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What Fun Thing Have You Always Wanted To do? (Non-difficult child)
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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 646490" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>My fun almost always involves traveling. I get it in my head I want to go somewhere and then I start to plan it. I am really good at finding 'deals' and ways of traveling which are not costly. In fact, it's become a challenge to me to be able to figure out ways to do it as inexpensively as I can without forfeiting comfort. </p><p></p><p>My husband has wanderlust like me and as I mentioned before, he is the BEST traveling companion. We both love to go anywhere, a ride to the next town, or across the world, it doesn't matter, as long as we are together and traveling.</p><p></p><p>When I was 39 I went to Peru. I was able to get in to Machu Picchu at night during a full moon. We rode the rapids, saw ancient sites, traded trinkets with actual head hunters in the middle of the jungle, went on the Amazon River in search of the elusive pink river dolphins, stayed in the jungle at a beautiful remote camp which had rain water barrels on the roof as your shower........ visited temples in Cuzco, went on an archeological dig where we were given permission to take away what we found, I got to hold a baby ocelot (she peed on me, but oh well, I think it's good luck) we attended a shaman ritual and the shaman did a healing on me........IT WAS AWESOME.</p><p></p><p>I went to Greece for 6 weeks, sailing around the islands. We met a Greek man in Athens and we hired him to take us around in his sailboat and we all became friends. It was a dream trip......drinking that thick Nescafe which the Greeks seem to drink all day long...... it'll keep you jogging in place for days.........drinking Ouzo till you can dance like Zorba...... eating shrimp cooked right out of the ocean at a table with your feet dangling in the water.......diving in to the crystal clear Aegean.......seeing the Parthenon, wow........my all time favorite experience on that trip was meeting guys who were taking folks out on this remote beach from a beach start to a full swing para sail in this gorgeous cove........$10 American money. I would go up, cruise around for 15 minutes and then they would drop me as gingerly as possible on the beach, I would hand a guy on the beach another $10 and off I went. I did that for an entire afternoon, up and down, up and down. It was crazy fun.</p><p></p><p>When my daughter was about 12, I planned a river rafting excursion for a weekend on a River in No. CA. It was mothers and daughters. A weekend trip with a guide, sleeping in tents along the river, riding the white water ( a tad scary at times too!) an adventure we could all share. I was the only one who didn't pop out of the boat........sheer will and fear...........the kids dove off of cliffs into clear water, we told stories over a fire while roasting marshmallows.........it is such a fond, delicious memory. </p><p></p><p>Your whipped cream fight reminded me of doing that in college when I was working at a restaurant and one evening after the guests all left, the bartenders and the wait staff all went in the kitchen and retrieved those large cans of whipped cream and we all ran around the restaurant just hosing each other down and laughing hysterically........I can still remember what my hair looked like later, but geez, we laughed so hard we were crying. We all had to show up the next day and clean it up, wow, what a giant mess, but it was so much fun.</p><p></p><p>My wish/plan is to go to as many of the places on my travel list as I can while I am still in good health. I too want to go to Spain, Barcelona and Morocco, keep me posted on your travel plans HLM, maybe we can meet up! An African safari is up for me, as well as Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, China, Singapore, Japan.............a lot of places. I've been to Italy, England, Scotland and France.......next is Germany, Austria and Switzerland. I've been a lot of places, but there is so much to see, so much I want to experience while I still can. I have wanderlust and a strong sense of adventure......... time to take off!</p><p></p><p>HLM, thank you for this fun thread, this wonderful trip down memory lane and the reminder that there is still so much fun to be had out there.</p><p></p><p><em>Gotta sneak this in since granddaughter is technically not a difficult child..........OH boy, my granddaughter just called and we "face timed" as she showed me the new house that she and 8 other kids rented. 3 blocks from the ocean, in a beach town in southern California, where mostly 18-22 year olds live. What's not to like? She will start her Sophomore year there. She's in a dorm this year. What fun to go on a remote trip through her first real home as an adult, waving to the other parents there and to the other kids..........she is off the charts excited and I loved going along for that ride. Her joy is my joy........it brings my heart a special kind of intense love to see and hear her so excited. </em></p><p></p><p>Thanks, this was a lot of fun. