Spring Break = Travel Dreams

 

Spring break starts today around here, and it’s been fun to hear our friends share their travel plans. (None offered for me to stow away in a suitcase…)

                Ryan and I still haven’t settled on where we are going for our birthday trip this year, or our anniversary trip, for that matter. We do have one fun getaway planned, but I’ll share more about that later.

                But it’s possible I went down a little rabbit trail of vacation dreaming this week, and I thought I’d share some fun finds with you. If you don’t have time to travel, you should at least take time to dream, right?

                I absolutely saved this post written by Linda at the blog As We Saw It. She has a whole travel itinerary for the six New England states we haven’t visited yet. I dearly love doing my own travel planning, but this one is so good, I’d be tempted to borrow a big chunk of it and save some time! I’m hopeful that in the next couple of years, we might go up to New England and fill in that whole side of our travel map.

                What caught my eye about this itinerary? It included Acadia National Park in Maine – and honestly, I’d probably skip Salem/Portland on the first day of the itinerary just to spend two days at Acadia. The Ben and Jerry’s Factory in Vermont? Oh yes, that’s on my list. Pizza in Mystic, Connecticut? Already on the list. Linda’s itinerary included other things I hadn’t heard of, but they sure sounded fun. Maybe I should just pack our bags right now! Spring at the seashore…it all sounds so very Sarah, Plain and Tall.

                I confess I never thought about spending ten days in Arkansas of all places, but I happened upon this post that suggested just such an adventure, and it caught my eye. I know for sure I want to visit northwest Arkansas after reading Kelly Stamps’ blog and social media for so many years. (I also want to see that gorgeous glass chapel in Eureka Springs. One of the Duggars got engaged there, and I have loved it ever since I saw those pictures!) But I did not realize there were so many great hiking options in Arkansas, so now it appears I need another ten days of vacation. 😊

                This trip won’t happen for a long time, because we won’t have enough time off work for it until…well…retirement, but it’s still fun to dream about: The Great River Road. We would start at the headwaters of the Mississippi, up in Minnesota, and travel all the way down to the Gulf. This path crosses back and forth across the Mississippi River all the way down to catch the states on both sides! (And if we had both unlimited time and funds, I think it would be fun to take the full Mississippi River Cruise!)

                And of course, I haven’t given up on the staple dreams of Route 66, the Pacific Coast Highway, and Prince Edward Island. But it’s fun to add to the list. Thanks for listening to my out-loud travel dreams today!