What would your dream vacation be like?

Sounds like a good plan to me.  I lke the idea of spending every other month at home.

Apparently I'm not dreaming big enough!  That's sounds like a great vacation to me, as long as I don't have to sleep on the ground or do any dishes.  We are in deep you- know-what here, I just talked to my bro. , his basement is flooded, there are bridges washed out, power outages, and schools and roads are closed.
I'm so glad I did my traveling yesterday because they've closed several stretches of Atlanta's interstate system, complicated in good weather, dreadful in bad.  I'm thinking our power will go soon, no problem to me but for other's who haven't had experience with living off the grid, no electricity constitutes a lack of amenities and entertainment. It won't kill them, hurt their feelings, maybe, but they'll get through it.  Me, I'm just praying for clear sky's.

Hi Laurie
Sounds like a good vacation.  Whenever we go on vacation Ailsa has to start her plans close to home, and work away, because she knows that once I get to the furthest point, and turn to face home, I will keep driving until parked in the garage at home - if it takes 20 hours.

But I'm not sure about month on month off.
Here in NZ, a month wont let you see a lot.  It takes me 6 weeks just to get around my clients (which takes me to most ports in the country).  We may be only half the size of Texas but we have more coastline than the mainland USA, and a central spine of mountains than mean that travelling 50 miles can take you from wet coastlands, through high snowcapped mountains to high waterless desert.   And much of it is very steep, with few tracks or roads.
If you're planning on going on some great walks, (and we have many years worth), allow at least 3 months.
We're also in the “Roaring 40s” - so the weather can change from beautiful sunshine and 30C (95F), to driving sleet and a windchill of -10C (15F) in a matter of minutes.  If you are a hiker, then weather is a suitable topic of conversation ;).  It always pays to be prepared.   We do get long relatively stable periods of beautiful weather, and then we get the others too.

Love to see you down here.
Ted

Wow, Laurie – what an agenda! Adventure and cozy home at the same time. I'd take Ted up on his offer if I was you!

Okay, Ted, we're all coming to your house for a month. Sounds great over there, all the excitement you can stand and then some.  Did I just see all you hair stand up in shock!?!  I don't blame you, mine would too!  I would love to see New Zealand, maybe Laurie and Len will take lots of photographs.
  Hey, Laurie, well, things are bad here, as bad as I've ever seen them.  My cousin Mike  (the chicken-minder) is 50 and he's never seen it as bad.  We have another wave of rain coming out of the Gulf headed this way and we are hoping that's an end to it.  Some of the schools that were designated as shelters are now flooded themselves.  I am lucky to be living on a ridge and not in the path of a creek or river and I have a new roof.  Panama city really does seem like a dream now.

Yes, it is very bad.  The girls have dry homes tonight although it was pretty close.  The creeks continue to rise but they are aware of the dangers and know where to come.  Thanks for the invitation, you are very kind to offer, but we'll wait this out. There have been several deaths reported of people trying to cross flooded road and they were swept away, cars and all.  We handle drought pretty well, now we'll see how we handle too much water.  Thanks again.

sounds a little like my travel schedule beginning with last December in Japan, just much shorter times away - went to Toronto, upstate New York, New Jersey, California, back to Toronto…

November - Calgary, Albert and Vancouver, BC
December - Nashville, Tennessee
February or March - Hawaii?
April - Virgin Islands
May - Mexico?
June - Chicago?
July - New York City
August - Detroit?
October - Phoenix?

or something like that… :)

….he-hee…..that's why I buy 649 lottery tickets.  Hopefully I will be that home away from home of a luxurious solar home built on some exclusive island that You, Hubby, and many more Gaian's can arrive and drop their hiking boots onto, eh:)
Loving your spirit and all your walk abouts, Laurie,
Always,
Rita

Hey! Hey,hey!  What about me?  I'll bring the okra, since nobody cut it while I was gone, some of it's the size of torpedoes.  We can lash them together and use them for pontoons for rafts. 

We'll need to have something special between us and the okra, it would also work for sanding stone artifacts or simply taking the hide straight off of us.

I don't believe in business or pleasure. Every trip must have both! But yes, dear, I would not be able to justify so much travel were I not motivated mainly by business. However, it's a matter of timing! Note - mostly tropical or southern destinations while Montreal is frozen in winter and temperate destinations when the weather is nicer everwhere. I haven't given up the hope of going to Scotland but just not sure when now.

Pleased to see you put Australia in Laurie. Drop by my place when you get here. You and Len can use the spare room. You can bring your dogs as long as they arent too big and can leave the rabbits alone. Our little fellas are pretty friendly but worry about big boisterous dogs.

OK I will be sorry to miss the girls but you and Len will be good enough without them I guess. Maybe Len could do his fundraising over here? I have a few contacts in the Brain injury foundation…..