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="yes :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 646490, member: 13542"] My fun almost always involves traveling. I get it in my head I want to go somewhere and then I start to plan it. I am really good at finding 'deals' and ways of traveling which are not costly. In fact, it's become a challenge to me to be able to figure out ways to do it as inexpensively as I can without forfeiting comfort. My husband has wanderlust like me and as I mentioned before, he is the BEST traveling companion. We both love to go anywhere, a ride to the next town, or across the world, it doesn't matter, as long as we are together and traveling. When I was 39 I went to Peru. I was able to get in to Machu Picchu at night during a full moon. We rode the rapids, saw ancient sites, traded trinkets with actual head hunters in the middle of the jungle, went on the Amazon River in search of the elusive pink river dolphins, stayed in the jungle at a beautiful remote camp which had rain water barrels on the roof as your shower........ visited temples in Cuzco, went on an archeological dig where we were given permission to take away what we found, I got to hold a baby ocelot (she peed on me, but oh well, I think it's good luck) we attended a shaman ritual and the shaman did a healing on me........IT WAS AWESOME. I went to Greece for 6 weeks, sailing around the islands. We met a Greek man in Athens and we hired him to take us around in his sailboat and we all became friends. It was a dream trip......drinking that thick Nescafe which the Greeks seem to drink all day long...... it'll keep you jogging in place for days.........drinking Ouzo till you can dance like Zorba...... eating shrimp cooked right out of the ocean at a table with your feet dangling in the water.......diving in to the crystal clear Aegean.......seeing the Parthenon, wow........my all time favorite experience on that trip was meeting guys who were taking folks out on this remote beach from a beach start to a full swing para sail in this gorgeous cove........$10 American money. I would go up, cruise around for 15 minutes and then they would drop me as gingerly as possible on the beach, I would hand a guy on the beach another $10 and off I went. I did that for an entire afternoon, up and down, up and down. It was crazy fun. When my daughter was about 12, I planned a river rafting excursion for a weekend on a River in No. CA. It was mothers and daughters. A weekend trip with a guide, sleeping in tents along the river, riding the white water ( a tad scary at times too!) an adventure we could all share. I was the only one who didn't pop out of the boat........sheer will and fear...........the kids dove off of cliffs into clear water, we told stories over a fire while roasting marshmallows.........it is such a fond, delicious memory. Your whipped cream fight reminded me of doing that in college when I was working at a restaurant and one evening after the guests all left, the bartenders and the wait staff all went in the kitchen and retrieved those large cans of whipped cream and we all ran around the restaurant just hosing each other down and laughing hysterically........I can still remember what my hair looked like later, but geez, we laughed so hard we were crying. We all had to show up the next day and clean it up, wow, what a giant mess, but it was so much fun. My wish/plan is to go to as many of the places on my travel list as I can while I am still in good health. I too want to go to Spain, Barcelona and Morocco, keep me posted on your travel plans HLM, maybe we can meet up! An African safari is up for me, as well as Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, China, Singapore, Japan.............a lot of places. I've been to Italy, England, Scotland and France.......next is Germany, Austria and Switzerland. I've been a lot of places, but there is so much to see, so much I want to experience while I still can. I have wanderlust and a strong sense of adventure......... time to take off! HLM, thank you for this fun thread, this wonderful trip down memory lane and the reminder that there is still so much fun to be had out there. [I]Gotta sneak this in since granddaughter is technically not a difficult child..........OH boy, my granddaughter just called and we "face timed" as she showed me the new house that she and 8 other kids rented. 3 blocks from the ocean, in a beach town in southern California, where mostly 18-22 year olds live. What's not to like? She will start her Sophomore year there. She's in a dorm this year. What fun to go on a remote trip through her first real home as an adult, waving to the other parents there and to the other kids..........she is off the charts excited and I loved going along for that ride. Her joy is my joy........it brings my heart a special kind of intense love to see and hear her so excited. [/I] Thanks, this was a lot of fun. :yes: [/QUOTE]
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