, although we rarely use it for more than heating popcorn, and the dual AC keeps us comfy in our queen size pillowtop bed. The gas hot water heater gives us nice warm showers.

Internet is optional, but often available.

Camping can really be a rough experience...

Brice

[jazzfisher]

Okay I can go camping with Brice.:)
Nancy--gross pillow---hmmm I think not!:twisted:

[WingAnimal]

We traded in our trailer a couple years ago when the Explorer became the "exploder". We've resigned ourselves to the comforts of hotels. The trailer was "roughing it" as much as the wife could handle it... and that was that. Which is funny considering that the way we get to the hotel is by motorcycle. In any case, we are a strange lot.

I missed your departure Brice... but welcome back!!! I guess I haven't been on much lately. So much going on... so little time. And I STILL haven't gotten my newsletter (as if I have time to read it).

[GaryK]

Brice

I would guess the hard liquor is to help cope with all the traffic or those winding mountain roads :D :D

[bwolford]

Well, we discovered that the leveling jacks didn't work, the TV antenna was broken, the generator needs a 900 hour service ($200 a pop), and a few other miscellaneous things that don't rear their ugly head when you have your RV in storage, but pop up the first night of your first night camping.

That's what the hard liquor is for forgetting: 1) that you can barely afford the payments, let alone fix the darn thing, 2) it's worse than having a second house, it's a house that moves 3) gas prices have doubled in 12 months. 4) the relatives that want to borrow it, but don't want to share in the mortgage nor the upkeep. Hey, I do get 6 MPG though!!! Woo Hoo.

Brice

P.S. Sherry it only sleeps 4 comfortably...

[kayser]

Sherry- I'm with you, sorry, Nancy! I grew up camping in Michigan and told my family when I grew up I'd fly over the rest areas/campsites and wave! I like the campfires and the general atmosphere but not the work and the dirt and the damp and the...one time my family all went camping and my husband and I hung out at the campsite and then slept in a nice motel.:)

[Wendy]

Hey we are all going camping with Brice

... now why wasn't this available when we were looking for a tour bus !!

Gary ... you still got the tour bus ??

Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Kay,
Great minds think alike!!!:D :D :D

[virgo1]

Nancy,
This is our Highway Hilton. I will camp 'til I can't. Can you be ready in 6 weeks. Three miles from the campground are 2 blueberry farms.:D They will be in season then.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1sbBavL4icd5fjZ1Wu7s6MMdQU5Nb_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1sbBavL4icd5fjZ1Wu7s6MMdQU5Nb)

Eva;)

[kayser]

Eva- Sherry and i will join you for blueberry pancakes cooked over the campfire- but don't start too early, we will be getting spa treatments in the morning at our luxury hotel.:D

[NMarti]

You know Kay - I kind of like the idea of campfires and marshmallows and such and then actually "sleeping" in a nice comfy bed. Hmmm....

Brice - that's like my brothers and he lives in Florida 4 months out of the year in it. (he is a semi-professional fisherman) He comes running home to Illinois whenever those little storms you get start coming.;) He just got back last week - just in time to miss the first one.

Kay - I think mud baths are available in the nearest creek.

[virgo1]

Kay,
There are lots of little creeks up north and the mud is a fine grained red clay. After the sauna you hafta take a dip in Lake Superior. Den we do da marshmellows over da fire, ya. I'm a Yooper wannabe, we keep going back.:D
Eva;)

[bwolford]

Eva, your Highway Hilton was exactly what I was looking for when I was looking for a camping trailer. As you can see, I got overruled by the empress.

Brice

[virgo1]

Brice,
The pop-up is low maintance and it's easy to level. After this one we're going to look at a Hi-Lo. The tent trailer was my idea, we had a lonely pickup truck with a hitch. :D
Eva;)

[Jodi Frye]

they are nice but not grizzly friendly :p ...but then you don't have to worry about that here on the east coast. I want to get one just to put in the backyard...a place to 'hide' :)

[karen donnybrook]

With a computer and internet connection, of course, Jodi ;)

[NRiceDesigns]

People from Florida leave Florida for vacation. :)
Brice

So true - most Floridians do leave for vacation! However, I lived in Naples for 24 yrs. & hated leaving it (except during hurricane season).

Glad you were able to get some R&R Brice.

[NRiceDesigns]

Nancy, Wendy,
I have no designs on Nancy's husband--I'm just not doing that tent/outdoors stuff!!!!:) THAT'S NO VACATION!!! :D

AMEN! Vacations are fluffy pillows, A/C, room service & a daily massage.