Vacationforce

This year, we've got all of this on our roster (some already done, of course):

May: Acadia National Park
June: The meet in Maine
July: 5 days camping in Maine (we spend a lot of time in Maine, okay)
August: 17 day road trip to see the Badlands, Yellowstone, and Glacier National Parks (camping in the parks, staying in hotels while on the road)
September: More camping in Maine, possibly Vermont

We want to throw a trip to Rangeley Lake, Washington DC, NYC and a few other places before the end of 2011.

This has been an extremely busy (and expensive) season. We rarely do so many things in one summer. Don't ask me how we both managed to get enough time off.

Really, most of these vacations are "local" in that it takes no more than 6-8 hours to drive to these places. We usually take a Friday and a Monday off and make a four day weekend of visiting these places. This makes it a lot more manageable, but driving to some places could take up a whole day.

For example, we camped near Niagara Falls in late summer last year and only took a half day on Friday so we could drive out. We ended up at the campground at 9pm and had to set up camp in the dark. Not fun.

Usually, we have the meet and our camping trip to Sebago Lake, ME as the major summer staples. We're already planning out next summer with a major trip to San Francisco and Vegas to see the Grand Canyon and Yosemite.

We want to do all these things before settling in and accepting the fact that kids will fuck up our lives as we know them. I feel like we don't have a lot of time left, so I'm pushing to see the nation.

Jam it back in, in the dark.