Personal Essays
cruising!
This year is our 25th anniversary. My husband and I had a trip planned to Sedona, Arizona and the Grand Canyon, which I've never seen in my 48 years. I've heard Sedona is a photographer's dream. And the grand canyon? Oh my. I was already anticipating the photo sessions. But somewhere along the way, Andy and I decided that we would like to try and get one last special family vacation in. Our only other just-the-five-of-us big vacation was a trip to a dude ranch in the Badlands of North Dakota eight years ago.
So we gave up the idea of the Sedona vacation and began planning something for all of us. I tried talking them into the Grand Canyon, but the kids weren't interested. I thought it would be an adventure. Oh well.
The ideas began flying. A cruise, a trip to Italy, a trip to Ireland. We settled on Ireland but the trip ultimately wound up being a cruise to Key West, Cozumel, and Belize, with a couple of days at a hotel on the beach in Ft. Lauderdale. My son was finally getting the "blue water" vacation he had always wanted.