ROAD TRIPS AND VACATIONS

I AM NOT A WORLD TRAVELER . I AM NOT EVEN A NATIONALLY TRAVELED INDIVIDUAL. I WAS A PRIVILEGED TRAVELER  MEANING I WAS WITH MY FOLKS WHEN IT WAS OKAY TO GO ALONG WITH THEM ON THEIR TRAVELS. HERE IS MY LIST OF  ROAD TRIP VACATIONS:

1967: PLYMOUTH, MASS WHERE WE STAYED AT A CHEAP HOTEL WITH AN OLD FASHION COKE MACHINE WE DRANK FROM.

WE SAW PLYMOUTH ROCK AND THE MAYFLOWER REPLICA.

WE ALSO WENT INTO A PROVINCETOWNM, MASS SHOP THAT HAD A SLIDE TO GO FROM THE  FIRST TO BASEMENT FLOOR. THIS WAS PURELY A VACATIONN WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY.

1970S: NEW SCRANTON, PA . DAD WAS WORKING HERE AND WE SPENT A WEEK WITH HIM ON VACATION THAT SUMMER. WE SAW LAUREL CAVERNS

 AND STORYBOOK LAND WHERE A GOAT ATE HIS ADMISSION TAG OFF HIS PANTS BELT STRAP.

1972, 1977: EAST COAST OF FLORIDA, NORTH MIAMI BEACH DURING EASTER  VACATION. I WENT IN 7TH GRADE THEN AGAIN IN SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, I HAD A CHOICE IN HIGH SCHOOL- NYC SENIOR TRIP (WHERE I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD AN AWFUL LONELY TIME OR FLORIDA TRIP). WE STAYED AT FATHERSERS GODPARENTS HOUSE BOTH TIMES. AND WENT TO DISNEYWORLD. THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS THE SECOND YEAR IT WS OPEN AND HAD THE TICKET BOOKLET

. THE SECOND TIME THERE THEY WERE USNG THE STRING AND METAL TAB FOR ADMISSION FOR ALL RIDES.

1980S: CLEVELAND, OHIO . AGAIN DAD WAS WORKING THIS YEAR AND JUST ME AND MOM STAYED WITH HIM WITH OUR SECOND DOG AND ALL THE XMAS STUFF. WE ATE AT A PIER RESTAURANT WHICH WAS A SHIP EMBEDDED IN THE CLIFF OFF  LAKE ERIE,

FOR XMAS DINNER. I HAD SEAFOOD NEWBERG AND A CREME DE MENTHE PARFAIT/SUNDAE.THE WEATHER THAT YAER WAS SO WARM THAT WE JUST WORE CORDUROY BLAZERS TO THE RESTAURANT THAT NIGHT.

1983: SAVANAH, GA ON THE WAY TO WEST COAST FLORIDA IN A SILVERSTREAM

TRAILOR WITH OUR SECOND DOG AND MY GRANDMOTHER. HERE WE STOPPED OVERNIGHT  JUST TO SEE MY AUNT THAT DAY. THEN ON TO ELLENTON, FL WHERE WE STAYED AT A TRAILOR SPOT AND IT'S LAST SPOT IN A DITCH NEAR THE ROAD FILLED WITH WATER, FROGS AND BUGS GALORE.



1988: WEST COAST FLORIDA AGAIN IN ELLENTON AGAIN BUT AT A TRAILOR PARK ACROSS FROM LAST IN THE SAME SILVERSTREAM , WITH JUST MOM,. ME, OUR THIRD DOG AND DAD WHO WAS THERE LOOKING FOR WORK THERE. WE STAYED FROM JANUARY TO MAY THEN WENT HOME.

1994: BEVERLY HILL, FL ON WEST COAST IN AN APARTMENT WHILE WAITING FOR OUR NEW HOUSE TO BE BUILT . DAD WAS WORKING BY THEN. ON WEEKENDS WE MADE PROGRESS STOPS TO SEE IT THROUGH. WE MOVED IN THREE DAYS BEFORE MARCO HIT THE AREA. THE HOUSE WASS BUILT IN BRADENTON, FL.

SEVERAL SUMMERS WE STAYED FOR A WEEK OR TWO AT LONG BEACH COTTAGES IN WAYNEFLEET, ONTARIO IN CANADA FROM 1962-1976.

PLACES I WANT TO SEE ARE:
ARIZONA

HAWAII

ALASKA

ENGLAND,

NEW ZEALAND.

BUT PROBABLY NEVER WILL.