One week from today I’ll be waking up on day 1 of my vacation to the sounds of the Gulf Coast. J and are leaving at 6am next Saturday for a 12 hour drive down South. Down Highway 55 out of Missouri, past the hills of Tennessee, right through ole Arkansas, a quick dip through Memphis and across Mississippi till we get to Coden Alabama where one of J’s aunts has recently taken up residence.
Our plans are to rent a beach house on Dauphin Island for the week because more of J’s family will be arriving the following Wednesday and Thursday to visit. This is the first “real” vacation where we’ve gone anywhere in the five years we’ve been together. In the past, we usually went to Springfield, Missouri to visit his family. One year was spent moving into our new house. So, needless to say, we are both very excited about this trip.
Other than walks on the beach and eating tons of seafood, we haven’t made any real plans for while we are there. We’ve talked about a quick trip over to the Florida pan handle. We like the idea of going into New Orleans to spend some money. I’m sure we’ll see Biloxi while we are there. My suitcase will consist of clothes, a few books, some pens and a notebook, my camera and a funny beach hat. And that’s about it.
So, here we go counting down the days of the last week before our VACATION!
Michael Van Kerckhove
March 2, 2008
Have a blast!