Sometimes We Argue on Vacation

8/16/2019

'Okay, pretty much every time we go on a vacation we argue.

When my children were around seven and three-years-old, they were arguing as we wound around a loopy interstate bridge on I-285 in Atlanta during crazy traffic. One of them was so upset, he actually threw up. My husband and I were at our wits' end with each other, too, at that point. So I made an announcement: We were grounded from traveling for a year!

And we stayed home for the better part of a year.

But then... I sort of missed all that crammed-up together time. I missed the adventure of seeing new things or visiting old friends or reconnecting with family.

I un-grounded us. And we planned another trip!

I can't say that we will ever stop getting on each others' last nerve after a couple of days of being together 24/7, but I do want to commit to trying again. And again. And again!
Isn't that what family is about? Not giving up on each other? Spending time together? Even when it's not all roses and sunshine.

It was on one of those vacations, four years ago, that the idea for The Art of Rivers came to me. We were in St. Simons, Georgia. Soaked in history, it's a quaint seaside town with beautiful moss-covered old oaks. And it has a beach (my happy place)! I highly recommend visiting there if you are in the area. I'm sharing a few pics.

Do you have any fun vacation stories?

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6 Comments

Nancy Costello

8/16/2019 04:34:57 pm

We have been to St. Simon's Island and my favorite part was the lighthouse. Also, you must go to Tybee Island just off of Savannah, GA. They have another great lighthouse there. In case you haven't guessed, I am fascinated with lighthouses.

Janet Ferguson

8/16/2019 05:45:23 pm

We enjoyed the lighthouse! I'll have to make sure to check out the one at Tybee! They are so neat!

Alicia Haney

8/16/2019 05:41:51 pm

Hi, and yes, that is absolutely right, family is all about trying and trying again and again! When our daughter was 6 years old and our son was 41/2 years old, we planned a trip to Mexico. It started off nicely, we took the airplane and landed in Mexico, then we took the train to our destination, we got into our hotel room , we had a real good dinner and then enjoyed the evening. We went to bed and in the early late evening, almost bedtime we were hit by a hurricane, of which we had no idea was going to make an appearance. It was so scary, we were on the 2nd floor of the hotel and we could just see the palm trees swaying back and the rain kept pounding down. Signs were being torn down and the waves on the beach which was across the road were pretty scary looking, Thank God we were on the 2nd floor. It was actually Hurricane Tico. Well, we didn't get it too, too bad , but then there was no electric or anything. So in the morning of course the kiddos were hungry so my husband got some coconuts from a coconut palm tree that was on the premises of the hotel and we gave some of the coconut water from the coconut that he somehow cracked open. That scene reminded me of Tarzan . Anyways things got a lot calmer so we went looking for a restaurant , but they couldn't serve us much at all because there was no electricity, so we got what we could. It was pretty sad to see all kinds of fish that had been swept on to the beach, it was a pretty sad sight. Well, needless to say , we did not stay there very long at all, we left a day or so after, that happened, back to our peaceful home in the . It was an experience for sure. We sure stayed close to each other.

8/16/2019 05:50:27 pm

Oh wow! That's so crazy scary! We had a light hurricane skim Orlando a few years ago when going to Disney. We were scared! I'm glad you made it out okay and kept trying!

Donna Griffin

8/16/2019 08:03:11 pm

St Simons Island is my favorite place to go off the GA coast. I've been going there since the '80's.

8/16/2019 08:33:43 pm

Oh how wonderful! I would love to go back!

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