Ten Memorable Vacation Moments
July 15th, 2008 . by Joyce
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has asked us to list Ten Memorable Vacation Moments:
- When I was growing up we lived in Phoenix, Arizona. I loved traveling north to Flagstaff for picnics. My brothers and sister and I enjoyed trying to notice when the flora changed from cacti to evergreens. We never could tell, exactly; the changes were that gradual.
- The first time I saw the giant redwood trees and sequoias in California as a child was memorable. Our own children enjoy our drives through The Avenue of the Giants now.
- My first time going to Disneyland at the age of 12 was a memorable vacation as well. I only wished that the lines to the rides weren’t so long.
- When I was a freshman in high school, our marching band was invited to perform at – Disneyland! Afterwards came free rides. Yay!
- We love Inverness, California, where my in-laws live. We have visited there many times, and it still remains a favorite vacation destination.
- Our favorite way to travel to California from Washington is down Hwy. 101, along the Washington and Oregon coasts. We enjoy “camping” in a yurt (think: hybrid tent/cabin) on the Oregon coast. This is cheaper than a motel room, and much nicer (fresh air, beach access, shower facilities, outdoor barbecue pit cooking, etc.).
- I loved seeing Zion and Bryce National Parks (just over the Arizona border in Utah) as a child.
- Driving over the Canadian Rockies, from Washington to Alberta, was a wonderful experience, for the aqua rivers, peak after majestic peak, and all the wildlife, such as mountain goats strolling across the road.
- My first time going sailing, on our honeymoon, was memorable for romance, but also for pain. I hadn’t realized how sunburned a person can get out on the water, and I did get very uncomfortably red.
- I started with Arizona, and will end with it. Someday I hope our children will have the opportunity to appreciate the stark beauty of the desert. I particularly remember visits to the Grand Canyon, to the Painted Desert, Sunset Crater, Meteor Crater, Hoover Dam (all that WATER enchanted this desert child), and the Petrified Forest.
We once took the coast route from the central California coast all the way up along the Oregon coast on our way to a family reunion in Portland. It was so beautiful.
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great list. I loved our vacation in the southwest. We didn’t actually get into arizona, but driving through nevada was gorgeous, particularly the hoover dam. Thanks for sharing.
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I love Flagstaff. My family was just there for a few days surrounding a trip to the Grand Canyon, and I want to go back again.
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I started in Missouri and I will finish in Missouri BUT I do want to visit Arizona and other states in between.
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I loved driving though Arizona. i am a Midwesterner and thought all of Arizona was desert. I was so surprised to see the evergreens and feel the cool air.
In April 2007 I took my family on an epic driving vacation from San Francisco through Las Vegas and Flagstaff to Santa Fe, then back to Ventura (for a wedding that never happened), and home again. I love the high desert and desert mountains and that gradual change from the wasteland desert up into the evergreens. It snowed on us in Flagstaff, over an inch overnight in mid April.
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Great list! The drive up the coast sounds wonderful!
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