My Childhood Vacations

 The most memorable vacations from my childhood involved camping and rain in a station wagon without seatbelts and sitting on the hump. My first plane ride was when I was eighteen years old when I went with my brother, Chris to visit my brother, Dave and his wife, Connie in Texas. But back to the camping...

The most memorable camping trip was when our family of nine went to Florida. I was young, so I don't remember all where we went, but I can picture the long yellow tent we had. There was always sand in it and I'm pretty sure it was hot and I could always hear mosquitoes buzzing in my ear and having to go to community bathrooms. But most of all, I remember it being fun. One memorable thing about that trip is that my oldest sister, Vic, had crocheted a bikini bathing suit and my dad flipped out. 

I also remember going to the sand dunes a lot. We had old videos of us running down the hill and we had a blast. It was pretty funny how our mom dressed us three little girls in matching pajamas and they were super cute. 

I'm not sure when we graduated to the kind of camper that the sides slid out. Again, my memory involves rain and sand and mosquitoes and a lot of fun! We camped on Easter but I have no recollection of where we camped, but it usually rained. I am NOT complaining; it was a simple life. There is nothing quite like camping. I love sitting by the fire at night and waking up to the smell of bacon cooking in the morning. 

Oh, a fun memory I just remembered is when we rented a houseboat and took it to Lake Cumberland with Aunt Winnie and Uncle Joe. I think the older kids were out of the house, so it was just my sister, DeNaze and Mary (Goose). Nase, did you go? Pretty sure you did. ;) Anyway, I think it was a week long trip. We stopped along the shore at night and it was awesome! 

Our parents loved to take cruises and oftentimes left us kids alone. That would never fly these days! Whatever the case, I am positive that their love of travel passed down to me, because as an adult I have traveled to many many wonderful places and I am very blessed. I will continue to travel until I can't. 

Hopefully I won't be camping though.